underhanded installation

Does anyone know if www.websearch.com is credible? They
have weaseled their way into
get installed as part of my explorer browser. They appear
to represent themselves as part
of MS Explorer. When I try to uninstall websearch, it
requires that I am on the network.
Sounds bogus to me.

Also, is there some sort of trojan horse that takes over
windows automatic update?
I get frequent popups telling me there is a security patch
available. But when I
go directly to windowsupdate.microspft.com, there is no
such update. I disabled the
automatic update to stop the popups.

BTW - I maintain Antivirus and XP security updates
regularly.

Jupiter
Sat Dec 20 13:07:40 CST 2003

Jake;
If you wish to uninstall:
http://www.websearch.com/Help/Help_Toolbar.aspx

Check for spyware, #5 & #6 on this link:
http://www3.telus.net/dandemar/Slowcom.htm

Also see:
http://www3.telus.net/dandemar/Security.htm

--
Jupiter Jones [MVP]
An easier way to read newsgroup messages:
http://www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/pro/using/newsgroups/setup.asp
http://dts-l.org/index.html


"Jake" <anonymous@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:009301c3c72a$f05aeb30$a401280a@phx.gbl...
>
> Does anyone know if www.websearch.com is credible? They
> have weaseled their way into
> get installed as part of my explorer browser. They appear
> to represent themselves as part
> of MS Explorer. When I try to uninstall websearch, it
> requires that I am on the network.
> Sounds bogus to me.
>
> Also, is there some sort of trojan horse that takes over
> windows automatic update?
> I get frequent popups telling me there is a security patch
> available. But when I
> go directly to windowsupdate.microspft.com, there is no
> such update. I disabled the
> automatic update to stop the popups.
>
> BTW - I maintain Antivirus and XP security updates
> regularly.