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Name: Randy
Date: December 3, 2003 at 01:16:42 Pacific
OS: windows xp home edition
CPU/Ram: p4 / 768
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I have this annoying blue search bar attached to my IE toolbar. I can't figure out how to get rid of it. It's not listed when I right click on toolbar. I'm new to all this, but i'll try and link to capture of it. If anyone recognizes it and knows how to get rid of it, let me know. Thanks http://www.geocities.com/rbcash/toolbar.html?1070442301703



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Name: Captain Rancor
Date: December 3, 2003 at 02:01:29 Pacific
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If you cannot locate and remove it in the Windows Add/Remove Programs area, you need to install and run either Adaware or Spybot Search & Destroy. One of these should remove it for you.

Just my 2¢.


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Response Number 2
Name: salgolf
Date: December 3, 2003 at 04:00:09 Pacific
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Captain Rancor is right. Here are the links.

You may have a virus or trojan or worm or adware or some other sort of malware.

Run an AV scan, and download AdAware and Spybot, install them, update them, and run them. Delete anything that looks suspicious. Some advise deleting everything because it's all reversible. Also get Spyblaster which keeps a list of bad stuff on your computer and blocks them from being installed (theoretically). Be sure your independent (not MS’s) firewall is enabled.

Spybot

AdAware


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Response Number 3
Name: tinner666
Date: December 3, 2003 at 04:09:14 Pacific
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may be a long shot, but get 'myuninstaller' and see if it's listed. Handy utility which eliminated last remnants of some spider virus we caught one time.Utility is worth having even if it doen't help with this problem.Frank


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Response Number 4
Name: jesse
Date: December 16, 2003 at 17:02:35 Pacific
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you can not use ad-aware or any spyware programs to get rid of this bar. you have to go into reg-edit and the following directories.

local machine, software, microsoft, internet explorer, toolbars.
then look under the data sention and delete the entry with nothing in the data column.


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