nigel99 617 #1 August 8, 2003 Ok I have a problem - last night I worked late and got a little bored needed a break. So I jumped to a link from a spam mail. Now my IE has a stupid toolbar "Adult links" so I can turn it off but not get rid of it. Does anyone know how to. I am not talking about the normal "links" toolbar - which was also populated with crap. Experienced jumper - someone who has made mistakes more often than I have and lived. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
skymama 37 #2 August 8, 2003 I had problems getting rid of a toolbar once. I had to go into their site and dig way down deep to find the link to get rid of it, but it was there. Also, did you try add/remove programs?She is Da Man, and you better not mess with Da Man, because she will lay some keepdown on you faster than, well, really fast. ~Billvon Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
nigel99 617 #3 August 8, 2003 Yes the sneaky people never added it to that Experienced jumper - someone who has made mistakes more often than I have and lived. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
BlueEyedMonster 0 #4 August 8, 2003 It should be in the add/remove programs in the control panel. If it is windows XP, I would suggest resetting your system to a restore point before you did this. You do not know what else was installed. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
nigel99 617 #5 August 8, 2003 Its Win 2k and its not under the add/remove programs. I managed to use a registry cleaner to clean it out about 2 minutes ago There were actuall DLL's put under windows directory by the shit. Now that's why I use Linux at home Experienced jumper - someone who has made mistakes more often than I have and lived. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
BlueEyedMonster 0 #6 August 8, 2003 Quote Now that's why I use Linux at home A safer bet would be to NOT open the spam e-mails and cancel out of the install windows that pop up. If ya click OK on that stuff you are gonna pay for it. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
DTOXX 0 #7 August 8, 2003 Your new menubar is most certain to have other "uses" that you are unaware of. You can get a really good spyware detector/remover called Adware. It can be found on many download sites. HERE is a list of them. This is a free application that the authors (Lavasoft) hope you will like enough to purchase the add on modules. It works really well I might add. This is just one of the things I keep handy for those rat bastard muther fockers piece of #%^& ahahhhhhhhh. Have a nice day. ------- D.T. Holder SIMstudy Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
TheBachelor 5 #8 August 8, 2003 Another one that's worked well for me is called "Spybot Search and Destroy". You can download it for free at: http://download.com.com/3000-2144-10194058.html?tag=lst-0-1There are battered women? I've been eating 'em plain all of these years... Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
digurman 0 #9 August 8, 2003 I work for a telecom provider and we are always trying to block the child pornographers, spammers, et al, but I still can't keep my own PC free of pop ups, etc. Some of us are trying the google toolbar. You need IE 6 to block pop ups. Words aren't real Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
CrazyIvan 0 #10 August 8, 2003 Try this utility, very good.__________________________________________ Blue Skies and May the Force be with you. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
BlueEyedMonster 0 #11 August 8, 2003 Sorry guys, you cannot trust those free things either. I had an old roomie install a free virus scanner on my server once. He claimed he didn't, but the keylogger busted him. Anyway, it was not a virus scanner; it was an empty folder in program files and a variation of the NIMBDA virus. I discovered it when my firewall started stopping a huge flood of intrusion attempts. Just formatting did not clear it either.... it would re-infect one drive as I formatted another. It took a norton anti-virus solution to get rid of it. Just be careful with this stuff. DON'T be the sucker that gets tricked into installing it. And there is no such things as free. Make sure your home computers have a quality firewall and anti-virus system. Pay for them don't use some downloaded free crap. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
GigaBuist 0 #12 August 8, 2003 Well, this works pretty good for stopping IE exploits too. Oh, and popups. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Zenister 0 #13 August 8, 2003 Quote Another one that's worked well for me is called "Spybot Search and Destroy". You can download it for free at: http://download.com.com/3000-2144-10194058.html?tag=lst-0-1 SpyBot is a very good freeware program that is regularly updated to keep pace with the continuing 'spew'. It also has a good online community (including the developer) you can get help and advice from.. get a good firewall and increase the settinging until they annoy you with 'do you want to allow this" questions.. its far easier than continually removing the tracking and ad software you get.. of course your surfing habits have ALOT to do with the kinds of crap your exposed too..____________________________________ Those who fail to learn from the past are simply Doomed. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
