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Threat's profile

Name of the threat:

Command or file name:

Threat type:

Affected OS:

BearShare

bsinstallit.exe

Badware

Win32 (Windows 9x, Windows XP, Windows Vista, Windows Seven)

BearShare is a file-sharing program that lets you find, download, share, and publish audio and video files. But it can be also classified as "badware", "problemware" or "adware". Its uninstall program doesn't remove all instances of the program, leaving such unwanted items like IE main page, toolbar, default search engine etc. Besides as every P2P software there is a danger people will share viruses under the name of songs or films.

Other known issues are:

Bearshare doesn't allow to download anything from the web. when you try to download something Bearshare pops up and download won't start. Unistaller says Bearhsare is being used and cannoit be uninstalled. Removal Tool is developed to remove all instances of bearshare from your PC. All you need to do after is possibly change some browser settings.

BearShare intrusion method

BearShare copies its file(s) to your hard disk. Its typical file name is bsinstallit.exe. Then it creates new startup key with name BearShare and value bsinstallit.exe. You can also find it in your processes list with name bsinstallit.exe or BearShare.

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How to fix BearShare?

This problem can be solved manually by deleting all registry keys and files connected with BearShare, removing it from starup list and unregistering all corresponding DLLs. Additionally missing DLL's should be restored from distribution in case they are corrupted by BearShare.

To get rid of BearShare, you should:

1. Kill the following processes and delete the appropriate files:

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Warning: you should delete only those files which checksums are listed as malicious. There may be valid files with the same names in your system. We recommend you to use

Key: clsid\{9f95f736-0f62-4214-a4b4-caa6738d4c07}
Value: @

Key: gnufile
Value: @

Key: typelib\{905d0df2-3a0a-4d94-853c-54a12a745905}
Value: @

Key: appevents\eventlabels\bearsharechatnotifymsg
Value: @

Key: appevents\schemes\apps\bearshare
Value: @

Key: software\bearshare
Value: @

Key: software\bearshare\installdir
Value: @

Key: software\classes\clsid\{558ec983-bedb-9168-b2de-31dbf0ee543e}
Value: @

Key: software\classes\ed2k
Value: @

Key: software\classes\ed2k\defaulticon
Value: @

Key: software\classes\ed2k\shell\open\command
Value: @

Key: software\classes\ed2k\shell\open\ddeexec
Value: @

Key: software\classes\ed2k\url protocol
Value: @

Key: software\classes\gnu
Value: @

Key: software\classes\gnu\defaulticon
Value: @

Key: software\classes\gnu\shell\open\command
Value: @

Key: software\classes\gnu\url protocol
Value: @

Key: software\classes\gnufile\browserflags
Value: @

Key: software\classes\gnufile\editflags
Value: @

Key: software\classes\gnufile\shell\open\command
Value: @

Key: software\classes\gnutella
Value: @

Key: software\classes\gnutella\defaulticon
Value: @

Key: software\classes\gnutella\shell\open\command
Value: @

Key: software\classes\gnutella\shell\open\ddeexec
Value: @

Key: software\classes\gnutella\url protocol
Value: @

Key: software\licenses\{056b3cf0d9ab991e1}
Value: @

Key: software\licenses\{i56b3cf0d9ab991e1}
Value: @

Key: software\magnet\handlers\bearshare
Value: @

Key: software\magnet\handlers\bearshare\ddeapplication
Value: @

Key: software\magnet\handlers\bearshare\ddetopic
Value: @

Key: software\magnet\handlers\bearshare\defaulticon
Value: @

Key: software\magnet\handlers\bearshare\description
Value: @

Key: software\magnet\handlers\bearshare\shellexecute
Value: @

Key: software\magnet\handlers\bearshare\type\urn:bitprint
Value: @

Key: software\magnet\handlers\bearshare\type\urn:sha1
Value: @

Key: software\microsoft\active setup\installed components\{5f95e1af-2620-4f15-bdf9-7fdce4607e17}
Value: @

Key: software\microsoft\active setup\installed components\{5f95e1af-2620-4f15-bdf9-7fdce4607e17}\componentid
Value: @

Key: software\microsoft\active setup\installed components\{5f95e1af-2620-4f15-bdf9-7fdce4607e17}\isinstalled
Value: @

Key: software\microsoft\active setup\installed components\{5f95e1af-2620-4f15-bdf9-7fdce4607e17}\locale
Value: @

Key: software\microsoft\active setup\installed components\{5f95e1af-2620-4f15-bdf9-7fdce4607e17}\version
Value: @

Key: software\microsoft\windows\currentversion\run\bearshare
Value: @

Key: software\microsoft\windows\currentversion\uninstall\bearshare
Value: @

Key: software\microsoft\windows\currentversion\uninstall\bearshare\displayicon
Value: @

Key: software\microsoft\windows\currentversion\uninstall\bearshare\displayname
Value: @

Key: software\microsoft\windows\currentversion\uninstall\bearshare\displayversion
Value: @

Key: software\microsoft\windows\currentversion\uninstall\bearshare\helplink
Value: @

Key: software\microsoft\windows\currentversion\uninstall\bearshare\publisher
Value: @

Key: software\microsoft\windows\currentversion\uninstall\bearshare\uninstallstring
Value: @

Key: software\microsoft\windows\currentversion\uninstall\bearshare\urlinfoabout
Value: @

Key: .default\appevents\eventlabels\bearsharechatnotifymsg
Value: @

Key: .default\appevents\schemes\apps\bearshare
Value: @

Warning: if value is listed for some registry entries, you should only clear these values and leave keys with such values untouched. We recommend you to use Here are the descriptions of problems connected with BearShare and bsinstallit.exe we received earlier:

Problem Summary: I removed bearshare but it is still there

I removed Bear share but when I go onto the internet it comes up as search.bearshare.com how do I get rid of this???