Isearch

[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?

 

[war17]

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.

 

[Sandeep]

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

 

[bigmix]

i just down downloaded the new ie6 and the same thing
happened to me. the toolbars remain locked and cant do
anything with them.

 

[Ramesh [MVP]]

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 just down downloaded the new ie6 and the same thing
happened to me. the toolbars remain locked and cant do
anything with them.

 

[Ramesh [MVP]]

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