"Your version of Yahoo Search is out of date"

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spog: Aug 7, 2004; It's your own bloody fault.

Problem description: I seem to get this pop up about once every couple of weeks. It seems to appear when I am using Firefox (though, as I usually have a FF window open, that may just be coincidence.

Attempted fixes: Run Defender, Malware Bytes and SuperAntiSpyware. Nothing detected. No odd extensions in FF found, nothing unusual in Installed Software

Recent changes: No
Operating system: Win 10 Pro x64
System specs: n/a
Location: UK
I have Googled and read the FAQ: Yes. Solutions all seem to hinge on finding something nasty using the above methods.

I also found the following log file in the temp folder where this runs from:

code:

<O605/151626:ERROR:setup_main_class.cpp(238)] Failed to create Temp directory C:\Program Files (x86)\html\div\Temp: Access is denied. (0x5)
[0605/211043:ERROR:setup_main_class.cpp(238)] Failed to create Temp directory C:\Program Files (x86)\html\div\Temp: Access is denied. (0x5)
[0607/194535:WARNING:setup_main_class.cpp(1708)] Command Line: "C:\Users\css\AppData\Local\Temp\CR_FDC6F.tmp\setup.exe" --install-archive="C:\Users\css\AppData\Local\Temp\CR_FDC6F.tmp\div.PACKED.7Z" --multi-install --div --verbose-logging --do-not-launch-div --system-level /installerdata="C:\Windows\TEMP\guiF6C2.tmp"
[0607/194535:WARNING:setup_main_class.cpp(1710)] multi install is 1
[0607/194535:WARNING:setup_main_class.cpp(1713)] system install is 1
[0607/194535:WARNING:installer_state_class.cpp(119)] Install distribution: html div
[0607/194535:WARNING:installer_state_class.cpp(156)] Install distribution: html div binaries
[0607/194535:WARNING:install_util_class.cpp(272)] Windows NT 6.1 SP1
[0607/194535:WARNING:setup_main_class.cpp(790)] Installing to C:\Program Files (x86)\html\div\Application
[0607/194535:WARNING:setup_main_class.cpp(624)] Created path C:\Program Files (x86)\html\div\Temp
[0607/194535:WARNING:setup_main_class.cpp(1427)] Installing div from compressed archive C:\Users\css\AppData\Local\Temp\CR_FDC6F.tmp\div.PACKED.7Z

etc, etc (200,000 char in total)

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Zogo: Jul 29, 2003

Try scans using these three:

http://www.bleepingcomputer.com/download/tdsskiller/
http://www.bleepingcomputer.com/download/junkware-removal-tool/
http://www.bleepingcomputer.com/download/adwcleaner/

# ? Oct 15, 2016 22:22

spog: Aug 7, 2004; It's your own bloody fault.

Zogo posted:

Try scans using these three:

http://www.bleepingcomputer.com/download/tdsskiller/
http://www.bleepingcomputer.com/download/junkware-removal-tool/
http://www.bleepingcomputer.com/download/adwcleaner/

Ta.

Tried them all. All clean, except adwcleaner that found some registry entries:

Key Found: HKLM\SOFTWARE\Classes\Interface\{FA7B2795-C0C8-4A58-8672-3F8D80CC0270}
Key Found: HKLM\SOFTWARE\Classes\Interface\{47A1DF02-BCE4-40C3-AE47-E3EA09A65E4A}
Key Found: HKLM\SOFTWARE\Classes\TypeLib\{1112F282-7099-4624-A439-DB29D6551552}
Key Found: HKU\S-1-5-21-472343283-xxxxxxxxxx-xxxxxxxxx-xxxx\Software\ForumerIT (I've censored this one)
Key Found: HKCU\Software\ForumerIT
Key Found: [x64] HKCU\Software\ForumerIT

I can't see anything related to this on the net, but I guess I might as well delete it, just for the hell of it. That SID is for an admin, so could be something nasty.

# ? Oct 15, 2016 22:48

joebuddah: Jan 30, 2005

Try removing all extensions and deleting your history and cookies.

# ? Oct 17, 2016 12:09

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