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How to get rid of Searchqu Runonce registry keys ? [Closed]

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Hello,
I noticed that you already solved the same pb here : http://forums.whatthetech.com/index.php?sh…19510&st=30
Can you please help me too with this ?
Each time I try to remove manually the 4 !Searchqu% keys in the path HKEY_USERS\S-1-5-21-1487512802-2822655701-4282979270-1000\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\RunOnce
they get recreated each time I close regedit !
That may be why I get those 4 run dll errors every time I open my windows session, because I deleted temp files used by Searchqu in appdata.
Which logs do you need ? (OTL, Hijackthis,…), do not bother to explain how to use them I'll follow another topic :)
Thanks for your time
Pierre
Hi Pierre,

:welcome:

My name is NoodleTech. I would be glad to assist you with solving any malware problems. Logs can take a while to research, so please be patient and I'd be grateful if you would note the following:

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Note to Vista and Windows 7 users:
  • These tools MUST be run from the executable. (.exe) every time you run them
  • These tools MUST be run With Admin Rights (Right click, choose "Run as Administrator")
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Please download aswMBR to your desktop.
  • Double click the aswMBR.exe icon to run it
  • When asked if you want to download Avast's virus definitions please select Yes.
  • Click the Scan button to start the scan
  • On completion of the scan, click the save log button, save it to your desktop and post it in your next reply.
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Please download DDS by sUBs from one of the following links and save it to your desktop.
    • DDS.scr
    • DDS.pif
  • Disable any script blocking protection (How to Disable your Security Programs)
  • Double click DDS icon to run the tool (may take up to 3 minutes to run)
  • When done, DDS.txt will open.
  • After a few moments,  attach.txt will open in a second window.
  • Save both reports to your desktop.
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