InterMute’s CWShredder Update Defeats Polymorphic CoolWebSearch Spyware

Good tool to have in your system maintenance folder. You do have one, right?

BRAINTREE, Mass., Dec. 15 /PRNewswire/ — InterMute, Inc., a leading provider of best-of-breed Internet security and content filtering solutions, today announced a significant upgrade of CWShredder(TM) (Version 2.12) that eradicates browser hijacker HomeSearch. This polymorphic spyware takes control of a user’s homepage settings and is considered to be one of the most tenacious browser hijackers. HomeSearch continuously changes its own file name to defy anti-spyware detection. No matter how many times a user tries to remove HomeSearch, it puts itself back in control of the user’s browser, not allowing the original homepage to appear.