how do i get rid of these 2 bars permanatly??

http://home.ripway.com/2004-4/99947/RARRRRR.jpg

think i got rid of one though lol

also this comes up everytime i start IE

http://home.ripway.com/2004-4/99947/sigh.jpg

can i get rid of it please?

Yup - it's spyware.
Time to unleash Spyware - Search and Destroy and run Ad-Aware .

Alex

I'll dig out some links - 2 ticks

Top one - http://www.download.com/3120-20_4-0.html?qt=Search+and+Destroy+&tg=dl-20&search.x=0&search.y=0&search=+Go%21+

"Personal" on this one http://www.lavasoft.de/



HTH
Alex

i got Search and destroy

shall i just run that yeah?

Yup.

See what it comes up with
Alex

brought up 14 problems

and cured all of em

yet both bars still appear once started up

Sounds like Cool Web Search trojan (CWS)

Look on google for CWShredder

Should be on www.spywareinfo.com/~merijn/downloads.html but sometimes buys/down.

Originally posted by Robbie_Lovin
brought up 14 problems

and cured all of em

yet both bars still appear once started up

There are some programs that cannot be deleted straight away by Spybot and Ad aware, you have to select "yes" if it asks you to clean your machine after a restart. It then removes them before Windows (and these rogue progs) start up.

i dont know how to work that one fnkysknky

Alternatively you could get a decent browser http://www.mozilla.org/products/firefox/releases/0.9.html

Yes, I was going to say switch to Mozilla FF.

Alex

ive got mozilla too, but sometimes that decides it is not connected to net and have to use IE

mozilla is really good,
but whenever i click links it opens IE so would like to sort this lil problem out,
i got rid of one the bars, but cant get rid of the "mywebsearch" one and also that stupid casion thingy that comes up when IE starts

woo hoo, got rid of nother one

now just need to get rid of the one that appears at the bottom when ie starts up please

So, has one come back again? Or did only one go when using Spybot S&D.

Alex

I had one of those toolbars once and removed it by going into control panel and going on add/remove programs. It was called something toolbar or toolbar something, if you go down the list you should be able to tell which it is.

Previous poster, it's smiley central toolbar or MyWay Search bar - you may think that it has gone with the simple "remove" button but really it just disappears until the next time.

Alex

Look at what processes are running with a CTRL+ALT+SUPP then kill unnecessary applications.
In your control pannel/Add remove stuff, uninstall the litigeous program.
If it isn't there, delete any file with the processes name.
also in run, type in msconfig, then in the startup tab look up for unusual programs that have sneaked in and run each time you run Window$.
After that a good Adaware 6 + Spybot S&D should do that trick !

Another solutions is to not go on dodgy sites...
Obvious progs you want to dissable/delete are stuff affiliated to Gain / Gator = EVIL !
Googlebar, Mysearch, Yahoobar : goodbye !

If all this does'nt work you need to do a Hijack This scan and post it on the link below.

You can get HijackThis here:
http://www.spychecker.com/program/hijackthis.html

Post your log here:
http://hijackthis.de/index.php?langselect=english

i removed the smiley central yeah through programs, but could not find one for the annoying casion thing,

il try the othe things later

There is a package called 'advanced uninstaller pro'. Apparently this deletes all the registry entries of these crappy programs as well as removing them and keeping an eye on anything new.

It also tweaks all other eliments of your registry.

Must have to get it myself someday...

Not Tweak UI is it?

Alex

ok im guessing it should be 2nd to top one on the first picture i should be deleting

just wanted confirmation of this

anyone help??

http://home.ripway.com/2004-4/99947/hmmmm.jpg

http://home.ripway.com/2004-4/99947/hmmmmm.jpg