Global-Finder.com Removal Instructions and Help

What is Global-Finder.com?

Global-Finder.com is a website search engine organized into a wide variety of categories and groups. It based upon and links to another search engine called clearsearch.net. It takes over as your start page or default search engine in Internet Explorer. It appears to be a variant of the CoolWebSearch homepage hijacker as well.

How do I Remove Global-Finder?

1) Search for and delete MSINFO.EXE

Click on Start, Search (or Find), Files and Folders
In the Named box, type the following

msinfo.exe

You should find it in the following folder

C:\Program Files\Common Files\Microsoft Shared\MSINFO

Highlight it and delete it, be sure to delete msinfo.exe, dont delete msinfo32.exe (part of the Windows files)
2) Remove the line for MSINFO.EXE from Win.ini

Click on Start, Run, Type the following and Click OK

notepad c:\windows\win.ini

Remove the file about MSINFO.EXE from the run line, leaving only RUN =

Click on File, Save, and close the window
3) Search for and delete BOOTCONF.EXE

Click on Start, Search (or Find), Files and Folders
In the Named box, type the following

bootconf.exe
Highlight it and delete it

4) Remove the Bootconf.exe line from the Registry

Click on Start, Run, and type REGEDIT and click OK
In the left hand column, Click on the pluses (+) next to the following Registry Keys

+ HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE
+ SOFTWARE
+ MICROSOFT
+ WINDOWS
+ CURRENT VERSION
+ RUN

In the right hand column, highlight and delete the key for

bootconf.exe

Close the Registry Editor
5) Reset the Default Home and Search Pages for Internet Explorer

Open Internet Explorer
Click on Tools
Click on Internet Options
Click on the Programs tab
Click on the button for Reset Web Settings and Click Yes
You can change your homepage under the General tab to whatever you'd like as well

6) Reboot the computer and test (global-finder.com should be gone