Author Topic: Search Assistant Toolbar (Read 157 times)

aknimitz · « **on:** January 31, 2005, 10:36:13 AM »

Ok, for the past month or so I keep getting this "Search Assistnant" on my toolbar with XP. I can right click on toolbar, and deselect it ... which I do. But I dont want it there, and cannot figure out what happened to have it appear there. Ive cleaned up my programs, removed all that shouldnt be, but it persists! HELP!

Thanks.

Nim

JB73 · « **Reply #1 on:** January 31, 2005, 10:43:03 AM »

it is one super nasty piece of spyware... there was a thread in one of the tech forums on how to get rid of it....

you getting about:blank as a homepage sometimes too?

aknimitz · « **Reply #2 on:** January 31, 2005, 10:49:23 AM »

No error message on homepages thankfully. I'll poke around in tech forum, thanks.

Nim

Nefarious · « **Reply #3 on:** January 31, 2005, 12:10:37 PM »

What kind of Antivirus/spyware programs do you use.

I just had a major attack and It was my own doing at that.

Adaware and Spyboy Search and Destroy are only the tip of the iceberg, when it comes to great programs.

Look into Trojan Hunter 4, Its a Free 30 Day Eval Demo, TDS-3 Pro is another great Free program. Stinger is another great one, and the one that eventually led me to success. If all else fails get HijackThis, run it and dont delete anything save the logfile and show it to somebody who knows more than you do

BUG_EAF322 · « **Reply #4 on:** January 31, 2005, 12:14:59 PM »

Damn pornsites