Technology Notebook

Windows::Security::Registry::XUPITER

Xupiter Toolbar Troubles
One of our users got this Xupiter toolbar thingy loaded in her IE the other day. Probably automatically installed ActiveX thing or else she did it herself and denies it now. This thing just totally messes up IE so it won't hardly load any pages from anywhere, messes up home page, search settings, etc.
HOW TO REMOVE IT
- Edit the registry and go to

HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run.

Delete the 'XupiterStartup' entry.
- Open a DOS command prompt deregister the files:

cd "%WinDir%\System"
regsvr32 /u "C:\Program Files\Xupiter\Updates\XupiterToolbar.dll"
regsvr32 /u "C:\Program Files\Xupiter\Updates\XTUpdate.dll"
regsvr32 /u "C:\Program Files\Xupiter\Updates\XTSearch.dll"

- Restart the computer
- Delete the Xupiter folder in Program Files.
- Delete the registry keys:

HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Xupiter
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Code Store Database\Distribution Units\{A27CFCAE-9351-4D74-BFFC-21EB19693D8C}