Release Date:
10.26.05
CWShredder is regularly updated to address variants as they emerge.

Current Release: Oct 2005. Version 2.18.
More Info/Download: CWShredder™ Version 2.18

NOTE : As of the original time of this posting, the download version reads, Version 2.15.
You can download CWShredder v.2.15, open/run it and check for updates. It will show that version 2.18 is available.
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Version: 2.18-1006
Release: Official Release Notes:
October 18, 2005, 13:00:00 (GMT +08:00)
Release Note for Trend Micro® CWShredder

1.0 Introduction
Trend Micro® CWShredder v2.18, is a CoolWebSearch trojan remover
released for Windows related platforms.


New CoolWebSearch Variants Detected:
There are [5] new variants supported in this version. The new variants include:
1. CWS.SnugWeb
2. CWS.CoolSearchA
3. CWS.EZSearch
4. CWS.CraftSearch
5. CWS.FindOnline

New Features: Now Supports NT4 / Win2003
NOTE:
Refer to http://cwshredder.net/cwshredder/cwschronicles.html for more
information about these trojan variants.

2.0 Release Package Contents
Trend Micro® CWShredder release components are as follows:
cwshredder.exe (4a173815a281869fe1aecc81153af84c)

3.0 Known Issues
3.1 "Move CWS file found to Recycle bin instead of Deleting" checkbox option is currently disabled on
the following Windows platform:
1.) Windows ME
2.) Windows 98SE

4.0 Tested on the following platforms:
1.) Windows 2003 Enterprise Edition SP1
2.) Windows XP Professional SP2/SP1
3.) Windows 2000 Server SP4
4.) Windows 2000 Professional SP4
5.) Windows NT4 Workstation SP6a
6.) Windows ME
7.) Windows 98SE

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