Removing Unwanted Toolbars

[Ben Pik]

Hi Hope someone can help, how do you remove
unwanted "search Toolbars" that get installed from 3rd
party web sites into Internet Explorer. Like Gambling
Search Tool bars
Ive tried removing references to the bar in the registry,
but all that does is remove the name.

 

[Ben]

spybot
ad-aware
find these and download....read and use.
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[siljaline]

Hi Hope someone can help, how do you remove
unwanted "search Toolbars" that get installed from 3rd
party web sites into Internet Explorer. Like Gambling
Search Tool bars
Ive tried removing references to the bar in the registry,
but all that does is remove the name.

Follow the instructions for Ad-aware and SpyBot Search & Destroy at this
link: http://mvps.org/winhelp2002/unwanted.htm

HTH

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[Ramesh [MS-MVP]]

First option is to run Ad-Aware scan (www.lavasoftusa.com). If the toolbar
entries are not removed still,

ToolbarCop:
http://www.angelfire.com/dragon/sramesh2k/utils/ToolbarCop.exe

Manual Procedure:
Start Registry Editor (Regedit.exe)
Go to the following location and check each GUID sub-key. One of which is
the malware toolbar entry:
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Extensions

Also, check here:
HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Extensions
{check the values in the right-pane to identify the malware toolbar.)

Spot the entry and delete the appropriate key (backup the registry first)

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Regards,
Ramesh [MS-MVP]
AIM: SRamesh2k


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Hi Hope someone can help, how do you remove
unwanted "search Toolbars" that get installed from 3rd
party web sites into Internet Explorer. Like Gambling
Search Tool bars
Ive tried removing references to the bar in the registry,
but all that does is remove the name.