Re: search engine
- From: "Frank Saunders, MS-MVP IE/OE" <franksaunders@xxxxxxxx>
- Date: Wed, 4 May 2005 18:11:06 -0500
"Ahmad" <Ahmad@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message news:55A104F7-9787-4B58-AE45-23815328AA08@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
I got an search toolbar (websearch) installed by mistakenly clicking on a
download link when I was surfing the web. After a lot of fuzz, i managed to
remove this 'crap' manually. No, when I use msn or google to search the web,
I only get suggestions to different search engines. I don't recieve any hits
on my search term.
It appears that I also destroyed something else by removing this search
toolbar.
How I can Unistall this from my machine. Regards Ahmad
First eliminate any spyware. What You Should Know About Spyware http://www.microsoft.com/athome/security/spyware/devioussoftware.mspx
CAUTION!!!!! Removing some spyware can damage the Winsock stack. Before you try to remove spyware, download a copy of LSP-Fix - a free program to repair damaged Winsock 2 stacks (all Windows versions)
http://www.cexx.org/lspfix.htm
Winsockfix for W95, W98, ME, NT, 2000, XP
http://www.tacktech.com/pub/winsockfix/WinsockFix.zip
Directions here: http://www.tacktech.com/display.cfm?ttid=257
WinXP:
Get WinSockxpFix
http://www.spychecker.com/program/winsockxpfix.html
How to Reset Internet Protocol (TCP/IP) in Windows XP
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/299357
In WinXP SP2: You can fix Winsock by going to Start | Run and typing
CMD
In the command window type
netsh winsock reset
See Help with Hijackware http://aumha.org/a/parasite.htm http://aumha.org/a/quickfix.htm http://aumha.net/viewtopic.php?t=5878 http://mvps.org/winhelp2002/unwanted.htm http://inetexplorer.mvps.org/data/prevention.htm http://inetexplorer.mvps.org/data/tshoot.htm http://www.mvps.org/sramesh2k/Malware_Defence.htm http://defendingyourmachine.blogspot.com
-- Frank Saunders, MS-MVP, IE/OE Please respond in Newsgroup only. Do not send email http://www.fjsmjs.com Protect your PC http://www.microsoft.com./athome/security/protect/default.aspx http://defendingyourmachine.blogspot.com/
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