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== Possible creators == The website claims that they are not responsible for the [[browser hijacking]]. They run an affiliate program that pays affiliates to direct others to their site with paid advertising links. Coolwebsearch.com's terms of service use the laws of [[Quebec]], Canada, whilst their [[Domain Name System|DNS]] registration lists an address in the [[British Virgin Islands]], and their [[web server]] appears to be run by [[HyperCommunications]] in [[Massachusetts]], USA. CoolWebSearch is also linked to CoolWebSearch.org and appears to be related to webcoolsearch.com. Investigation connected [[Stanislav Avdeyko]], the Koobface hacker, with CoolWebSearch.<ref name=sophos>[http://nakedsecurity.sophos.com/koobface The Koobface malware gang - exposed! Indepth investigation by Jan Droemer and Dirk Kollberg, SophosLabs]</ref>
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