zach You have been Hijacked CommonName Toolbar
CNBABE.EXE and CNBABE.DLL are part of the CNBABE spyware application that
installs with the CommonName Toolbar, a browser addin for Microsoft Internet
Explorer 5.0 and later. It is described as "The CommonName Toolbar supercharges
your Internet Explorer web browser transforming it into a powerful navigation
tool and search platform. Integrated seamlessly within the Internet Explorer
browser, it gives you easy access to CommonName's many features while you surf
the web.". Features include Common name navigation, PowerSearch, Login Manger,
Form Filler, and Online Bookmarks.
It may be found in: c:\program files\commonname\toolbar\cnbabe.dll.
This is a spyware application in that it compiles data on your browsing habits
and transmits it to any company that subscribes to the service. While the
features may sound cool, most of them exist within Microsoft Internet Explorer
(see Tools > Internet Options > Content > Autocomplete, for example). We'd
recommend removing not only this file but also CommonName.exe, Cnbabe.exe,
cnform.exe, cnbabe.dll, BabeIE.dll, and CNBarIE.dll.
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It is known as Scumware. 1, 2, 3 and 4 are good. Visit these sites. Download
and
install, run one or all. They are all good, FREE utilities. The first site
gives some
recommendations.
http://www.spywareinfo.com/downloads.php?cat=all#s-p
1) AdAware
http://www.lavasoft.de/support/download/
2) Spybot S & D
http://www.safer-networking.org/index.php?lang=en&page=download
3) SpywareBlaster
http://www.javacoolsoftware.com/spywareblaster.html
4) HijackThis (some other stuff that may be of interest also)
http://www.spywareinfo.com/~merijn/index.html
5) Free Anti-Virus software.
http://www.grisoft.com/us/us_dwnl_free.php
6) Free Firewall.
http://www.zonelabs.com/store/content/company/products/znalm/freeDownload.jsp
7) Free Pop-Up Stopper.
http://www.panicware.com/product_psfree.html