baywoman2001 wrote:
> I have used spyware program to identify adware/spyware and was able to
> delete from the registry those files, etc. Everytime I restart pc, this one
> keeps coming back. I have looked everywhere and it doesn't seem to appear
> anywhere..... I want to use the search function in IE but it shows this link
> in search. I also see it load when starting up IE.
> Can anyone shed light on this?
> Thanks
>
>

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of Computer Support Services Planet

Spyware is usually hidden in the Windows Registery. If you've made
backups, now might be a good time to pull it out. If you are familiar
with the registry, it's not hard to clean out that type stuff, most of
it is in HKLM>software>microsoft>windows>currentversion. Then look for
IE, and anything that's not supposed to be there, keys run, run-once,
etc, are favorite places of worms/virus/spyware/malware to hide, since
anything that is named there will run each and everytime you start
windows. If you _aren't_ familiar with the registery, I don't recommend
messing with it, although if you back it up first (export registery,
make sure to select ALL keys!) you can fix a mistake if you make one.

Hopefully you can just run the most up to date spyware removal app and
that will be all. If you're already using the most up-2-date tools, and
it's still there, then I'd go the easy route and dump IE. There is no
reason to be using a super-exploitable web browser when there are so
many other ones that are just as good but much more secure. I'd
recommend Mozilla, most Spyware won't even run on it. I've used it for a
long time and no troubles. I used IE for one day, and I had several
different tracking-cookies and spyware by the end of the day. Remember,
backups, firewalls, up to date programs, and don't use software that is
known to be vulnerable; those are just general rules to keep trouble-free.

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