Jen_M

My Notron antivirus has suddenly picked up Adware MyWebSearch and recommend I delete two files - mwsoemon.exe and mwsoestb.dll, but deletion failed.

Anyone know what this is. I have been looking on the internet and someone suggesgted the toolbar from Smilie Central, but we have had the tool bar for ages.

Jen

InvisibleMan

yeah theyre web search toolbars where the searches are hijacked to mywebsearch. I would delete it

Jen_M

I can't - get a message saying "Read only or in use".

Jen

Fig

CTRL-ALT-DEL and look in the list of running processes for the file names you give above and/or references to MyWebSearch. If any are there, highlight and End Process to kill them. Then try deleting them.

Jerome

MWSOEMON.EXE - MyWebSearch Spyware

Mwsoemon.exe installs with a newer variant of the MyWebSearch spyware program. Generally, a browser helper ojbect called mwsbar.dll will install at the same time.The toolbar does add search features but the search results you see will be hijacked to mywebsearch.com.

MWSOEMON shown on the task manager ( Press Ctrl-Alt-Del ), then try to end the task of the process mwsoemon.

Uninstall Myway MySpeedbar from Control Panel> Add/Remove programs. It might be called My Search Bar', 'MyWay Speed Bar' or 'My Web Search Bar', Click 'Remove' for what you find. Also remove 'Fun Web Products Easy Installer' if it is present.

If not you can remove them manually by running Regedit and find MWSOEMON and delete the key.

Restart computer and Find/Delete MWSOEMON.EXE.

Found here

Jen_M

Fig / Jerome

Ctrl-Alt-Del did it. I have deleted them.

Thanks.

Jen