spyware and searchbar removal

**vikeor** · December 15th, 2004, 05:30 AM

i have all this crap on my comp stupid searchbars opening and stuff.. i scanned my system with Ad-Aware but there is no option to remove this crap only "quarantine" how can i get rid of this adware??

**filipino** · December 15th, 2004, 05:52 AM

did you check on add/remove programs? maybe that search bar has uninstall option if not try about buster http://www.majorgeeks.com/downloads31.html

**Kuasimodem** · December 15th, 2004, 11:36 AM

All you have to do is open AdawareSE, click on the padlock icon and then right click on the archive file you want to delete and select delete from the menu.

**vikeor** · December 15th, 2004, 12:22 PM

i have Adaware 6.0 and theres no padlock button =\ and about buster didnt do the trick

**vikeor** · December 15th, 2004, 12:43 PM

ive scanned using Ad-aware SE , about buster, looked in add/remove programs and nothing =\ time to format....

**GroundZero3** · December 15th, 2004, 12:45 PM

install spybot and scan

**vikeor** · December 15th, 2004, 12:48 PM

ill give that a shot...

**Martoch** · December 15th, 2004, 12:50 PM

Run Spy Sweeper. ("try it" links on the right)
It will find spyware that adaware/spybot miss.

**pphalan** · December 15th, 2004, 01:28 PM

vikeor give me the name of the spyware/toolbar your trying to get rid of

**implexant** · December 15th, 2004, 01:31 PM

Originally Posted by vikeor

i have all this crap on my comp stupid searchbars opening and stuff.. i scanned my system with Ad-Aware but there is no option to remove this crap only "quarantine" how can i get rid of this adware??

Run a full system scan. After it finished you should be able to check all the spyware and click "next". It'll then remove everything...

BTW, do you have the latest version of AdAware?

And... if your computer is heavily infested, you might consider just formatting and reloading.

-Chris

**S.D.Willie** · December 15th, 2004, 01:53 PM

im a big fan of adaware, hijack this. and spybot(spysweeper is trial only) but recently have tried giant antispyware and think its very good. its free and for those who want real time protection that the other apps dont have, its worth giving it a try. link here:

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**vikeor** · December 15th, 2004, 02:10 PM

Originally Posted by pphalan

vikeor give me the name of the spyware/toolbar your trying to get rid of

i have no idea what its called... it appears at the bottom ur my screen it has links to Make Money, Music, Casino, Investing, Travel, Mortage... then more Dating, Travel, Careers, Credit, Computers, Insurance and has a search thing too...

**pphalan** · December 15th, 2004, 02:14 PM

it should be in your add/ remove section for the toolbar,but doesnt give you any name to go by?the search bar has to have something to go on

**vikeor** · December 15th, 2004, 02:27 PM

it doesnt =\

**pphalan** · December 15th, 2004, 02:30 PM

Orphan that son of a bitch toolbar and download Firefox or Opera.
Your only other option is to format and reinstall if you cant ID it.Also try Hijack this to view everything in startup that should ID it for you.