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Search assistant toolbar.
Name: D (by Davis Kwan) Date: June 11, 2004 at 09:19:15 Pacific OS: WinXP CPU/Ram: P4 3.0/1GB
Comment:
Hi,
I think I have been infected with spyware. On my taskbar to the right (before the clock and other icons), I have this search bar thing that I can not remove. The name of it is search assistant toolbar. Does anyone know how to remove it?
I ran some spybot programs but it doesn't pick it up.
Name: capt Date: June 11, 2004 at 12:44:36 Pacific
Reply:
Have you checked in add/remove programs for it?
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Response Number 2
Name: D (by Davis Kwan) Date: June 11, 2004 at 12:59:12 Pacific
Reply:
I have checked add/remove programs and search assistant is not there.
Any more suggestions? Thanks in advance.
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Response Number 3
Name: capt Date: June 11, 2004 at 13:56:47 Pacific
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Thought, we might have been lucky as there is a spyware searchbar that can be removed from add/remove programs. If Spybot and Adaware did not do the trick, try http://spywarewarrior.com/ They have some posts and information about your problem. You can also get "hijachthis" and post the log at that forum. HTH
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Response Number 4
Name: missygeneric01 Date: June 11, 2004 at 17:05:50 Pacific
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its lop search hijacker. comes with messenger plus2 or mp3 downloads. Im trying to get it off my computer too.
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Response Number 5
Name: anon Date: June 23, 2004 at 16:12:31 Pacific
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same problem with my pc, after clicking it directs me to the link http://assistant.3721.com/main.htm? for the time being i have removed it from addressbar by unchecking it from view-->toolbars-->Assistant Can somebody please help me to remove it completely.
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Response Number 6
Name: mhebb Date: June 24, 2004 at 20:21:37 Pacific
Reply:
The shareware program Ad-aware will remove this. I just got rid of it myself after a week of trying. Hurray for Ad-aware.
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