Added (unwanted) toolbar in IE

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Ana

The last couple of days I have seen an added toolbar under
the address window in my IE. It has something like
a "popup blocker" which I did not install and do not want -
it is actually popping up as "www.ihatepopups.com" and
causing my explorer or other programs that I might be
running at the time to shut down (or they minimize
themselves without my doing anything. Please advise on
how to get rid of that.
 
2. Use the following scanners to find and remove the website.

SpyBot S&D searches your harddisk for so-called spy- or adbots;
http://security.kolla.de/
or
Adaware
http://www.lavasoftusa.com/software/adaware/
or
CWShredder
http://www.spychecker.com/program/cwshredder.html

3. Some porn websites redirects links to their websites using your HOSTS
file. Do a search for the HOSTS (without extension) file and remove the
entry.

4. If still no joy, download HijackThis from Spywareinfo download page

http://www.spywareinfo.com/downloads.php

Run the program and you will find many entries. Most are OK. Post the log. I
will find the problem for you.

5. For future preventive maintenance, make sure programs cannot just
download on your computer without your permission. From the Internet
Toolbar, go to Tools > Internet Options > Advanced. Make sure "Enable
Install On Demand (Internet Explorer)" and "Enable Install On Demand
(Other)" are unchecked.
 
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