Deleting links from right click menu in IE 6.0.

[Darrell Mettler]

How do I delete links to web sites that show up in the
menu when I right click while in IE 6.0? The links
appear directly above the line that appears
above "Properties." I'm not concerned with the likes
of "Export to Microsoft Excel." There are, however, some
links to sites I'd rather not know about, or visit. I
know, don't click on the links! At any rate, these are
the links I'm trying to delete. Highlighting the links
and pressing Delete, Ctrl-Delete, or Shift-Delete doesn't
remove the links. Pressing Ctrl-Alt just closes
the "right click" menu.

 

[Jim Byrd]

Hi Daniel - Well, you can do this very straightforwardly with HijackThis.

Download HijackThis, free, here:
http://www.spywareinfo.com/~merijn/files/hijackthis.zip

Unzip it to any convenient folder, start it then press Scan. Look in the 08
section, identify the ones you want to remove, check them, then click "Fix".


However, this indicates that you may have picked up some "malware", so I
would suggest the following also.

If you go to this page at Jim Eshelman's site, here:
http://aumha.org/a/noads.htm and wait a little bit (be patient), an analysis
of a number of possible parasites on your machine will be made to help you
identify and remove them. NOTE: You will need to disable Ad Blocking in
Zone Alarm 3.x, if present or any other Ad Blocking software which
interferes with Java Scripting for this scan to work. You should get a
message between the two lines of **** giving the results of the scan.

For the general hijack case, the best way to start is to get Ad-Aware 6.0,
Build 181 or later, here: http://www.lavasoftusa.com/support/download/.
Update and run this regularly to get rid of most "spyware/hijackware" on
your machine. If it has to fix things, be sure to re-boot and rerun
AdAware again and repeat this cycle until you get a clean scan. The reason
is that it may have to remove things which are currently "in use" before it
can then clean up others.

Another excellent program for this purpose is SpyBot Search and Destroy
available here: http://security.kolla.de/ SpyBot Support Forum here:
http://www.net-integration.net/cgi-bin/forums/ikonboard.cgi. I recommend
using both normally. After fixing things with SpyBot S&D, be sure to
re-boot and rerun SpyBot again and repeat this cycle until you get a clean
"no red" scan. The reason is that SpyBot sometimes has to remove things
which are currently "in use" before it can then clean up others.


Note that sometimes you need to make a judgement call about what these
programs report as spyware. See here, for example:
http://www.imilly.com/alexa.htm

Once you get this cleaned up, you might want to consider installing the
SpywareBlaster and SpywareGuard here to help prevent this kind of thing from
happening in the future:
http://www.wilderssecurity.com/spywareblaster.html (Prevents malware Active
X installs) (BTW, SpyWare Blaster is not memory resident ... no CPU or
memory load - but keep it updated) The latest version as of this writing
will prevent installation or prevent the malware from running if it is
already installed, and it provides information and fixit-links for a variety
of parasites.
http://www.wilderssecurity.net/spywareguard.html (Monitors for attempts to
install malware) Both Very Highly Recommended.

See if any of this helps and post back with your results.

--
Please respond in the same thread.
Regards, Jim Byrd, MS-MVP



In

 

[jac]

buy a new computer

 

[Ramesh [MS-MVP]]

You can remove a right-click context menu option in Internet Explorer using
these steps:

Removal Tool:
~~~~~~~~~~
ToolbarCop:
http://www.mvps.org/sramesh2k/utils/ToolbarCop.exe

Manual Procedure:
~~~~~~~~~~~~~

1. Click [Start] [Run] type [REGEDIT]
2. Navigate to the key HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Internet
Explorer\MenuExt.
Each subkey of this key represents one menu item. Many will include an
ampersand (&) to define the underlined key associated with the command.

Highlight the key you want to delete (for example,
HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\MenuExt\Zoom &In).
Choose Export from the Registry menu and export that branch to a file.

Now delete the key.

==
Additionally: Run Ad-Aware to eliminate the spyware products from the
system, which is creating the problem. Download Ad-Aware from
www.lavasoftusa.com. Dont forget to "update" it.
==

--
Regards,
Ramesh [MS-MVP]
Aim: SRamesh2k
(e-mail address removed)
http://www.mvps.org/sramesh2k

Microsoft Most Valuable Professional Program
http://mvp.support.microsoft.com

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How do I delete links to web sites that show up in the
menu when I right click while in IE 6.0? The links
appear directly above the line that appears
above "Properties." I'm not concerned with the likes
of "Export to Microsoft Excel." There are, however, some
links to sites I'd rather not know about, or visit. I
know, don't click on the links! At any rate, these are
the links I'm trying to delete. Highlighting the links
and pressing Delete, Ctrl-Delete, or Shift-Delete doesn't
remove the links. Pressing Ctrl-Alt just closes
the "right click" menu.