Global-Finder.com Removal Instructions and Help

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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)