Toolbar mischief

[Steve Schneider]

Somewhere along the line I clicked on something that has
installed an additional toolbar on my browser that
contains several radio buttons to different advertising
links. It also places ads for porno on banner positions
when I browse sites like the LA Times.

The toolbar property is worldanywhere.com Bar. I can't
find an area to delete it or its banner activity on sites
that I view.

Help!

 

[siljaline]

Somewhere along the line I clicked on something that has
installed an additional toolbar on my browser that
contains several radio buttons to different advertising
links. It also places ads for porno on banner positions
when I browse sites like the LA Times.

The toolbar property is worldanywhere.com Bar. I can't
find an area to delete it or its banner activity on sites
that I view.

Help!

"worldanywhere" is an affiliate of "hotwebsearch"
Use the "Cool Web Search" *Shredder*, here:
http://www.spywareinfo.com/~merijn/files/cwshredder.zip
Unzip, close all instances of IE and OE (Outlook Express), hit the
executable and follow the prompts.

HTH and let us know how you made out.
Please reply back to this_ thread.

Regards,

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siljaline MS MVP IE/OE


"Arguing with anonymous strangers on the Internet is a sucker's game
because they almost always turn out to be -- or to be indistinguishable from
-- self-righteous sixteen-year-olds possessing infinite amounts of free time."
- Neil Stephenson, _Cryptonomicon_

 

[Mike Burgess]

Steve,
How did AOA Search Page become my search engine?
http://www.hotwebsearch.com/faq.html#how
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Mike Burgess http://www.mvps.org/winhelp2002/
Blocking Spyware, Adware, Parasites, Hijackers, Trojans, with a HOSTS file
http://www.mvps.org/winhelp2002/hosts.htm [updated 9-30-03]
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[Ramesh [MS-MVP]]

Hi Steve,

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]
AOL: SRamesh2k

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Somewhere along the line I clicked on something that has
installed an additional toolbar on my browser that
contains several radio buttons to different advertising
links. It also places ads for porno on banner positions
when I browse sites like the LA Times.

The toolbar property is worldanywhere.com Bar. I can't
find an area to delete it or its banner activity on sites
that I view.

Help!

 

[siljaline]

Steve,
How did AOA Search Page become my search engine?
http://www.hotwebsearch.com/faq.html#how

And the uninstallers? I wouldn't use them <g>


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"Arguing with anonymous strangers on the Internet is a sucker's game
because they almost always turn out to be -- or to be indistinguishable from
-- self-righteous sixteen-year-olds possessing infinite amounts of free time."
- Neil Stephenson, _Cryptonomicon_