Hotbar Adware

[Guest]

Every time I boot, I get a message from Microsoft, in a bright red box,
telling me:

Warning: Hotbar Adware is trying to install." I check "remove" and it tells
me: "one or more components from your Spam Blocker Utililty is disabled or
missing. Doyou want to fix the missing or disabled components?"

I say "yes," and, presumably, it fixes everything. It then says to run
spyware, which I do.

BUT -- the next time I boot, it does it again.

 

[Shenan Stanley]

Every time I boot, I get a message from Microsoft, in a bright red
box, telling me:

Warning: Hotbar Adware is trying to install." I check "remove" and it
tells me: "one or more components from your Spam Blocker Utililty is
disabled or missing. Doyou want to fix the missing or disabled
components?"

I say "yes," and, presumably, it fixes everything. It then says to run
spyware, which I do.

BUT -- the next time I boot, it does it again.

Run several other Antispyware applications and remember MSAS is BETA.

I suggest using all of these..
Lavasoft AdAware (Free and up)
http://www.lavasoft.de/support/download/
(How-to: http://snipurl.com/atdn )

Spybot Search and Destroy (Free!)
http://www.safer-networking.net/en/download/index.html
(How-to: http://snipurl.com/atdk )

Bazooka Adware and Spyware Scanner (Free!)
http://www.kephyr.com/spywarescanner/
(How-to: http://snipurl.com/ate3 )

SpywareBlaster (Free!)
http://www.javacoolsoftware.com/sbdownload.html
(How-to: http://snipurl.com/ate6 )

IE-SPYAD2 (Free!)
https://netfiles.uiuc.edu/ehowes/www/resource.htm
(How-to: http://snipurl.com/ate7 )

CWShredder Stand-Alone (Free!)
http://www.intermute.com/spysubtract/cwshredder_download.html

Hijack This! (Free!)
http://www.spywareinfo.com/~merijn/downloads.html
(Log Analyzer: http://hjt.iamnotageek.com/ )

 

[Leythos]

Every time I boot, I get a message from Microsoft, in a bright red box,
telling me:

Warning: Hotbar Adware is trying to install." I check "remove" and it tells
me: "one or more components from your Spam Blocker Utililty is disabled or
missing. Doyou want to fix the missing or disabled components?"

I say "yes," and, presumably, it fixes everything. It then says to run
spyware, which I do.

BUT -- the next time I boot, it does it again.

There is a little know fix for bad registry entries in SpyBot Search &
Destroy in advanced mode under tools - you might be able to fix the
issue with after you do a full spyware/av scan in safe mode.

Only download software you can validate as uncompromised - in the case
of non-vendor site you have no guarantee that the files are unmodified
or uncompromised. Anyone providing a link to a non-vendors site with a
direct download should not be trusted, the vendors sites are the safest
place to download their application.

Always remember - only download files from Trusted Sites.

These sites are for downloading Anti-Spyware tools, in order that I
would use them myself:

AdAwareSE can be found here:
http://www.lavasoft.de/support/download/

SpyBot Search and Destroy can be found here:
http://www.safer-networking.org/en/download/index.html

Ewido Security Suite Trial can be found here:
http://www.ewido.net/en/download/

CrapCleaner can be found at the vendors site here:
http://www.ccleaner.com/ccdownload.asp

CleanUp can be found at the vendors site here:
http://www.stevengould.org/software/cleanup/download.html
or from another reputable source:
http://www.tucows.com/get/405276_152071

The following are two links to Antivirus software in order that I would
use them:

You can also download Symantec Trial version of their Antivirus software
from here:
http://www.symantec.com/downloads/

Download AVG Personal Free edition from here:
http://free.grisoft.com/freeweb.php/doc/2/

These are the actual vendors sites, not some unknown or authorized no-
name site. They also don't artificially increase the hits for sites that
get paid for the amount of traffic they can generate like one poster has
admitted to in this group.