IE Add-in's gone beserk!

[Tom Brown]

This discussion relates to another thread I posted about not being able to
reliably open IE. I have started this new thread because I think this might
be a whole new ballgame! I think I have found the enemy and they are MANY !
I stumbled around and looked in IE/Tools/Internet Options and found Manage
Add-ons under the Programs tab.

What I found was that I had an unbelievable amount of add-in programs
attached to IE. I have disabled most of them but a few look like they might
be important. It's no wonder the darn thing was screwed up! I'm surprised
I have not stumbled into this area before.

Anyway, there are two ways to sort them; one is add-ins that are currently
loaded in IE and the other is programs that have been used. In the "have
been used" selection, there are a lot that are still showing as enabled.

Let me apologize in advance for the length of this missive.

Here are five that I still have enabled:

OWSBrowserUI Class - Microsoft
OWSClientMiscApis Class - Microsoft
SearchAssistantOC - Microsoft
Shockwave Flash Object - Macromedia, Inc.
Spybot-SD Internet Explorer Protection - Safer Networking Ltd.

Any advice on what these five do and if I should keep them?

Here is what I disabled:

Adobe PDF Reader Link Helper - Browser Helper Object
AIM - Browser extension
AOL Toolbar - Browser extension
AOL Toolbar - Toolbar
AOL Toolbar Launcher - Browser Helper Object
Research - Browser extension
UberButton Class - Browser Helper Object
Windows Messenger - Browser extension
Yahoo! Services - Browser extension
Yahoo! Toolbar - Toolbar
Yahoo! Toolbar Helper - Browser Helper Object

Also, in the "have been used" should I worry about disabling the ones that
are still showing enabled. Here is a list of the ones that show enabled.
There are

Active Scan Installer Class - Panda Software
Malicious Software Removal Tool - Microsoft
MSNMEssengerSetupDownloadControl Class - Microsoft
MUWebControl Class - Microsoft
NPKCX Control - INCA Internet Co. Ltd.
Npx2 Control - INCA Internet Co. Ltd.
OcxChart Control - edaily
Office Update Installation Engine - Microsoft
OWSBrowserUI Class - Microsoft
OWSClientMiscApis Class - Microsoft
Performance Viewer ActiveX Control - 3am Labs, Inc.
SearchAssistantOC - Microsoft
Shockwave Flash Object - Macromedia, Inc.
Spybot-SD Internet Explorer protection - Safer Networking
TLIEFlashObj Class (not verified)
Windows Genuine Advantage Validation Tool - Microsoft
WUWebControl Class - Microsoft
XecureWeb 4.0 Client Control - SoftForum Co., Ltd.
YInstStarter Class - Yahoo! Inc.

Again, sorry about the length but any comments or advice is appreciated.

TIA,

Tom

 

[PA Bear]

None of them look untoward to me, Tom.

Checking for/Help with Hijackware
http://aumha.org/a/parasite.htm
http://aumha.org/a/quickfix.htm
http://aumha.net/viewtopic.php?t=5878
http://wiki.castlecops.com/Malware_Removal_and_Prevention:_Introduction
http://mvps.org/winhelp2002/unwanted.htm
http://inetexplorer.mvps.org/data/prevention.htm
http://inetexplorer.mvps.org/tshoot.html
http://www.mvps.org/sramesh2k/Malware_Defence.htm
http://defendingyourmachine.blogspot.com/
http://www.elephantboycomputers.com/page2.html#Removing_Malware