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Removing deSrcAs.dll - MyWay Search Assistant

This section provides a tutorial example on how to remove IE addon 'deSrcAs.dll - MyWay Search Assistant'.

Symptom: Very often, if you click, a new IE window is trying to pop up, but fails half way with a Windows system error window showing up asking you to report the error to Microsoft. At the same time, CPU goes to 100% and stays at that level.

HijackThis Report: In the report, I saw this line:

R3 - URLSearchHook: (no name) - {4D25F926-B9FE-4682-BF72-8AB8210D6D75}
   - C:\Program Files\MyWaySA\SrchAsDe\1.bin\deSrcAs.dll

Quick Research: I did a Google search on "deSrcAs.dll.bin" and found that deSrcAs.dll is part of the MyWay Search Assistant tool pre-installed on Dell computers.

What I Did:

1. Looked at c:\Program Files\MyWaySA\, found the directory, and tried to deleted it, but failed because of "file in use"

2. Looked at IE > Internet Options > Programs > Manage Addon, found the entry, and disabled it.

   myway	Myway.com

3. Went to Control Panel > Add or Remove Programs, and removed MyMay.

4. Restarted the computer.

Result: MyWay is gone!

Sections in This Chapter

What Is an IE Addon?

Removing deSrcAs.dll - MyWay Search Assistant

Removing Google Desktop Icon - GoogleDesktop.exe

Removing IE Default Search Settings

Removing Google Toolbar

Removing SunJavaUpdateSched - jusched.exe

Removing "winfixer"

Removing Yahoo! IE Services Button - yiesrvc.dll

Removing MySearch Toolbar - S4BAR.DLL

Removing NetZero Toolbar - Toolbar.dll

Removing Windows Messenger Extra Button

Dr. Herong Yang, updated in 2008
Removing deSrcAs.dll - MyWay Search Assistant