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Renjith On December - 5 - 2009

System Lookup

What is System Lookup?

Are you doubtful about a file or program which came in to your computer as uninvited? System lookup is a database provides information about legitimate files and programs which we call it as Malwares or Spywares! Currently System Lookup claims they have added over 85,000 items in their database. It is sustained by the great members of various forums.

It is maintained a data base of the below list.

CLSID – Browser Helper Objects (BHOs), Toolbars (TBs), SearchHooks (SHs), Explorer Bars (EBs).

Extra Internet Explorer Buttons – It can be extra buttons on the Internet explorer toolbar, or extra items in the ‘Tools’ menu.

Layered Service Providers – It is a DLL that use Winsock APIs to insert itself into the TCP/IP stack. It can capture and alter the Internet traffic.

ActiveX installers

Extra protocols and protocol hijackers – For hijacking various protocols.

AppInit_DLLs and Winlogon Notify – These are used by Trojans and Hijackers.

ShellServiceObjectDelayLoad – Unnecessary programs to start with Windows.

SharedTaskScheduler – This is only applied in NT/2000/XP.

Windows NT Services

So what happens when you find such bad files in your computer?

You can very much follow the manual deletion steps which are provided in various Antivirus provider websites. Symantec and McAfee like companies will provide you removal tools for such infections.

Search Info

Search Info for Iehelper.dll file

System Lookup is providing you an option to contribute, if you find a file which is good or bad and not listed in their data base.

Official Website : http://www.systemlookup.com

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Categories: Security, Web 2.0

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