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Alexa removal

Spyware Alexa Information
Name: Alexa
Category: Vulnerability
Date: 2000-10-27
Dangerous: Yes
Alexa belongs to Vulnerability spyware category.
Your use of \%windir%\web\related.htm, which helps you located pages related to those found in a search, transmits the complete url of your search result to both "msn.com" & "alexa.com". In some cases this could contain sensitive data such as username, password, session id, search string, "secret paths", & more. The vulnerability has been confirmed for Internet Explorer 6 on Windows 2000 & Windows XP with all Service Packs & hotfixes. The Alexa registry entry is created by an IE 6 install or installation of an IE Service Pack. It isn´thing to worry about. It is simply a registry key that creates a menu item that points to a local web page that points to an MSN search page that uses the Alexa engine. The issue is the ´related links´ feature of IE which appears as the ´Tools´/´Show Related Links´ menu item, & a corresponding toolbar button if you added it [from the ´Customize...´ link on the toolbar]. If you have removed this registry entry, it will be restored the next time you add a service pack for IE. Its absence does not cause any harm to IE´s operation; its presence causes no real benefit. If you use ´related links´, IE will contact the Alexa servers to obtain data about other web pages which might be  related. But you won´t be spied on UNLESS you intentionally install other Alexa software, in which case Anti-Spyware Software will find & report a possible problem. It's presense means that your computer is infected with malicious software and is insecure.
This Vulnerability is also known as:
Alexa-MSN Vulnerability.

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Below listed dlls registry entries files are part of this spyware. To manually get rid of it, follow these instructions (at your own risk).
Alexa Removal Instructions
Unregister the following DLLs and reboot
alxbw328.dll.
alxtb1.dll, alxtb2.dll, lxtb.dll in Windows\system32\
alexabp.dll, alxtb1.dll, alxtb2.dll, lxtb.dll in Windows\system\
Delete these registry entries
HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\clsid\{3df73df8-41e2-4fc2-8cbf-4b9407433755}
HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\clsid\{cfbc6eeb-a0e1-11d2-9224-006097325e61}
HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\popup.htmlevent
HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\popup.popupkiller
HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\software\microsoft\windows\currentversion\explorer\browser helper objects\{3df73df8-41e2-4fc2-8cbf-4b9407433755}
HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\software\microsoft\windows\currentversion\explorer\browser helper objects\{f1fabe79-25fc-46de-8c5a-2c6db9d64333}
HKEY_CURRENT_USER\software\microsoft\internet explorer\menuext\mail to a friend...
HKEY_CURRENT_USER\software\microsoft\internet explorer\menuext\see related links
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\software\classes\clsid\{f1fabe79-25fc-46de-8c5a-2c6db9d64333}
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\software\microsoft\internet
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\software\microsoft\windows\currentversion\explorer\browser helper objects\{3df73df8-41e2-4fc2-8cbf-4b9407433755}
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\software\microsoft\windows\currentversion\explorer\browser helper objects\{f1fabe79-25fc-46de-8c5a-2c6db9d64333}
Remove the following files
alxbw328.dll.
alexa65.inf, alexa7.inf in Windows\downloaded program files\
alxtb1.dll, alxtb2.dll, lxtb.dll in Windows\system32\
alexabp.dll, alxtb1.dll, alxtb2.dll, lxtb.dll in Windows\system\

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