Unable to remove Easylife search app

Hello, I have tried a number of removal tools and have been unable to remove it from my computer. I would like to also remove any other junk that can be removed at the same time. Any help would be appreciated, thanks very much for your time in advance.

Log details from DDS:

Good evening.

Please download AdwCleaner by Xplode from here and save it to your Desktop.
 

• Close all open programs, including browsers.
• Double click adwcleaner.exe to begin.
• Click on Search and, once complete, let me have the contents of the text that opens.
• A copy of the text file will be saved to C:\AdwCleaner[R*].txt - make sure you post the file with the biggest "R" number.

Thanks for your quick reply.

Pay a visit to the ESET Online Scanner.

• Click the ESET Online Scanner button and a new window will open - you may need to maximise it.
• Click the Run ESET Online Scanner button in the new window.
  
• If you are using any other browser than IE, you will be prompted to download and run esetsmartinstaller_enu.exe and the scan will run from within the window that the executable opens.
  
• Regardless of which browser you are using, you will be shown some terms and conditions and you will need to accept these to continue.
  
• If you are running IE for this scan you will then be prompted to allow an ActiveX component to be downloaded, unless you already have it installed, and the scan will run inside IE.
  
• When you see the Computer Scan Settings window, you will need to make the following changes:
  
  
  • UNCHECK Remove found threats - this is important.
  • Check Scan archives
  • Click on Advanced settings
  • Check Scan for potentially unsafe applications
• Once ready, click Start to begin - not a surprise really!
• The anti-virus definitions will now be downloaded, so don't forget to allow them through your firewall if prompted.
• The above will take a little time, so now is a good time to fire up the kettle and open the biccies.
• Once the scan has completed you will be shown the results - assuming that the scanner has found anything.
• Click List of found threats and then Export to text file... and save the log somewhere convenient.
• You can then close out the scanner - don't bother uninstalling it as you may need to use it again.
• Please post the contents of this file in your next reply, or let me know that nothing was identified.

ESET results....

Download OTL by OldTimer from here and save it to your Desktop.

• Double click the tool to run it.
• Click the Quick Scan button and allow it to do it's thing.
• Once complete, it should open two Notepad Windows - OTL.Txt and Extras.Txt
• It should also save copies in the same location as OTL.
• I want you to copy and paste the contents of OTL.txt that should appear into one reply and Extras.Txt into another.
• The length of the two logs sometimes results in the end being chopped off if you post both in one reply.

OTL

Extras

Good evening.
 

Close all open programs, including browsers, and do the following:

Run OTL.exe.
 

• Copy and paste the following into the Custom Scans/Fixes box at the bottom:
  
  

  :OTL
  IE - HKLM\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Main,Start Page = http://search.easylifeapp.com/?pid=724&r=2013/02/18&hid=2979317692&lg=EN&cc=DE
  IE - HKLM\..\SearchScopes\{01bd49d7-c76b-4310-8beb-14d7e5f322c6}: "URL" = http://search.easylifeapp.com/?q={searchTerms}&abc=ie&pid=724&r=2013/02/18&hid=2979317692&lg=EN&cc=DE
  
  CHR - homepage: http://search.easylifeapp.com/?pid=724&r=2013/02/18&hid=2979317692&lg=EN&cc=DE
  CHR - default_search_provider: EasyLife (Enabled)
  CHR - default_search_provider: search_url = http://search.easylifeapp.com/?q={searchTerms}&abc=1&pid=724&r=2013/02/18&hid=2979317692&lg=EN&cc=DE
  CHR - homepage: http://search.easylifeapp.com/?pid=724&r=2013/02/18&hid=2979317692&lg=EN&cc=DE
  
  :Files
  ipconfig /flushdns /c
  
  :Commands
  [purity]
  [resethosts]
  [emptytemp]
  [EMPTYFLASH]
  [CREATERESTOREPOINT]
  [Reboot]

• Click the Run Fix button at the top.
• Let the program run until it has completed and then reboot the PC when it is done.

Please let me have a copy of the log that appears once OTL has completed it's run.


Note:If you are unable to copy/paste from this window (as will be the case if the machine was rebooted), open Notepad (Start->All Programs->Accessories->Notepad), click File->Open, in the File Name box enter *.log and press the Enter key, navigate to the C:\_OTL\MovedFiles folder, and open the newest .log file present, and copy/paste the contents of that document back here in your next post. The name of the log will in the following format: xxxxxxxx_xxxxxx. x representing the month, date, year and time the log was created. Eg: 03062009_170403

This popped up when I rebooted - I assume it's the correct log?

OK, you need to manually reset the Chrome Homepage and also the Default Search Engine:  http://support.google.com/chrome/bin/answer.py?hl=en&answer=95314 and http://support.google.com/chrome/bin/answer.py?hl=en&answer=95653

Let me know how you get on.

Hey... So I've adjusted the search engine to google again and removed easylife from the menu - thanks for the links.

Does my system look relatively clean now? I will continue to run Comodo antivirus and regular Spybot searches etc. Do you recommend I do anything else??

L

Good evening.

Assuming that your PC hasn't self-destructed overnight, which is always a worry where Microsoft is concerned, then i'd say you were about done. I want you to run your PC as normal for a few days and when you are happy that everything is fine, do the following:

Create a new Restore Point with a memorable name - this will give a clean one should you need it in the future. If you use a Restore Point from before this point you may reinstall any infection that was present at the time, so only do so if using this latest one doesn't solve any issues.
A tutorial for System Restore is available here.

Run OTL and click on the CleanUp button at the top - it will peform a little housekeeping to leave your PC a little less cluttered.

Some bedtime reading: This is a very good tutorial about keeping your computer safe and secure on the internet. It's a little old, but still contains some good ideas.

Mate, thank you for your help.

If you ever come to Berlin shoot me an email - ehrengraf@gmail.com

Your first beers are on me.

Lucas

Always a pleasure. As this issue appears to have been resolved, this thread is now closed.