Removed Toolbar but Still Getting BMarks

[Guest]

Hi

One those toolbars installed on my machine - have removed it however every time I boot my machine I get bookmarks inserted on my desktop and in IE

Cannot find any programs anywhere which seem to be responsible - only an exe in the Windows folder (MSXMIDI.exe) which seems suspicious. Searching on the MS site, it is the only file that does not return a search result. Don't want to delete this file before being sure

Can anyone help

Thanks

Andrew

 

[PA Bear]

Check your system for "hijackware":

Dealing with Hijackware
http://mvps.org/winhelp2002/unwanted.htm
http://www.mvps.org/inetexplorer/Darnit.htm#tshoot
http://aumha.org/a/parasite.htm

You *must* seek updates for Ad-Aware, Spybot, etc., before each and every
use, even "right out of the box". But even then, they can't catch
everything. When all else fails, HijackThis
(http://www.merijn.org/files/hijackthis.zip) is the preferred tool to use.
It will help you to both identify and remove any hijackware/spyware. **Post
your files to http://forums.spywareinfo.com/ or the Spyware forum at
http://forum.aumha.org/ for expert analysis, not here.**

Also update your virus definitions and then run a full system scan. From
now on, do both daily.
--
HTH...Please post back to this thread

~Robear Dyer (aka PA Bear)
MS MVP-Windows (IE/OE), AH-VSOP

Protect Your PC
http://www.microsoft.com/security/protect/

 

[JR]

This is probably being caused by a third-party program
(adware, spyware,
parasite)

Download, install, *update* and run these two programs:
Ad-aware from http://www.lavasoft.de/software/adaware/
Spybot from http://security.kolla.de/ (Remove items
listed in red.)

Additional information at:

Dealing with Unwanted Spyware and Parasites:
http://mvps.org/winhelp2002/unwanted.htm
Note the security recommendations.

-----Original Message-----
Hi,

One those toolbars installed on my machine - have

removed it however every time I boot my machine I get
bookmarks inserted on my desktop and in IE.

Cannot find any programs anywhere which seem to be

responsible - only an exe in the Windows folder
(MSXMIDI.exe) which seems suspicious. Searching on the MS
site, it is the only file that does not return a search
result. Don't want to delete this file before being sure.