# Cool Web Search v Google

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cool-web-search-v-google/207620>\
**Category:** Factual Questions\
**Created:** [October 15, 2003, 7:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cool-web-search-v-google/207620 "2003-10-15T19:05:13Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 2\
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**Author:** ![ShibbOleth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/848f3c/32.png) [@ShibbOleth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ShibbOleth)\
**Post date:** [October 15, 2003, 7:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cool-web-search-v-google/207620/1 "2003-10-15T19:05:13Z")

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I’ve got some malicious crap on my computer that is routing me to “Cool Web Search” whenever I try to use Google. I’ve done several things to try and avoid this kind of crap, including ZoneAlarm, AdAware and SpyBot. Now an Applet runs whenever I try to Google and redirects me to this evil site.

Any ideas on how to disarm this one?

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**Author:** ![vd](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/b19c9b/32.png) [@vd](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/vd)\
**Post date:** [October 15, 2003, 7:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cool-web-search-v-google/207620/2 "2003-10-15T19:27:42Z")

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[http://www.spywareinfo.com/articles/cws/](http://www.spywareinfo.com/articles/cws/)

If you update your ad-aware reference file, it should get it.