Why is this "Hotsearch" popping up when I bring up IE6 all of a sudden??

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Bob

This "hotsearch" menu that resembles the favorites menu
started popping up whenever I bring up IE6. I ran a search
and found it was created back on 8/3/03 in the SSP
registry. I'm not sure if it is from microsoft as it has a
butterfly logo but not exactly the MS logo. I ran lavasoft
but it didn't identify it as spyware but I'm still
suspicious of it as I can't find any option to stop it.
Any help would be appreciated!
 
Bob said:
This "hotsearch" menu that resembles the favorites menu
started popping up whenever I bring up IE6. I ran a search
and found it was created back on 8/3/03 in the SSP
registry. I'm not sure if it is from microsoft as it has a
butterfly logo but not exactly the MS logo. I ran lavasoft
but it didn't identify it as spyware but I'm still
suspicious of it as I can't find any option to stop it.
Any help would be appreciated!
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Go to: http://www.spywareinfo.com/~merijn/files/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: Spyware and Hijackware Removal Support.
http://www.spywareinfo.com/forums/index.php?s=8a236cdf61469fbad3bddbe810be0374&act=SF&f=11

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

HTH

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siljaline

"Arguing with anonymous strangers on the Internet is a sucker's game
because they almost always turn out to be -- or to be indistinguishable from
-- self-righteous sixteen-year-olds possessing infinite amounts of free
time."
- Neil Stephenson, _Cryptonomicon_
 
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