Overview:
TOPicks Removal - This bug delivers ads to you. They send you top sites
for whatever category you're browsing through to try and be useful to your
browsing. The toolbar sorta makes me think about Alexa, but Alexa doesn't show
ads so it doesn't really bother me.
Any adware type toolbar will deliver you ads anytime you're online. This
decreases the value of the ads on the sites you're visiting. Please clean this
thing off your system so that sites like this can make more money ;) This is
also a BHO or Browser Help Object.
Destroy Autorun:
Delete the following keys
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\software\microsoft\windows\currentversion\run\altnetpointsmanager
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\software\microsoft\windows\currentversion\run\topicks starter
Reboot your system then:
Make sure
you click start --> Run and type in msconfig. Then select the startup tab. Any
references to the processes below.
End
Processes (may or may not exist):
adm.exe
altnetuninstall.exe
asm.exe
asmend.exe
hthost.exe
icons.exe
idhost.exe
idmun.exe
points manager.exe
Unregister DLLs:
Each file is in several locations so you'll need to search for them and
unregister + delete them
in every location you find.
C:\Program Files\altnet\download manager\adm25.dll
C:\Program Files\altnet\download manager\adm4.dll
C:\Program Files\altnet\download manager\admdata.dll
C:\Program Files\altnet\download manager\admdloader.dll
C:\Program Files\altnet\download manager\admfdi.dll
C:\Program Files\altnet\download manager\admprog.dll
C:\Program Files\altnet\download manager\asmps.dll
C:\Program Files\topicks\bin\datamgr.dll
C:\Program Files\topicks\bin\htcheck2.dll
C:\Program Files\topicks\bin\htps.dll
C:\Program Files\topicks\bin\idmcom.dll
C:\Program Files\topicks\bin\idmup.dll
C:\Program Files\topicks\bin\tpbar.dll
C:\Program Files\topicks\bin\tpreg.dll
C:\Windows\system\htcheck2.dll
C:\Windows\system\tpbar.dll
C:\Windows\system32\htcheck2.dll
C:\Windows\system32\tpbar.dll
Remove Directories:
Program Files\altnet\download manager
Program Files\altnet\points manager
Program Files\topicks
Clean your Registry:
You should be back to normal IF this was your only problem. I suggest
you post in our HJT forum since its not likely that this is your only bug.
Read this first.
