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Sandeep

Isearch.com seems to have installed a toolbar on my
Internet Explorer and has also locked the toolbars. I am
unable to get to the Unlock Tooolbars option from the View
menu and I seem to be unable to unistall IE... is there
anyway to get this off of my PC?
 
Some website has hijacked your toolbar.

1. Use the following scanners to find and remove the website.

SpyBot S&D searches your harddisk for so-called spy- or adbots;
http://security.kolla.de/
or
Adaware
http://www.lavasoftusa.com/software/adaware/
or
CoolWebShredder
http://www.spychecker.com/program/coolwebshredder.html

2. Some porn websites redirects links to their websites using your HOSTS
file. Do a search for the HOSTS (without extension) file and remove the
entry.

3. If still no joy, download HijackThis from Spywareinfo download page

http://www.spywareinfo.com/program/hijackthis.html

Run the program and you will find many entries. Most are OK. Post the log. I
will find the problem for you.

4. For future preventive maintenance, make sure programs cannot just
download on your computer without your permission. From the Internet
Toolbar, go to Tools > Internet Options > Advanced. Make sure "Enable
Install On Demand (Internet Explorer)" and "Enable Install On Demand
(Other)" are unchecked.
 
I deleted the HOST file, there were a few that sowed up
like LMHOSTS.sa, hosts, lmhosts, Hosts.sbs.sig and Hosts
(a Spybot file), which I have now donloaded and run.

I only deleted the file named HOSTS and this didn't fix
the problem. Now, I also seem unable to run Microsoft
Outlook.

I tried to get the spyware file you mentioned in step 3,
but the link does not take me anywhere?

Please help... Thanks,

Sandeep
 
i just down downloaded the new ie6 and the same thing
happened to me. the toolbars remain locked and cant do
anything with them.
 
Toolbars are locked - Unable to customize toolbar and tool band:
http://www.mvps.org/sramesh2k/IEFAQ.htm

--
Ramesh - Microsoft MVP
Windows XP - Shell/User
www.mvps.org/sramesh2k

Free Online Virus Scanners and Security Tests:
http://www.mvps.org/sramesh2k/Scanners.htm



I deleted the HOST file, there were a few that sowed up
like LMHOSTS.sa, hosts, lmhosts, Hosts.sbs.sig and Hosts
(a Spybot file), which I have now donloaded and run.

I only deleted the file named HOSTS and this didn't fix
the problem. Now, I also seem unable to run Microsoft
Outlook.

I tried to get the spyware file you mentioned in step 3,
but the link does not take me anywhere?

Please help... Thanks,

Sandeep
 
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