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  • 12-12-2007 09:14PM
    #1
    niceirishfella
    Closed Accounts Posts: 5,538 ✭✭✭


    hi,

    Can someone help me please.

    how do i get rid of those stupid websearch toolbars that automatically download themselves onto my machine when i download a program like a thing i downloaded to make greeting cards online.

    now i have this "mywebsearch" toolbar that buggs the ****e outta me. How can i get rid of it?
    Also, it has changed my default seach engine from google to it. How can i change it back?

    help!


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  • #2
    Barlow07
    Closed Accounts Posts: 480 ✭✭Barlow07


    niceirishfella wrote: »
    hi,

    Can someone help me please.

    how do i get rid of those stupid websearch toolbars that automatically download themselves onto my machine when i download a program like a thing i downloaded to make greeting cards online.

    now i have this "mywebsearch" toolbar that buggs the ****e outta me. How can i get rid of it?
    Also, it has changed my default seach engine from google to it. How can i change it back?

    help!

    If you are using Internet Explorer at the top put the arrow for the mouse on a gray part and right click, it should open a menu with options to select and deselect. I would also advise you to download ad-ware or spybot, a quick google search will help here.


  • #3
    dulpit
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 14,900 ✭✭✭✭dulpit


    Number of options.

    1: (In Firefox & IE) Click View - Toolbars - The toolbar you don't want
    2: Uninstall the toolbar (control panel - add/remove programs)
    3: Get yourself some anti-spyware program (i use ad-aware myself - link)


  • #4
    supersanta
    Closed Accounts Posts: 7 ✭supersanta


    Spybot is all you need: http://www.safer-networking.org/en/home/


    P.S. STOP CLICKING ON POPUPS!! :)


  • #5
    ActorSeeksJob
    Closed Accounts Posts: 1,970 ✭✭✭ActorSeeksJob


    Download WinPFind3U.exe to your Desktop and double-click on it to extract the files. It will create a folder named WinPFind3u on your desktop.
    • Open the WinPFind3u folder and double-click on WinPFind3U.exe to start the program.
    • Under Additional Scans on the bottom right, check the boxes for Reg - Disabled MS Config Items.
    • Now click the Run Scan button on the toolbar.
    • When the scan is complete Notepad will open with the report file loaded in it.
    • Click the Format menu and make sure that Wordwrap is not checked. If it is then click on it to uncheck it.
    Use the Add Reply button and Copy/Paste the information back here in an attachment. I will review it when it comes in. The last line is < End of Report >, so make sure that is the last line in the attached report.

    Make sure you attach the report in your reply.


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