Posted by AlecStaar
LONG READ, some things you can do that WILL work, others are more work than other ways:
CLSID, TypeLib, & Interface entries CAN be "touchy"...
Those are generally Globally Unique Identifier (GUID) related for OCX/OLEServer DLL's or ActiveX (.ocx & .dll type respectively) controls otherwise known as COM/DCOM componentry, that other things in your system can call upon & use (much like std. .dll types, but these can be multiply instanced in memory easily due to using those G.U.I.D.'s to help the memory manager make references to them, so even if same name ones come online into memory, it knows they are diff. in version & possibly function value returns & errorlevel test return values as well).
BUT, by the same token, alot of those 'spywares' may install themselves in that manner too, I don't see why not (I don't design that type of thing, but if I were to, I don't see why implementing one as an .ocx OR .dll of ActiveX type would not be NOT doable either)...
* I don't know what to tell you other than FIRST export out those registry keys/hives one by one, & also copy the files they refer to or zip them into a backup first & see what is affected...
(Yes, it's work... but, it's that or use another web-browser & let Ad-Aware wipe all of that out! You could let it do that, & then try to reinstall your browser again, just like starting it from scratch pretty much except you'd backup your cookies (if you use those) & settings as well as favs/bookmarks first, just in case it does not look for those upon reinstallations!)
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