Search

[Eric]

My search options from the tool bar have stopped working.
I click on the tool bar search icon, the search windo
opens but it is blank. It has two Icon choices, " new"
or "customize" when I click on theither of these nothing
happens. I have tried downloading IE 6.0, but this does
not sole the problem. How do I get the search options
back? I have ran Ad-Aware several times and noticed that
Comet was located on machine. Any ideas on how to get
search to work. When I press customize, all I get is a
blank window.

 

[Frank Saunders, MS-MVP]

My search options from the tool bar have stopped working.
I click on the tool bar search icon, the search windo
opens but it is blank. It has two Icon choices, " new"
or "customize" when I click on theither of these nothing
happens. I have tried downloading IE 6.0, but this does
not sole the problem. How do I get the search options
back? I have ran Ad-Aware several times and noticed that
Comet was located on machine. Any ideas on how to get
search to work. When I press customize, all I get is a
blank window.

First eliminate any scumware.
See
Dealing with Unwanted Spyware, Parasites, Toolbars and Search Engines
http://mvps.org/winhelp2002/unwanted.htm

Note that AdAware and SpyBot S & D will each catch some things the other
won't. Also, each needs to be updated before every use, even when just
downloaded. There's also a lot more to do than just those two programs.
CWShredder is also available here:
http://www.kellys-korner-xp.com/regs_edits/cwshredder.zip
**Post your HijackThis log to
http://forums.spywareinfo.com/ or the Spyware forum at
http://forum.aumha.org/ for expert analysis, not here.**
Alternative download pages for Ad-Aware, Spybot, HijackThis and CWShredder
may be found on this page:
http://aumha.org/a/parasite.htm.
If trying everything at that site does not fix the problem please post back
in the same thread.

--
Frank Saunders, MS-MVP, IE/OE
Please respond in Newsgroup. Do not send email
http://www.fjsmjs.com
Protect your PC
http://www.microsoft.com/security/protect/

 

[Eric]

-----Original Message-----


First eliminate any scumware.
See
Dealing with Unwanted Spyware, Parasites, Toolbars and Search Engines
http://mvps.org/winhelp2002/unwanted.htm

Note that AdAware and SpyBot S & D will each catch some things the other
won't. Also, each needs to be updated before every use, even when just
downloaded. There's also a lot more to do than just those two programs.
CWShredder is also available here:
http://www.kellys-korner-xp.com/regs_edits/cwshredder.zip
**Post your HijackThis log to
http://forums.spywareinfo.com/ or the Spyware forum at
http://forum.aumha.org/ for expert analysis, not here.**
Alternative download pages for Ad-Aware, Spybot, HijackThis and CWShredder
may be found on this page:
http://aumha.org/a/parasite.htm.
If trying everything at that site does not fix the problem please post back
in the same thread.

--
Frank Saunders, MS-MVP, IE/OE
Please respond in Newsgroup. Do not send email
http://www.fjsmjs.com
Protect your PC
http://www.microsoft.com/security/protect/


.
Found spyware using Spybot and Ad-aware and removed.

However, cannot get search pane to work.

 

[Frank Saunders, MS-MVP]

However, cannot get search pane to work.

Where did you past your HijackThis log?

--
Frank Saunders, MS-MVP, IE/OE
Please respond in Newsgroup. Do not send email
http://www.fjsmjs.com
Protect your PC
http://www.microsoft.com/security/protect/