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What is this search bar? How do we get rid of it?
Discuss What is this search bar? How do we get rid of it?
Posted by: Harper
Woke up this morning, and I found this search bar on my browser.
1. What is it?
2. What do I do to get rid of it?
Adware does not get rid of this bar. So I need some help on this one.
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Posted by: cheerios
oh haha thats ez...
just go to
control panel>add/remove programs
and find that suspicious looking program and remove it :D
Posted by: cheerios
sometimes it might just happen that it comes back, it can be a friggin recurring problem :X
Posted by: Lobos
if that dont work
Please do this. Click here: [url]http://www.sherrylynn.us/HijackThis.exe[/url] to download Hijack This. Save it to it’s own folder (not temporary files or the desktop).
Close all open windows and open HIJACK THIS. Click “Scan”. When the scan is finished (it only takes a second), the scan button will change to “Save Log”. Click on “Save Log” and save it to NotePad. Copy the entire log and paste it here.
DO NOT FIX ANYTHING YET, most items that appear in the log are harmless or even needed. Wait for someone to analyze the scan and advise
Posted by: preet2u
Spybot S & D ..will remove it .. I hate that **** search bar ..it's so freakin' irritating.
Just run Spybot! :)
Posted by: ADZ
You usually get it from downloading MSN Plus. Like mentioned above, rune HiJack this and remove anything that says 'My Search Bar'
Posted by: rakesh_1024
I had the same problem some time ago.
Open the processes tab in task manager,locate the exe file for the searchbar, right click on it and choose end process tree.
Now go to control panel and remove it using Add/Remove programs.
Posted by: Harper
[QUOTE][i]Originally posted by cheerios [/i]
[B]oh haha thats ez...
just go to
control panel>add/remove programs
and find that suspicious looking program and remove it :D [/B][/QUOTE]
Try that, there is nothing listed there.
[QUOTE][i]Originally posted by LobosBlanco [/i]
[B]if that dont work
Please do this. Click here: [url]http://www.sherrylynn.us/HijackThis.exe[/url] to download Hijack This. Save it to it’s own folder (not temporary files or the desktop).
Close all open windows and open HIJACK THIS. Click “Scan”. When the scan is finished (it only takes a second), the scan button will change to “Save Log”. Click on “Save Log” and save it to NotePad. Copy the entire log and paste it here.
DO NOT FIX ANYTHING YET, most items that appear in the log are harmless or even needed. Wait for someone to analyze the scan and advise [/B][/QUOTE]
Would like to avoid using HiJack This if I can. But is getting down to the point where i might not have a choice.
[QUOTE][i]Originally posted by preet2u [/i]
[B]Spybot S & D ..will remove it .. I hate that **** search bar ..it's so freakin' irritating.
Just run Spybot! :) [/B][/QUOTE]
Spybot S&D detected a lot of $#!+ that AdAware did not. How ever, it bar still remains.
[QUOTE][i]Originally posted by ADZ [/i]
[B]You usually get it from downloading MSN Plus. Like mentioned above, rune HiJack this and remove anything that says 'My Search Bar' [/B][/QUOTE]
Don't remember downloading MSN Plus (let alone any program) recently. Look like i might need to use HiJack This.
[QUOTE][i]Originally posted by rakesh_1024 [/i]
[B]I had the same problem some time ago.
Open the processes tab in task manager,locate the exe file for the searchbar, right click on it and choose end process tree.
Now go to control panel and remove it using Add/Remove programs. [/B][/QUOTE]
That is normally the first thing that I do when some thing strange pop up. But there is nothing fitting that discription of a SEARCH BAR in that menu.
Looking like i am going to have to use HiJack This.
Posted by: becroydon
go to [url]www.doxdesk.com[/url] , this is a good website for fixing spyware, and if it is the "my search bar" one then there is definatly a manual removal instruction on there
Posted by: Harper
I managed to kill it with a run of HiJackThis, followed by Spybot S&D.
It was a shifty piece of spyware as I really need to use the a combination of programs with a repeat instant of one of the programs.
But in the end, I was victorious!!!!
Posted by: cheerios
Wow mission completed! Job done!
Posted by: DMo224
[QUOTE][i]Originally posted by Silesia [/i]
[B]I managed to kill it with a run of HiJackThis, followed by Spybot S&D....But in the end, I was victorious!!!! [/B][/QUOTE]Earlier you said that you didn't want to run HijackThis! [b]Why did you have reservations about using that program?[/b]
Congrats on your victory!
Dave :D
Posted by: ricky215
I tryied all those things, but it didn't work. When I went into add/remove programs I couldn't find "mysearchbar," but I did see "Search Window" and the icon to the left looked like a windows "hotfix" or update. when i clicked remove a message popped up that said to type the 7 digit number in the window to make sure that i was a "human and not a computer". Once i did that, I restarted and the searchbar was gone and I was able to set my home page again.
- Add/Remove => "search Window"
- Type 7 digit number in text box
- That's it!
No need for HIJACK THIS or spybot.:cool: