Ken;
You've got a nasty one. SCUMBAGS!!!
[Through ActiveX drive-by-download at affiliate sites, including pop-up advertising
served by trafficsyndicate.com. TrafficSyndicate, the makers of HuntBar, offer
'co-branded' versions of HuntBar which may be installed by other sites under a
different name. Known partner sites include bullseyesgames.com and side-search.com.]
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Open IE | Tools | Internet Options | Advanced tab
Make sure these two items are UNCHECKED:
Enable Install On Demand (Internet Explorer)
Specifies to automatically download and install Internet Explorer components if a Web page
needs them in order to display the page properly or perform a particular task.
Enable Install On Demand (Other)
Specifies to automatically download and install Web components if a Web page needs them in
order to display the page properly or perform a particular task.
Apply | OK
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Windows Key + R
Type:
regedit
OK
Find:
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE:SOFTWARE ==>BTIEIN
Right click
Permissions..
Make sure you have Full Control
Apply
OK
Delete:
BTIEIN
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If this doesn't work for you. And it may NOT. To manually
remove this PARASITE looks like it could be a lot of work.
This seems to be HuntBar by the way. EVIL!
[Ad-Aware reffile and Spybot S&D can remove HuntBar variants other
than BTLink, BTIn and SToolbar.]
Go here: Spybot - Search & Destroy 1.2
http://www.safer-networking.org/index.php?lang=en&page=download
Download, install, run and update.
Go here: SpywareBlaster
http://www.javacoolsoftware.com/spywareblaster.html
[SpywareBlaster doesn't scan and clean for spyware - it
prevents it from ever being installed.]
Download, install, run and update.
You may want to have a look here:
http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&ie=UTF-8&oe=UTF-8&q=BTIEIN&btnG=Google+Search