ok, i've just downloaded something without knowing what it was,

my "friend" sent me to a website to download something, and i just followed without thinking twice it turned out to be something called "buddy icon" which just fills my explorer with crap, and offers me emoticons on msn which i don't want, and when i found "Web tools by hotbar" on my programs list, it won't let me remove it, i press remove and all it does is refresh the page. basteds...

does anyone know how to get rid of it, maybe there's a removal tool or something.

byeaaa

Em? have you tryed to use Adaware personal  it could be adware or sumin

if you haven't downloaded adware heres the website www.lavasoft.com its free to download!


scan and see what it finds!

i use spybot s&D, maybe i should run a check

i was told that it's good to use it WITH adaware, is it worth filling my computer with both of them?

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maybe i should run a check

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yeah it found hotbar and i removed that, but it turns out they were unrelated when i reopened msn. i've now found that this infsting illusive program has been promptly closing msn on it's own accord. the url it came from is... ok now it won't let me open "my documents" to look in my log files. after checking with spybot after a re-scan it found 32 entries of mywebsearch (basteds) and i'm just going to close i e to see if this helps.

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ok now it won't let me open "my documents

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nope no error message, i updated S&D and fixed a whole load of "mywebsearch" thingies,  so the actual tool bar has gone. as have most of the problems, but unfortunately a few minutes ago, my msn messenger (7, with penguin skin) just exited itself and i had to re sign in, so it's still leaving a few traits behind.

Good you got the ie bar away but

You tried Lavasoft's Adaware? Sometimes it picks up things Spybot misses, and sometimes viseversa. I use both.

off to download it now, i'm sure my pop won't be happy with annother addition to my collection of anti -spyware tests and anti-virus etc

I aint your buddy thats sending you that cause like when im haveing convos with my conctacts a msg pops up as a message from them. And all of them deny it being them so I dont know what it could be.