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When I get a URL wrong at the top level (i.e. when DNS lookup returns NXDOMAIN), my Firefox browser redirects me to ask.com. How do I remove or customise this functionality? There's nothing obvious in the options dialogue and Google isn't being helpful—probably because I don't know the correct name for the error!
I'm running Windows, Firefox 3.0.14. Not malware, I think I accidentally installed it with realplayer or something.
i am not sure whether ask.com toolbar affects any other search engines or not but i can certainly tell you that there are many other possible side effects of that toolbar. you can take look at strange firefox bug
i would recommend reinstalling firefox without keeping any preferences for next install.
Google.com/webhp is a valid Google website. Just like Google.com/ncr or Google.com/jp it is something that Google uses to help with localization so you get to the correct Google server based on your locale.
You are over thinking the redirects as being harmful. The redirects in themselves are not harmful, the Conduit redirects are though.
Here is how to remove Conduit:
Step 1 : Uninstall Conduit Search from Control Panel.
Click on Start button and then click on Control Panel and then click on “Uninstall a Program” or Add/Remove Programs option. You’ll get a list which have listed all the installed programs, now Right click on “Search Protected by Conduit” or “Conduit Engine” and then click on uninstall option.
Step 2 : To Remove Conduit Search from Mozilla Firefox.
Open Mozilla Firefox, Click on Tools menu (press “alt” key once to active menu bar) then go to Options, after that a configuration page will be opened, then click on General tab and then look on the very first section named as Startup. Under Startup you will see a HOME PAGE Edit Box, under this edit box you will see www.search.conduit.com, please replace it with www.google.com, then click on apply and close.
Restart Firefox Browser
Open Firefox and then go the Tools menu (Press “F10” key once to active Menu bar) click on Add-ons, you’ll get a page click on extensions from the left side pane. now look on the right side pane you’ll get all the installed add-ons listed on there. Disable or Remove search.conduit.com addon, also disable all the unknown / unwanted add-ons from there.
Open Firefox and then go the Help menu (Press “F10” key once to active Menu bar)
Go to Help menu then click on “Troubleshooting information” Note: you can also open this page in this ways, open Firefox then type this command in the address bar “about:support” (without quote) and then hit enter or OK.
You will get a page “Troubleshooting information” page, here you will get “Reset Firefox” option in the right side of the page.
Step 3 : To Remove Conduit Search from Registry
Press “window key + R” (Flag sign key + R) you will get Run box then type “REGEDIT” into the run box then click on OK. You’ll get a registry editor window. Back up the registry first using File / Export!
In the registry editor, click on Edit menu and then click on find option, you’ll get edit box to search any string into registry editor
Type “search.conduit” into the find box and then click on Find Next.
The search result will highlight the key or value which have contains the Conduit string.
Now delete the Registry Key/Value/Value-Data if any one contains “search.conduit.com” string Note:- Do not delete the complete value data, just delete the search.conduit.com path only
Use F3 key to find Next. and do the last step to all results.
Step 4 : To Remove conduit from Startup
Press “window key + R” (Flag sign key + R) you will get Run box then type “MSCONFIG into the run box then click on OK. You’ll get a msconfig window.
In the msconfig window click on Startup tab, here you’ll get all the start-up entries, so look on the list and then do Un-check the entries which is contains conduit. Also Un-check all the others entries which you found unwanted. then click on OK to apply all the changes.
In the msconfig window click on Services tab, here you’ll get all the startup services list, click on “Hide Windows Services” all the windows related services will be hidden. now it is only display the 3rd party installed services, now look on the list and then do Un-check the service which have contains conduit string. Also Un-check all the unknown / unwanted services. then click on OK to apply all the changes.
Delete conduit related files from computer
C:\Users\user22\Appdata\Local\Conduit\BackgroundContainer\BackgroundContainer.dll
C:\Users\user22\Appdata\Local\Conduit\BackgroundContainer\TBUpdaterLogic_1.0.0.1.dll
C:\Users\user22\Appdata\Local\Microsoft\Windows\Temporary Internet Files\Content.IE5\W21JBUFV\TBUpdaterLogic[1].dll
C:\program files\SearchProtect\Main\bin\CltMngSvc.exe
C:\program files\SearchProtect\SearchProtect\bin\cltmng.exe
C:\program files\SearchProtect\UI\bin\cltmngui.exe
C:\Users\user22\Appdata\Local\Microsoft\Windows\Temporary Internet Files\Content.IE5\M4T11GDL\DefaultTabSetup[1].exe
C:\Users\user22\Appdata\Local\Microsoft\Windows\Temporary Internet Files\Content.IE5\XL68N412\SearchProtectGeneric2[1].exe
C:\Users\user22\Appdata\Local\Microsoft\Windows\Temporary Internet Files\Low\Content.IE5\2QWWNA9U\how-to-remove-conduit-search[1].htm
C:\Users\user22\Appdata\Local\Microsoft\Windows\Temporary Internet Files\Low\Content.IE5\51YLL6DN\search_conduit_com[2].htm
C:\Users\user22\Appdata\Local\Microsoft\Windows\Temporary Internet Files\Low\Content.IE5\RQ3R17KE\Conduit[1].htm
C:\Users\user22\Appdata\Local\Microsoft\Windows\Temporary Internet Files\Low\Content.IE5\RQ3R17KE\Conduit[2].htm
C:\Users\user22\Appdata\Local\Microsoft\Windows\Temporary Internet Files\Low\Content.IE5\RQ3R17KE\remove-conduit-search-1024×346[1].png
>Delete folders from computer
C:\program files\Conduit
C:\ProgramData\Conduit
C:\Users\user\Appdata\Local\Conduit
C:\Users\user\Appdata\Local\Conduit\BackgroundContainer
C:\Users\user\Appdata\LocalLow\Conduit
C:\program files\SearchProtect
C:\program files\SearchProtect\SearchProtect
C:\Users\user\Appdata\Local\SearchProtect
C:\Users\user\Appdata\Local\SearchProtect\SearchProtect
Delete conduit related registry keys
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Microsoft\Windows NT\CurrentVersion\Schedule\TaskCache\tree\BackgroundContainer Startup Task
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Conduit
HKEY_CURRENT_USER\SOFTWARE\Conduit
HKEY_CURRENT_USER\SOFTWARE\AppDataLow\Software\BackgroundContainer
HKEY_CURRENT_USER\SOFTWARE\AppDataLow\Software\Conduit
HKEY_CURRENT_USER\SOFTWARE\AppDataLow\Software\ConduitSearchScopes
HKEY_CURRENT_USER\SOFTWARE\AppDataLow\Software\uTorrentControl_v6\toolbar\Repository\conduit_CT3289075
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\microsoft\windows\Currentversion\Uninstall\DefaultTab
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\microsoft\windows\Currentversion\Uninstall\SearchProtect
Delete conduit related registry value
HKEY_CURRENT_USER\SOFTWARE\microsoft\windows\Currentversion\run :: BackgroundContainer ::: “C:\Windows\system32\Rundll32.exe” “C:\Users\user
\AppData\Local\Conduit\BackgroundContainer\BackgroundContainer.dll”,DllRun
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\microsoft\windows\Currentversion\Uninstall\IECT3289075 :: DisplayIcon ::: C:\ProgramData\Conduit\IE\CT3289075\SetupIcon.ico
Delete conduit related registry value data
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\microsoft\windows\Currentversion\Uninstall\SearchProtect :: Publisher ::: Conduit
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\microsoft\windows\Currentversion\Uninstall\SearchProtect :: DisplayName ::: Search Protect
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\microsoft\windows\Currentversion\Uninstall\SearchProtect :: DisplayIcon ::: C:\PROGRA~1\SearchProtect\SearchProtect\bin\cltmng.exe
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\microsoft\windows\Currentversion\Uninstall\SearchProtect :: UninstallString ::: “C:\PROGRA~1\SearchProtect\Main\bin\uninstall.exe” /S
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\microsoft\windows\Currentversion\Uninstall\IECT3289075 :: UninstallString ::: C:\ProgramData\Conduit\IE\CT3289075\UninstallerUI.exe -ctid=CT3289075 -toolbarName=uTorrentControl_v6 -toolbarEnv=conduit -type=IE -origin=AddRemove -userMode=1
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Classes\CLSID\{3c471948-f874-49f5-b338-4f214a2ee0b1} :: (Default) ::: Conduit Community Alerts
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Classes\CLSID\{3c471948-f874-49f5-b338-4f214a2ee0b1}\InprocServer32 :: (Default) ::: C:\Program Files\Conduit\Community Alerts\Alert.dll
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Low Rights\ElevationPolicy\{40FA19B4-9006-41DA-BB11-F936BE177162} :: AppPath ::: C:\Users\user\AppData\Local\Conduit\CT3289075
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Microsoft\Windows NT\CurrentVersion\Schedule\TaskCache\Tasks\{97192212-B1FB-4A85-90CD-7A8DF6BB0CEC} :: Path ::: \BackgroundContainer Startup Task
HKEY_CURRENT_USER\SOFTWARE\AppDataLow\Software\BackgroundContainer\LogicFileManager :: LogicFilePath ::: C:\Users\user\AppData\Local\Conduit\BackgroundContainer\TBUpdaterLogic_1.0.0.1.dll
HKEY_CURRENT_USER\SOFTWARE\AppDataLow\Software\Conduit\Community Alerts\Settings :: ALPClientsServerName ::: http://alert.client.conduit.com
HKEY_CURRENT_USER\SOFTWARE\AppDataLow\Software\Conduit\Community Alerts\Settings :: ALPServicesServerName ::: http://alert.services.conduit.com
HKEY_CURRENT_USER\SOFTWARE\AppDataLow\Software\Conduit\RevertSettings :: ConduitLatestHomePage ::: http://search.conduit.com?SearchSource=10&CUI=UN39173047331940281&UM=1&ctid=CT3289075&SSPV=IE_No_DUM_G
HKEY_CURRENT_USER\SOFTWARE\AppDataLow\Software\uTorrentControl_v6\toolbar :: GroupingServerURL ::: http://grouping.services.conduit.com/
HKEY_CURRENT_USER\SOFTWARE\AppDataLow\Software\uTorrentControl_v6\toolbar :: SearchServerUrl ::: http://search.conduit.com
HKEY_CURRENT_USER\SOFTWARE\AppDataLow\Software\uTorrentControl_v6\toolbar :: Server ::: users.conduit.com
HKEY_CURRENT_USER\SOFTWARE\AppDataLow\Software\uTorrentControl_v6\toolbar :: UsageURL ::: http://usage.users.conduit.com/UsersWebService.asmx/UsersRequests
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\microsoft\windows\Currentversion\Uninstall\DefaultTab :: DisplayName ::: DefaultTab
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\microsoft\windows\Currentversion\Uninstall\DefaultTab :: InstallLocation ::: “C:\Users\user22\AppData\Roaming\DefaultTab\DefaultTab”
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\microsoft\windows\Currentversion\Uninstall\DefaultTab :: UninstallString ::: “C:\Users\user22\AppData\Roaming\DefaultTab\DefaultTab\uninstalldt.exe”
HKEY_CURRENT_USER\SOFTWARE\microsoft\windows\Currentversion\Uninstall\Save Sense :: DisplayName ::: Save Sense (remove only)
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Classes\CLSID\{7F6AFBF1-E065-4627-A2FD-810366367D01} :: (Default) ::: DefaultTab Browser Helper
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Classes\CLSID\{7F6AFBF1-E065-4627-A2FD-810366367D01}\InprocServer32 :: (Default) ::: C:\Users\user22\AppData\Roaming\DefaultTab\DefaultTab\DefaultTabBHO.dll
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Classes\CLSID\{7F6AFBF1-E065-4627-A2FD-810366367D01}\ProgID :: (Default) ::: DefaultTabBHO.DefaultTabBrowser.1
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Classes\CLSID\{7F6AFBF1-E065-4627-A2FD-810366367D01}\VersionIndependentProgID :: (Default) ::: DefaultTabBHO.DefaultTabBrowser
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