Remove Locator

Locator Description

Locator is an additional Internet Explorer toolbar that provides a web search service and links to certain Internet resources. Locator changes web browser's default home and search pages without asking for user permission. Moreover, it can download from the Internet and run arbitrary files. The threat is able to silently update itself. Locator must be manually installed. It runs every time the user starts Internet Explorer.

Remove Locator

Stop the following Locator processes:
lupdtr.exe

Remove the following Locator registry keys:
HKEY_CURRENT_USERSoftwareMicrosoftInternetExplorerMainStartPage=[siteaddress]
HKEY_CURRENT_USERSoftwareMicrosoftInternetExplorerMainSearchUrl=[siteaddress]
HKEY_CURRENT_USERSoftwareMicrosoftInternetExplorerMainSearchAssistant=[siteaddress]
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINESOFTWAREClassesLocatorS.LocatorBar
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINESOFTWAREClassesLocatorS.LocatorBar.1
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINESOFTWAREClassesLocatorS.LocatorLinks
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINESOFTWAREClassesLocatorS.LocatorLinks.1
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINESOFTWAREClasseslocatorstoolbar.LOCATORSTOOLBAR
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINESOFTWAREClasseslocatorstoolbar.LOCATORSTOOLBARMenuButton
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINESOFTWAREClasseslocatorstoolbar.LOCATORSTOOLBARToggleButton
4E7BD74F-2B8D-469E-92B0-A921F8D5E230
4E7BD74F-2B8D-469E-92B0-A921F8D5E22E
4E7BD74F-2B8D-469E-92B0-A921F8D5E22F
E720B458-B65A-438C-9FF3-B1DF65D7DB3E
E720B458-B65A-438C-9FF3-B1DF65D7DB3F
AB88FC82-FCDC-4062-BCC4-887F0D73EC1D
B4F8E732-4793-4F90-B40A-829331861D54
A26ABCF0-1C8F-46e7-A67C-0489DC21B9CC
HKEY_CURRENT_USERSoftwareLocatorstoolbarToolbar
HKEY_CURRENT_USERSoftwareMicrosoftInternetExplorerLocatorsToolbar
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINESOFTWAREMicrosoftWindowsCurrentVersionUninstallLocatorsToolbar

Unregister the following Locator DLL files:
locators.dll

Delete the following Locator files:
lupdtr.exe
locators.dll

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