About BookedSpace

Variants: Remanent, BS2, BS3

BookedSpace is an Internet Explorer Browser Helper Object used to show advertising. BookedSpace can contact its controlling server when a new page is visited, which may direct it to open pop-up ads. When the controlling server is contacted, the URL of the current page is passed along with a user ID for tracking purposes.

BookedSpace/BS2 and BookedSpace/BS3 : newer revisions (August 2003) with filename bs2.dll or bs3.dll, controlling server www.bookedspace.com.

Removal Instructions

Automatic Removal:

BookedSpace can be detected and removed Automatically by SpyEraser.

Manual Removal:

Follow these steps to remove BookedSpace from your machine. Begin by backing up your registry and your system, and/or setting a Restore Point, to prevent trouble if you make a mistake.

1. Go to the key HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run. If you find the value bsx3, delete it and reboot the machine immediately. If you find the value bxss5, delete it and reboot the machine immediately. If you find the value bxsx5, delete it and reboot the machine immediately.
    
2. Unregister these DLLs with Regsvr32, then reboot:
   systemroot+\bs2.dll
   systemroot+\bs3.dll
   systemroot+\bsx5.dll
   systemroot+\bxxs5.dll
   systemroot+\oo4.dll
   systemroot+\system32\bs2.dll
   systemroot+\system32\bs3.dll
   systemroot+\system32\bsx5.dll
   systemroot+\system32\bxsx5.dll
   systemroot+\system32\bxxs5.dll
   systemroot+\system32\oo4.dll
   systemroot+\system32\rem00001.dll
   systemroot+\system\bs2.dll
   systemroot+\system\bs3.dll
   systemroot+\system\bsx5.dll
   systemroot+\system\bxsx5.dll
   systemroot+\system\bxxs5.dll
   systemroot+\system\oo4.dll
   systemroot+\system\rem00001.dll
    
3. Remove these registry items (if present) with RegEdit:
   HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\bookedspace.extension
   HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\bookedspace.extension.5
   HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\clsid\{0019c3e2-dd48-4a6d-ab2d-8d32436313d9}
   HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\clsid\{a85c4a1b-bd36-44e5-a70f-8ec347d9b24f}
   HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\software\bookedspace
   HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\software\classes\clsid\{0019c3e2-dd48-4a6d-ab2d-8d32436313d9}
   HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\software\microsoft\windows\currentversion\explorer
   \browser helper objects\{0019c3e2-dd48-4a6d-ab2d-8d32436313d9}
   HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\software\microsoft\windows\currentversion\explorer
   \browser helper objects\{0019c3e2-dd48-4a6d-abcd-8d32436313d9}
   HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\software\microsoft\windows\currentversion\explorer
   \browser helper objects\{0019c3e2-dd48-4a6d-abcd-8d32436323d9}
   HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\software\microsoft\windows\currentversion\explorer
   \browser helper objects\{2b3452c5-1b9a-440f-a203-f6ed0f64c895}
   HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\software\microsoft\windows\currentversion\explorer
   \browser helper objects\{392be62b-e7de-430a-8859-0afe677de6e1}
   HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\software\microsoft\windows\currentversion\explorer
   \browser helper objects\{a85c4a1b-bd36-44e5-a70f-8ec347d9b24f}
   HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\software\microsoft\windows\currentversion\run
   \bookedspace
   HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\software\microsoft\windows\currentversion\run\bsx3
   HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\software\microsoft\windows\currentversion\run\bxss5
   HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\software\microsoft\windows\currentversion\run\bxsx5
   HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\software\remanent
    
4. Remove these files (if present) with Windows Explorer:
   systemroot+\bs2.dll
   systemroot+\bs3.dll
   systemroot+\bsx5.dll
   systemroot+\bxxs5.dll
   systemroot+\oo4.dll
   systemroot+\system32\bs2.dll
   systemroot+\system32\bs3.dll
   systemroot+\system32\bsx5.dll
   systemroot+\system32\bxsx5.dll
   systemroot+\system32\bxxs5.dll
   systemroot+\system32\oo4.dll
   systemroot+\system32\rem00001.dll
   systemroot+\system\bs2.dll
   systemroot+\system\bs3.dll
   systemroot+\system\bsx5.dll
   systemroot+\system\bxsx5.dll
   systemroot+\system\bxxs5.dll
   systemroot+\system\oo4.dll
   systemroot+\system\rem00001.dll

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