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Useless ctb.exe - Useless
ctb.exe
The ClickTheButton is described as a price comparison service. It detects when you are visiting a known shopping site and provides sponsored links to competitor sites.
It runs as a process on startup (ctbclick.exe) and installs a number of extra DLLs.

The ClickTheButton has had "legitimate" distribution channels, but now it being silently installed with other applications (eg. some releases of KaZaA).
The ClickTheButton downloads parts of advertising pages when you visit a new web site.
When a complete advertisement has arrived, it will be displayed, usually as a pop-up or pop-under window.
ClickTheButton monitors visits of known shopping sites.

Manual removal:
Kill the 'ctbclick' process, delete 'CTB3_Shared' from the Windows directory, delete 'CTBHooks.dll' from the System directory (WINDOWS\SYSTEM or WINNT\System32).
Delete the value HKLM\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run\ClickTheButton.
You can also remove the registry key HKLM\SOFTWARE\CTB_BrandedClient, and every class in HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT
that begins with 'CtbClient', 'CtbSession', 'CtbShopper' or 'CtbXML'.
Remove these registry items (if present):
HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\clsid\{ab4dd0f0-38da-4f48-aafe-7de7323bb6b2}
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\software\ctb_brandedclient

Use RegRun Startup Optimizer to quickly remove ClickTheButton.

Install UnHackMe Install RegRun

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  1. First download the latest version UnHackMe: Download UnHackMe.
  2. Open the archive and start the unhackme_setup.exe.
  3. When the installation is over you will see the main UnHackMe screen.
  4. Click on the Advanced button and choose “Send report to the support center” in the popup menu. Follow the instructions. The report file (regrunlog.txt) will be saved on your Desktop.
  5. Go to the Support Center. Attach it to your ticket and click on the Browse button and then to the regrunlog.txt file. Don’t insert the report text directly into the message text! We won’t be able to analyse such a report. Describe your problem in detail. Add the screenshot, your antivirus log or suspicious files.


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