Spidersearch.com toolbar

[Guest]

Somehow this tool bar attached itself to my internet
explorer home page. I cannot seem to get rid of it.
Have you heard of this before? Appreciate the help.

 

[Guest]

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Somehow this tool bar attached itself to my internet
explorer home page. I cannot seem to get rid of it.
Have you heard of this before? Appreciate the help.
.
This is what is known as an ADWare virus(technically not

a virus but problematic just the same)You can either got
to macafee or nortons website for instructions on
removing, or download the Lavasoft ad-aware utility and
this will unistall it for you as well as remove any other
spyware garbage thats on your PC.Best of all it's freeware.

 

[Jim Byrd]

Hi - 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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[Guest]

Thanks, have a great holiday

-----Original Message-----
Hi - Go here and follow ALL of the directions:
http://www.mvps.org/inetexplorer/darnit_2.htm#spidersearc h

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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Regards, Jim Byrd, MS-MVP



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[Jim Byrd]

YW, hope it helps.

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[H Leboeuf]

Parasite Alert!

Spidersearch
Try the instructions at this URL:
An uninstaller is apparently available at this URL:
http://www.traffichog.com/toolbar/uninstall.exe


[HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Explorer Bars\
{C4EE31F3-4768-11D2-BE5C-00A0C9A83DA1}].
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You not want to try there removal tools.
Seek the help of the expert here.

Go to http://www.spywareinfo.com/downloads.php#det
Download "Hijack This!" [freeware] or download direct (below):
http://www.spywareinfo.com/~merijn/files/hijackthis.zip

If you get a 404 error or Access denied, try:
http://216.180.252.218/~spywareinfo.com/downloads/tools/hijackthis.zip

Unzip, double-click "HijackThis.exe" and Press "Scan".

When the scan is finished, the "Scan" button will change into a "Save Log"
button.
Click: "Save Log" (generates "hijackthis.log")

Next, HijackThis | Config [button] | Misc Tools [button]
Click: Generate StartupList log [button] (generates "startuplist.txt")

Next, go to the below location:
http://www.spywareinfo.com/forums/

Sign in, then copy and paste both files in your message.

HijackThis Quick Start Help
http://www.tomcoyote.org/hjt/


Henri Leboeuf
Web page: http://www.generation.net/~hleboeuf/index.htm