Maximumsearch.net Homepage Hijacker Removal Instructions and Help

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What is Maximumsearch.net?
 
Maximumsearch.net is a website search engine with lots of search results for things like debt consolidation, refinancing, casinos, and more related searches generally seen in spam emails. Most searches appear to be affiliate links that make the owner of the site money through clickthroughs. It has a "search the web" that lists information based on pay per click results. It takes over as your start page and appears to be a variant of the CoolWebSearch homepage hijacker as well. 
 
How do I Remove Maximumsearch.Net? 
 
Since Maximumsearch.net appears to be a variant of CoolWebSearch, the easiest way to regain control of your system would be to download and run a program called CWShredder, created by Merijn of Spywareinfo.com. Merijn has an entire page devoted to CoolWebSearch and its many variants.
 
You can download CWShredder by clicking on this link.
 
The Maximumsearch.net website has an uninstall program as well in the support section. If you would rather use that program. The uninstall link can be found at http://www.maximumsearch.net/uninstall.exe
 
How Do I Avoid this Hijacker in the Future?
 
Most of these Homepage Hijackers exploit a known problem with the Java Virtual Machine on your Windows computer. You can read more about this exploit by clicking on the link below.
 
Flaw in the Microsoft VM Could Enable System Compromise (MS03-011)

 http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;816093 
 
Because of this exploit, you should visit the Microsoft Windows Update web site and download all the Critical Updates for your system.