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My Tool Bar and the drop down Tools menue contains links
to Test your IQ and erotic.... I can make them not show
on the tool bar but they bare still on the drop down
menu. How do I delete them all together?
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Tool Bars by Sadie

Sadie
Fri May 21 16:16:27 CDT 2004

Pop along to http://cexx.org,and ask them to help you
remove the xxx toolbar/hotbar.

Sadie
>-----Original Message-----
>My Tool Bar and the drop down Tools menue contains links
>to Test your IQ and erotic.... I can make them not show
>on the tool bar but they bare still on the drop down
>menu. How do I delete them all together?
>.
>
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Re: Tool Bars by Chuck

Chuck
Fri May 21 16:33:09 CDT 2004

On Fri, 21 May 2004 11:17:50 -0700, "Karen"
<anonymous@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote:

>My Tool Bar and the drop down Tools menue contains links
>to Test your IQ and erotic.... I can make them not show
>on the tool bar but they bare still on the drop down
>menu. How do I delete them all together?

Karen,

Sounds like spyware (crapware) to me.

How current is your virus protection? Try these free online virus scans:
<http://www.bitdefender.com/scan/license.php>
<http://www.pandasoftware.com/activescan/com/activescan_principal.htm>
<http://security.symantec.com/ssc/home.asp>
<http://housecall.trendmicro.com/housecall/start_corp.asp>

Now check for, and learn to defend against, additional carriers of infection.
Have you downloaded these programs before? Download them again, as many are
revised frequently, to keep up with the current level of malware being attempted
constantly - get the absolutely most current version of each product listed.
They're all free - and most pretty small, so they download quickly enough.

First, download LSP-Fix and WinsockXPFIx from <http://www.cexx.org/lspfix.htm>,
and CWShredder from <http://www.majorgeeks.com/download4086.html>. All are
free.

Next, close all Internet Explorer and Outlook windows, then run CWShredder.
Have it fix all variants.

Now check for, and remove, spyware. Get HijackThis
<http://www.majorgeeks.com/download.php?det=3155> and Spybot S&D
<http://www.safer-networking.org/index.php?page=download>. Both free.
1) Install and run Spybot. First update it ("Search for updates"), then run a
scan ("Check for problems"). Trust Spybot, and make all recommended deletions.
2) Install and run HijackThis. Do NOT make any changes immediately. Save the
HJT Log.
3) Have your HJT log interpreted by experts at one or more of the following
forums (and post it here):
<http://forums.net-integration.net/>
<http://www.spywareinfo.com/forums/>
<http://forums.tomcoyote.org/>
<http://www.wilderssecurity.com/>

If removal of any spyware affects your ability to access the internet (some
spyware builds itself into the network software, and its removal may damage your
network), run LSP-Fix and / or WinsockXPFIx.

Cheers,
Chuck
Paranoia comes from experience - and is not necessarily a bad thing.
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