Computer help: Internet ToolBars
Internet ToolBars
by Reknaw133 - 7/7/04 1:31 PMI some how got a toolbar which is driving me crazy it's a homepage hijacker the toolbar is blue at the top, even when I hide its from mysearchnow the homepage it changes becomes http://mysearchnow.com/passthrough/index.html?http://about:blank
Re: Internet ToolBars
by HerbChong - 7/8/04 6:26 PM In reply to: Internet ToolBars by Reknaw133run one of the good spyware removal programs such as Spybots or Ad-aware.
Herb...
Re: Internet ToolBars
by Reknaw133 - 7/8/04 11:46 PM In reply to: Re: Internet ToolBars by HerbChongI have but it keeps coming back, Is there a way to delete it
Re: Internet ToolBars
by rebekah - 7/9/04 12:15 AM In reply to: Re: Internet ToolBars by Reknaw133if you find out how, let me know, I have been fighting this annoying thing all week. I have downloaded so many spyware search things trying to get rid of it. I turn it off, and it comes back, I upgrade mcafee and norton, and it's still there..... I think I am going to throw my laptop pretty soon!
Re: Internet ToolBars
by erik_k - 7/9/04 12:18 PM In reply to: Re: Internet ToolBars by rebekahhi -
I've checked around and there might be two ways to fix this:
Go to Add/Remove Programs in your Control Panel menu, then remove the 'searchnow' program.
There is also a program called Toolbar Cop http://www.mvps.org/sramesh2k -- though note it removes all toolbars from IE (including google if you're running that) after you run that, then run AdAware.
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Re: Internet ToolBars
by HerbChong - 7/14/04 4:49 PM In reply to: Re: Internet ToolBars by Reknaw133running a single spyware removal program isn't sufficient. you need to run several if you can. another option that you might give though to is to stop using Internet Explorer. it's a very big target with lots of ongoing security problems.
Herb....
Re: Internet ToolBars
by Andiamo - 7/15/04 7:28 AM In reply to: Internet ToolBars by Reknaw133The only advice that I can give you may sound dumb but it worked for me. When I got the Searchnow toolbar I was advised to download the Viewpoint toolbar and turn on the pop-up blocker. This worked and in addition, is a pretty cool search engine....http://www.download.com/Viewpoint-Toolbar/3000-2379-10290349.html?tag=lst-0-7
CNet gave it a good rating -- hope I could have been of some assistance
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