Mark Giles

How do I get rid of this Irritating Internet Explorer Toolbar Installation Popup???

Ok, every morning I get to work at start my computer, theres this Popup that comes up that asks me if I want to continue with the upgrade to the Internet Explorer Search Toolbar Installation. The other option is to Uninstall??? So I always push that.I also have went into my add/remove software and havn't found anything else to uninstall. I have the Google Toolbar installed and am very happy with it. On occasion when someone else starts my computer, I guess they will push install and I will two toolbars installed. Google and this one.

Now, how do I prevent this popup from coming up everytime I start my computer? Any help would be appreciated!

Jesse Leonard

Run ad-aware (free): http://lavasoft.element5.com/support/download/

It will clean out all the add-ware/spy-ware on your system (which is probably what this is). That should get it.

What OS are you running?

Mark Giles

XP...ok i'll try that out.

Mark Giles

That didnt work. I installed and ran the Adware.

I noticed that this is actually Websearch.

Here's a link to there website.

http://www.websearch.com/


Like I said it's not installed but the popup asking me I want to install comes up everytime I startup my computer.

Patrick Sun

Well, most likely that it's either launching from your Startup folder, or in your registry:

My Computer\HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Wind ows\CurrentVersion\Run

Then look in the right hand side, and look for a key that is launching something named "websearch"

Or look in the Add/Remove programs for "Websearch" and delete it there.

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GaryP

Mark,

Check out this link for uninstall directions. As Pat said, you should be able to grab it in the 'add/remove' section. If not, it provides instuctions for manual removal form the registry.

Hope this helps,
Gary

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Wayne Bundrick

Spybot Search & Destroy is also good for finding and rooting out bad stuff, plus it can also install countermeasures to block bad stuff from getting back into your computer later.

Wayne Bundrick

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