search engine

[Guest]

I got an search toolbar (websearch) installed by mistakenly clicking on a
download link when I was surfing the web. After a lot of fuzz, i managed to
remove this 'crap' manually. No, when I use msn or google to search the web,
I only get suggestions to different search engines. I don't recieve any hits
on my search term.
It appears that I also destroyed something else by removing this search
toolbar.

How I can Unistall this from my machine.
Regards
Ahmad

 

[Hans Le Roy]

Hi Ahmad,

I only get suggestions to different search engines. I don't
recieve any hits on my search term.

Not sure what you mean by that...

Start by downloading and running Adaware (www.lavasoft.de) and Spyboit
(security.kolla.de).

It appears that I also destroyed something else by >removing this search

What do you think has been destroyed? What are the symptoms?

Kind regards

Hans Le Roy
MS MVP Windows/IE-OE

 

[Frank Saunders, MS-MVP IE/OE]

I got an search toolbar (websearch) installed by mistakenly clicking on a
download link when I was surfing the web. After a lot of fuzz, i managed
to
remove this 'crap' manually. No, when I use msn or google to search the
web,
I only get suggestions to different search engines. I don't recieve any
hits
on my search term.
It appears that I also destroyed something else by removing this search
toolbar.

How I can Unistall this from my machine.
Regards
Ahmad

First eliminate any spyware.
What You Should Know About Spyware
http://www.microsoft.com/athome/security/spyware/devioussoftware.mspx

CAUTION!!!!! Removing some spyware can damage the Winsock stack. Before
you try to remove spyware, download a copy of LSP-Fix - a free program to
repair damaged Winsock 2 stacks (all Windows versions)
http://www.cexx.org/lspfix.htm
Winsockfix for W95, W98, ME, NT, 2000, XP
http://www.tacktech.com/pub/winsockfix/WinsockFix.zip
Directions here: http://www.tacktech.com/display.cfm?ttid=257
WinXP:
Get WinSockxpFix
http://www.spychecker.com/program/winsockxpfix.html
How to Reset Internet Protocol (TCP/IP) in Windows XP
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/299357
In WinXP SP2: You can fix Winsock by going to Start | Run and typing
CMD
In the command window type
netsh winsock reset

See
Help with Hijackware
http://aumha.org/a/parasite.htm
http://aumha.org/a/quickfix.htm
http://aumha.net/viewtopic.php?t=5878
http://mvps.org/winhelp2002/unwanted.htm
http://inetexplorer.mvps.org/data/prevention.htm
http://inetexplorer.mvps.org/data/tshoot.htm
http://www.mvps.org/sramesh2k/Malware_Defence.htm
http://defendingyourmachine.blogspot.com

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