Explorer bar has unwanted "search"-how to delete?

[robert teng]

I was surfing the web last night and accidentally went
into a bad site that downloaded a bunch of junk onto my
system. Cleaned out most of it but there is a unwated
search option in the explorer bar? When you click on the
link, it takes you to "/search.startium.com"
Can someone advise as to how I can delete it?

 

[Jurren Bouman]

I was surfing the web last night and accidentally went
into a bad site that downloaded a bunch of junk onto my
system. Cleaned out most of it but there is a unwated
search option in the explorer bar? When you click on the
link, it takes you to "/search.startium.com"
Can someone advise as to how I can delete it?

See:
http://mjc1.com/mirror/hjt/
http://mvps.org/winhelp2002/unwanted.htm
Download and install: "Adaware", which you can download from this website:
http://www.lavasoftusa.com/support/download/

 

[robert teng]

Jurren,

Thank you for the info and links. I have done all the
above but everytime, I open IE6, the "search" bar still
shows up in the explorer bar. How do get rid of it or
reset it to now show this icon?

BTW, I have managed to get rid of most of the things I
know about w/Adaware.

Thanks.
-RT

 

[Mike Burgess]

Robert,
search.startium.com = Parasite.BrowserAid
http://www.doxdesk.com/parasite/BrowserAid.html
--
Go to: http://www.tomcoyote.org/hjt/
Download "Hijack This!" [freeware] or download direct (below):
http://www.spywareinfo.com/~merijn/files/hijackthis.zip

Unzip, double-click "HijackThis.exe" and Press "Scan".

When the scan is finished, the "Scan" button will change into a "Save Log"
button.
Click: "Save Log" (generates: "hijackthis.log")

Next, go to the below location:
http://www.spywareinfo.com/forums/

Sign in, go to the "Spyware and Hijackware Removal" section.
Press "New Topic", copy and paste hijackthis.log into your new message.
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Blocking Spyware, Adware, Parasites, Hijackers, Trojans, with a HOSTS file
http://www.mvps.org/winhelp2002/hosts.htm [updated 11-26-03]
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[Guest]

-----Original Message-----
I was surfing the web last night and accidentally went
into a bad site that downloaded a bunch of junk onto my
system. Cleaned out most of it but there is a unwated
search option in the explorer bar? When you click on the
link, it takes you to "/search.startium.com"
Can someone advise as to how I can delete it?
.

I had a smilar problem with a different company. I used
file search to find everyfile to do with the name (in
your case Startium) and I deleted all files and it went
away.

 

[H Leboeuf]

Probable cause this parasite.
BrowserAid http://www.doxdesk.com/parasite/BrowserAid.html
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Dealing with Unwanted Spyware, Parasites, Toolbars and Search Engines
http://mvps.org/winhelp2002/unwanted.htm


Henri Leboeuf
Web page: http://www.generation.net/~hleboeuf/index.htm