FINALLY - a solution to killing ADS234

I had a horrible infestation of ads234 (aka midaddle), and nothing seemed to help, even the other suggestions on this forum, as well as other forums. I finally found a solution. This worked on my computer, and may not work on others, but it's worth a shot.

Instructions:

Start -> Run type in "msconfig" without the "s

Click on the startup tab & drag the Command column so you can read the full path of the programs running at startup.

Look for a few programs that you don't recognize (I had 3, and believe that ADS234 has 3 programs, so I imagine yours has that many as well) that are located in a \temp folder.

The three in mine looked like this:
c:\documents and settings\xxxxxx\local settings\temp\fk6evlhk.exe
c:\documents and settings\xxxxxx\local settings\temp\5LT.exe
c:\documents and settings\xxxxxx\local settings\temp\VCUAmCTmh.exe

write down the location & names of these files, then uncheck these 3 items, and click Apply -> OK.

It will tell you to restart. Do so, then at the bootup screen, press F8 and log into Safe Mode.

Go into the folder that you wrote down & delete these files. On my machine, I saw a few different file types with the same name. There was a .dll, a .exe, and another file for each. Delete all of the files that are named the same.

Go to Start -> Run and type regedit

Delete the following folders:

HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE \ Classes \ CLSID \ {E8EAEB34-F7B5-4C55-87FF-720FAF53D841} (if it exists)

HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE \ Microsoft \ Windows \ CurrentVersion \ Explorer\Browser Helper Objects \ {E8EAEB34-F7B5-4C55-87FF-720FAF53D841} (if it exists)

Then click Edit -> Find...

Type in "midaddle" without the "s.

Delete any folder that comes up.

Click Edit -> Find Next and keep deleting midaddle folders until there are no more occurences. (i found 3 or 4)

Restart your computer.

Start windows explorer and delete c:\program files\common files\midaddle (if it exists)

Now you should be ADS234 free!

NOTE: You MUST be in safe mode or disconnected from the internet when deleting the registry files, and other files. If you are not, it will just keep installing itself over and over.

Good luck!