IE search bar

[charles]

I AM HAVING PROBLEMS WITH MY SEARCH BAR! I GO TO VIEW
AND REMOVE IT FROM THE TOOLBAR AND LOCK THE TOOLBAR BUT
WHEN I CLOSE IE AND OPEN IT COMES BACK! I ALSO CAN'T
CUSTOMIZE THE SEARCH OPTIONS ANY MORE! I DON'T KNOW WHY
OR HOW IT CHANGED! I DOWNLOADED THE LATEST VERSION OF IE
BUT IT DIDN'T HELP.

 

[JR]

Hi Charles,
Please don't use all capitals in your post...
This is probably being caused by a third-party program
(adware, spyware,
parasite)

Download, install, *update* and run these two programs:
Ad-aware from http://www.lavasoft.de/software/adaware/
Spybot from http://security.kolla.de/ (Remove items
listed in red.)

Additional information at:

Dealing with Unwanted Spyware and Parasites:
http://mvps.org/winhelp2002/unwanted.htm
Note the security recommendations.

 

[Ramesh]

How to remove toolbars, toolbar icons and Browser Helper Objects?
and
How to reset the Internet Explorer Search engine to default settings?

http://www.mvps.org/sramesh2k/IEFAQ.htm

 

[charles_michelle]

-----Original Message-----
I AM HAVING PROBLEMS WITH MY SEARCH BAR! I GO TO VIEW
AND REMOVE IT FROM THE TOOLBAR AND LOCK THE TOOLBAR BUT
WHEN I CLOSE IE AND OPEN IT COMES BACK! I ALSO CAN'T
CUSTOMIZE THE SEARCH OPTIONS ANY MORE! I DON'T KNOW WHY
OR HOW IT CHANGED! I DOWNLOADED THE LATEST VERSION OF IE
BUT IT DIDN'T HELP.
.

 

[H Leboeuf]

Remove all the parasites from your computer.
Dealing with Unwanted Spyware, Parasites, Toolbars and Search Engines
http://mvps.org/winhelp2002/unwanted.htm

This may be the only tool you need. But check also for other parasites.
http://www.mvps.org/sramesh2k/ Look for ToolbarCop (near the bottom.)