Hi Dave - Go here and follow ALL of the directions:
http://www.mvps.org/inetexplorer/darnit_2.htm#spidersearch
As a general rule we avoid like the plague advising people to use the
"malware" creator's uninstalls. They often just
install more spyware and/or leave residual spyware stuff. In this case I'm
not aware of any reports of bad things happening from using it, but that
doesn't mean that they won't. As Sandi noted:
"Scan with an up-to-date antivirus programmes before running and set a
system restore point if using XP or Windows ME." (And I'll add to this,
run updated AdAware and Spybot S&D after, as well).
One additional thing you might do to provide some additional protection - go
here and download and install a program called TotalUninstall:
http://www.geocities.com/ggmartau/projects/projects.html Run this and do
your execution of the SpiderSearch Uninstaller from inside it. (You'll see
what I mean when you run TotalUninstall. Be sure to read the Help first.)
This will at least give you a complete picture of what got changed and allow
you to completely reverse it if necessary or just to identify anything
"extra" that was added for removal manually. (FWIW, this is an
indispensable utility to have around if you ever have occastion to install
problematic/trial/Symantec software. It's the only way I know of to
completely remove some Symantec software, for example, which is mandatory
for me, since I don't allow it on my machines except for testing, and I
would otherwise be unable to test it.)
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Please respond in the same thread.
Regards, Jim Byrd, MS-MVP
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