Re: XP Changes taskbar

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From: Will Denny (willdenny_at_mvps.org)
Date: 07/05/04 

Date: Mon, 5 Jul 2004 07:58:23 +0100

Hi

Try these programs to check for any spyware that may be on your system:

Ad-Aware - www.lavasoftusa.com
Spybot - http://www.safer-networking.org/
CWShredder - http://www.spywareinfo.com/~merijn/downloads.html

Try SpyWareBlaster to stop intrusions:

http://www.javacoolsoftware.com/spywareblaster.html

Also see the following links:

http://mvps.org/winhelp2002/unwanted.htm
http://www.microsoft.com/security/articles/spyware.asp 

-- 
Will Denny
MS-MVP Windows - Shell/User
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"Glen Corlin" <lmo01-nospam@yahoo.com> wrote in message
news:%23r54tulYEHA.3304@TK2MSFTNGP09.phx.gbl...
| I have a strange thing happening on my desktop, and don't know why. When I
| boot up my system for the first time some days, a Search Assistant appears
| on the taskbar, and all my QuickLaunch icons have been moved around.
| Sometimes my desktop icons are also moved around. I have no idea why this
| happens. If I do a System Restore to the previous day, everything gets
| fixed, but in a day or two, the Search Assistant pops back up, and
| everything gets moved around again.
| Questions: What is this Search Assistant, and can I permanently remove it?
| Can I prevent this change from happening somehow?
| Many thanks in advance.
|
| -- 
| Glen Corlin
| 21st Century Schizoid Man
|
|

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