MSN TOOLBAR

[Guest]

RECENTLY INSTALLED THE NEW MSN TOOLBAR AND EVERY TIME I
ACCESS THE INTERNET ABOUT ONE MINUTE INTO SURFING I GET A
DOWNLOAD MESSAGE TO SAVE MTBS.EXE FILE ON MY COMPUTER.
THIS FILE IS FROM THE MICROSOFT WEBSITE; HOWEVER, I HAVE
ALREADY INSTALLED THE TOOLBAR AND EVEN IF I DOWNLOAD AND
ATTEMPT TO RUN THE FILE NOTHING HAPPENS. I TRIED TO
REINSTALL THE TOOLBAR BUT THAT DID NOT WORK; HOWEVER,
WHEN THE TOOLBAR WAS NOT INSTALLED THIS PROMPT TO SAVE
THE MTBS.EXE FILE DID NOT OCCUR. DOES ANYONE KNOW WHY
THIS IS HAPPENING?

 

[Guest]

scan for spyware using spybot from safer-networking.org
update and scan on easy mode and remove scum
just to be sure. i have heard that the msn toolbar has some
spyware in it. read the user agreement on their site.

 

[Shenan Stanley]

RECENTLY INSTALLED THE NEW MSN TOOLBAR AND EVERY TIME I
ACCESS THE INTERNET ABOUT ONE MINUTE INTO SURFING I GET A
DOWNLOAD MESSAGE TO SAVE MTBS.EXE FILE ON MY COMPUTER.
THIS FILE IS FROM THE MICROSOFT WEBSITE; HOWEVER, I HAVE
ALREADY INSTALLED THE TOOLBAR AND EVEN IF I DOWNLOAD AND
ATTEMPT TO RUN THE FILE NOTHING HAPPENS. I TRIED TO
REINSTALL THE TOOLBAR BUT THAT DID NOT WORK; HOWEVER,
WHEN THE TOOLBAR WAS NOT INSTALLED THIS PROMPT TO SAVE
THE MTBS.EXE FILE DID NOT OCCUR. DOES ANYONE KNOW WHY
THIS IS HAPPENING?

BECAUSE YOUR CAPS LOCK KEY IS BROKEN!

Have you tried uninstalling the toolbar and surfing without it for a while -
to verify that *it* is what is causing this message to appear?