As cheating tools, both adware.coolwebsearch and coolwebsearch.com adopt ActiveX, Applet, VBScript and JavaScript technologies to help with DNS manipulation without being stopped by force due to the fact that the technologies have been used in optimizing surfing experience for nearly a century. In other word, adware.coolwebsearch and coolwebsearch.com, without virulent attribute code (the important indicator for automatic removal), are not virus and thus will not be removed by security utilities automatically. Let’s keep reading and see what harms Cool Web Search malware imposes to a target system without effective protection from installed anti-virus programs. A quick solution exclusively to Cool Web Search malware is also provided in this article. Should you have any questions about the malware or about the solution, you are welcome to live chat with security adviser from VilmaTech Online Support.
Additional web applications and programs: both adware.coolwebsearch and coolwebsearch.com are browser applications, which would certainly brings in more web apps just like getting adware.coolwebsearch would finally result in coolwebsearch.com hijacking and vise versa. Bringing in additional web applications is to make sure that the aggressive promotion is carried out smoothly as expected. So far, “shoppingwizard”,”offer optimizer” ,”CasProg” and “Ads by BlockAndSurf” have been detected. It shows obviously that many software would like to employ such cheating promotional means to get high exposure.
Computer runs slowly with highly consumed CPU: with more extra items placed into the machine harassed by Cool Web Search malware, more CPU is drawn to other field for corresponding operations. What’s more, more CPU is required to display the pages to which adware.coolwebsearch or coolwebsearch.com takes victims as few surfing standard is met. There’s no doubt that loosely programmed web pages will be accessed through Cool Web Search malware as such cheating means (doomed to be punished by Google) is only favored by web sites without original content and vision.
Computer becomes vulnerable to infections: bugs, vulnerability, loophole and backdoor have become the major ways for virus propagation and bug can be easily found on loosely programmed web sites. Once an infection is exploiting a bug on the web site to which Cool Web Search malware is directing a computer, the computer will be definitely affected.
Information security will be threatened: the threat only takes place when bug has been successfully taken advantage. If it is the case, ActiveX, Applet, BHO and JavaScript technologies will be utilized to preload malicious code into a target machine without being examined, monitoring online whereabouts and recording log-in credentials without knowledge and permission as those technologies were created to do so in an attempt to relive time consuming process when logging into the frequently used accounts, give away favorable search results, quicken operations and so on. In case that log-in credential is collected cantankerously, average accounts will be used to spread vicious codes, and back account can be emptied out within a split second.
Recommendation is to remove Cool Web Search malware including Adware.CoolWebSearch and coolwebsearch.com as soon as possible, not only for computer health but also information security. Please follow the instruction offered below by VilmaTech Online Support. On the occurrence of difficulty due to deficient computer knowledge, please do feel free to live chat with security adviser here.
Step1. remove extensions of Cool Web Search malware from browser settings.
Internet Explorer
Mozilla Firefox
Google Chrome
Opera
Safari
Step2. restore homepage from Coolwebsearch.com.
Internet Explorer
Mozilla Firefox
Google Chrome
Opera
Safari
Step3. go to Registry Editor to remove Cool Web Search malware’s startup items and other associated entries.
For Windows users
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\Current Version
HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion
HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\Shell Folders Startup=”C:\windows\start menu\programs\startup
HKLM\SOFTWARE\Classes\CLSID\{1362ada1-eb60-456a-b6e1-118050db741b}
HKLM\SOFTWARE\Classes\Wow6432Node\CLSID\{1362ada1-eb60-456a-b6e1-118050db741b}
HKLM\SOFTWARE\Wow6432Node\Classes\CLSID\{1362ada1-eb60-456a-b6e1-118050db741b}
HKLM\system\currentcontrolset\enum\root\LEGACY_ZESOFT
HKLM\SOFTWARE\Classes\IEHlprObj.IEHlprObj
For Mac OS X users
There isn’t a Registry Editor in the Mac like in Windows to change settings. However, one could remove Cool Web Search malware’s startup items from startup section and remove Cool Web Search malware from “/Users/YourUserName/Library/Preferences”, /Library/Internet Plug-Ins/ and ~/Library (in home folder)/Internet Plug-Ins/.
Remove Cool Web Search malware’s startup items on Mac
Remove other Cool Web Search malware items from Mac
Step4. remove all temp files so as to eradicate the temp files produced by Cool Web Search malware.
For Windows users
For Mac OS X users
sudo periodic daily weekly monthly
Defragment is recommended after removing Cool Web Search malware with the above offered instruction to optimize PC performance as the malware stay could have generated some more files or split up some data during its operation. Since few people know about how to defrag in Windows 8, the video is attached herein to show how.
Cool Web Search malware refers to both adware.coolwebsearch and coolwebsearch.com. They were created to intercept as much traffic as possible and cheat in SEO ranking for some loosely programmed web sites. With ActiveX, Applet, BHO and JavaScript technologies, Cool Web Search malware manages to make itself active for nearly a decade and thus has attracted many cooperators. This is the reason for additional pop-up ads and some unauthorized installation of third-party programs.
As web applications, adware.coolwebsearch and coolwebsearch.com can be well prevented if one follows good PC practice online and use extra carefulness:
The above instruction has been tested for multiple times to be effective in removing Cool Web Search malware. However, failure can also be foreseeable if extra items/infections had wormed into the target system. If it is the case, it is advisable to contact recommended PC Security Center to find solution accordingly or get on-demand help for quick and complete fix.
