Wazam
- By W3 Privacy
- Published 05/8/2007
- Parasites
- Unrated
Wazam
Description
An IE toolbar providing search features. Harmless, although ugly.
Also known as
SearchBlaster, internal name (matching another search engine seemingly connected to Wazam), SBar (filename).
Distribution
Known to be bundled with the release of CursorArts's IconForge software being distributed through favicon.com and affiliated sites.
What it does
Advertising
No.
Privacy violation
No.
Security issues
None known.
Stability problems
None known.
Removal
Should be removable using the Control Panel Add/Remove Programs entry for the program it came with (for example 'IconForge'; you can download a clean version of IconForge directly from CursorArts instead if you like).
Manual removal
Look for the Wazam.com folder in Program Files. For the variant distributed with IconForge this may be in 'C:\Program Files\CursorArts\IconForge\Wazam.com Toolbar'. This path may vary for different drives, Windows installation languages and variants of Wazam, so if yours is different you will have to change the command below to match.
Open a DOS command prompt window (from the Start Menu, choose the 'Accessories' submenu in 'Programs' to find this), and enter the following commands:
cd "%WinDir%\System"
regsvr32 /u "C:\Program Files\CursorArts\IconForge\Wazam.com Toolbar\SBar.dll"
Restart Windows and you should be able to delete the entire Wazam.com folder. You can also delete the key HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\SBB to clean up if you wish.
