Some spyware (presumabley) loaded an iconic toolbar on my desktop that I
can't get rid of other than by closing it (it has a close button). But I
want to get rid of it completely. It loads everytime I boot my system.

I've looked at all my desktop settings, including desktop web. Nothing in my
startup folder. I even ran msconfig, and unloaded everything in the startup
tab. My AdAware spyware software hasn't found anything either.

Is there anything I can run that will show me what is being loaded on the
desktop?

I'm running XP Pro - SP2

Thanks,
Ron

The name of the toolbar would be helpful.
Have you tried looking in Control Panel > Add/remove programs to see if it
can be uninstalled from there?


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"Ron" <rmadow@mchsi.com> wrote in message
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> Some spyware (presumabley) loaded an iconic toolbar on my desktop that I
> can't get rid of other than by closing it (it has a close button). But I
> want to get rid of it completely. It loads everytime I boot my system.
>
> I've looked at all my desktop settings, including desktop web. Nothing in
> my startup folder. I even ran msconfig, and unloaded everything in the
> startup tab. My AdAware spyware software hasn't found anything either.
>
> Is there anything I can run that will show me what is being loaded on the
> desktop?
>
> I'm running XP Pro - SP2
>
> Thanks,
> Ron
>

Ron wrote:

> Some spyware (presumabley) loaded an iconic toolbar on my desktop that
> I can't get rid of other than by closing it (it has a close button).
> But I want to get rid of it completely. It loads everytime I boot my
> system.
>
> I've looked at all my desktop settings, including desktop web. Nothing
> in my startup folder. I even ran msconfig, and unloaded everything in
> the startup tab. My AdAware spyware software hasn't found anything
> either.
>
> Is there anything I can run that will show me what is being loaded on
> the desktop?
>

MSAS is a good program, but you frequently need more than one
antispyware program to get rid of malware. Go through these removal
steps systematically:

http://www.elephantboycomputers.com/...moving_Malware

Malke
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