"Strutter" <strutter_ukNODAMNSPAM@hotmail.com> wrote in message
news:bo58vj$kdv$1@titan.btinternet.com...
> I have the most irritating b*stard piece of sh*tware on my machine!
>
> 1 How the hell did it get onto my machine? My machine was left online with
> Yahoo Messenger and MSN messenger running, nothing else for about a day. I
> then find there's 40 pieces of scumware found by Ad-Aware, that were
> apparently removed. I have Tiny Firewall, and AntiVir running to protect

my
> system. It is worrying this crap can get on your machine when you're not
> even using the computer!
>
> 2 How do I uninstall the LOP toolbar, Ad-Aware and SpyBot find nothing,

yet
> when I open up internet explorer it's there! I've run an installer

available
> on LOP.com, but it does f*ck all!
>
> Please help before I cricket bat my PC into oblivion!
>
> )
>
> Thanks,
>
> Strutter
>
>


I assume you mean c2.lop which Spybot DOES know. If it isn't picking it up,
run advanced mode and make sure it isn't auto marked to be EXCLUDED from a
search.