evil search bar need help

[hyg71886]

theres a search bar in the bottom right corner of ny screen, can someone tell me how to get it off? it does internet searchs

[(51)]

Download and run Hijack This

http://www.spywareinfo.com/~merijn/downloads.html

And post the log

[hyg71886]

Originally Posted by (51) Download and run Hijack This http://www.spywareinfo.com/~merijn/downloads.html And post the log

crap, i didnt save the log, can i get it baCK?

[rjfvillarosa]

What antivirus and spyware programs are you using? and have you tried running the scans in safe mode?

[9600baud]

run Microsoft's new anti-spyware software. Its very powerful. It'll most likely clean that and any other issues you'd have. Then run AdAware to make sure its all gone.

[hyg71886]

Originally Posted by rjfvillarosa What antivirus and spyware programs are you using? and have you tried running the scans in safe mode?

this is my aunts laptop, and shes not using anything! I wont to put her a firewall and stuff up, but as soon as that search bar came up my moms blamed me.

[rjfvillarosa]

Originally Posted by Prometheus this is my aunts laptop, and shes not using anything! I wont to put her a firewall and stuff up, but as soon as that search bar came up my moms blamed me.

What OS is on it?
Do an online scan at http://housecall.trendmicro.com
Download and install "adaware" from www.lavasoft.com, you can always uninstall it after you have run the scans.
Once you are certain you have the machine squeaky clean you can install SP2 which has it's own firewall, provided that laptop has XP of course.

[hyg71886]

I'll do that, thanks

[sky2k4]

http://www.4rfd.net/coollinks/f12k2/f1cl2k3/CWShredder.exe

it removes crap like that!
and or get spysweeper from webroot.com
they work great dont use norton ,thats crap!
use avg. grisoft.com its 4x's better