Elimination of HotBar

[Jim]

How do get rid of the Hotbar and search bar from my
Explorer default settings... It keeps popping up after I
delete it.

 

[Ramesh]

Jim,

Hotbar a spyware/parasite.

SpyBot S&D searches your harddisk for Spyware and Adware
http://security.kolla.de/

and

Adaware (similar)
http://www.lavasoftusa.com/software/adaware/
(Remember to perform a Webupdate to have the latest definitions installed)

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Regards,
Ramesh
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How do get rid of the Hotbar and search bar from my
Explorer default settings... It keeps popping up after I
delete it.

 

[siljaline]

Jim,

Hotbar a spyware/parasite.

SpyBot S&D searches your harddisk for Spyware and Adware
http://security.kolla.de/

and

Adaware (similar)
http://www.lavasoftusa.com/software/adaware/
(Remember to perform a Webupdate to have the latest definitions installed)

Related links: http://www.safer-networking.org/index.php?lang=en&page=knowledgebase/threats/spybots-hotbar
http://www.doxdesk.com/parasite/HotBar.html

HTH

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siljaline

"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_