isearch and hot search bars

[Gord Dibben]

Quoted below is a post from my son this A.M.

Thanks, Gord



Hey dad,

I am havin internet explorer problems. I installed the sp1 pack for ie
6 last week so I could go on the Bank of Montreal site as the site said I
needed that pack. Now I have a hot search bar and an isearch bar added to my
toolbar and cannot get rid of them. You cannot customize the toolbars as they
arent listed in there. I can temporarily get rid of them by unclicking them
under view/toolbars but they just come back the next time I open ie. Ie is
running really slow and doing something else why I am running it, it is
stopping and I can hear it loading something else and while this is happening,
my ie6 window will just go dead and then come back a minute later or so. I
uninstalled the sp1 pack but the search bars are still there.
Sometimes they download porn links to my desktop or open different sites. Is
there anything you can suggest that I can do?

 

[Peter]

Download for free and run daily! He has spyware... ;-(
Adaware SE
CWShredder
Spybot Search and Destroy
SpywareBlaster
Just Google to find them.
plus run a good virus scan daily.

 

[David H. Lipman]

1) Download the following three items...

Trend Sysclean Package
http://www.trendmicro.com/download/dcs.asp

Latest Trend Pattern File.
http://www.trendmicro.com/download/pattern.asp

Adaware SE (free personal version v1.05)
http://www.lavasoftusa.com/

Create a directory.
On drive "C:\"
(e.g., "c:\New Folder")
or the desktop
(e.g., "C:\Documents and Settings\lipman\Desktop\New Folder")

Download Sysclean.com and place it in that directory.
Download the Trend Pattern File by obtaining the ZIP file.
For example; lpt281.zip

Extract the contents of the ZIP file and place the contents in the same directory as
sysclean.com.

2) Update Adaware with the latest definitions.
3) Disable System Restore
http://vil.nai.com/vil/SystemHelpDocs/DisableSysRestore.htm
4) Reboot your PC into Safe Mode
5) Using both the Trend Sysclean utility and Adaware, perform a Full Scan of your
platform and clean/delete any infectors/parasites found.
(a few cycles may be needed)
6) Restart your PC and perform a "final" Full Scan of your platform using both the
Trend Sysclean utility and Adaware
7) Re-enable System Restore and re-apply any System Restore preferences,
(e.g. HD space to use suggested 400 ~ 600MB),
8) Reboot your PC.
9) Create a new Restore point


* * * Please report your results ! * * *

Dave



<Gord Dibben> wrote in message | Quoted below is a post from my son this A.M.
|
| Thanks, Gord
|
|
|
| Hey dad,
|
| I am havin internet explorer problems. I installed the sp1 pack for ie
| 6 last week so I could go on the Bank of Montreal site as the site said I
| needed that pack. Now I have a hot search bar and an isearch bar added to my
| toolbar and cannot get rid of them. You cannot customize the toolbars as they
| arent listed in there. I can temporarily get rid of them by unclicking them
| under view/toolbars but they just come back the next time I open ie. Ie is
| running really slow and doing something else why I am running it, it is
| stopping and I can hear it loading something else and while this is happening,
| my ie6 window will just go dead and then come back a minute later or so. I
| uninstalled the sp1 pack but the search bars are still there.
| Sometimes they download porn links to my desktop or open different sites. Is
| there anything you can suggest that I can do?
|

 

[Gord Dibben]

Thanks David and Peter.

I'll pass these two messages along.

Gord

 

[Gord Dibben]

Follow up to this posting.........

************************
Dad

Well i downloaded adaware and ran it and it found 587 objects lol.. So i got
rid of them and yea, the crappy toolbars and stuff are gone and everything is
running great. Thank you. Saved me from another meltdown on this comp.

Parker
*****************************

Again, thanks to David and Peter

Gord