dotcomtoolbar

[DarkDelight.net]

GRR!!!

This thing is honking me off big time.

It started with a popup thanking me for installing Dot Com Toolbar.
Now my homepage is set to http://www.findthewebsiteyouneed.com/
There are popups everywhere.

I delete cookies, empty the cache and reset the home page yet still this thing is back when I reboot.

Media Player is gone and in it's place is the icon for a generic VB application (you know, the form icon) which reinstalls this carp.


How do I get rid of this thing?

Some people suggest hijackthis (http://www.spywareinfo.com/~merijn/files/hijackthis.zip)

Is that any good?

[MarkB]

Try Pest Patrol or AdAware as well...

[Vile]

GRR!!!

This thing is honking me off big time.

It started with a popup thanking me for installing Dot Com Toolbar.
Now my homepage is set to http://www.findthewebsiteyouneed.com/
There are popups everywhere.

I delete cookies, empty the cache and reset the home page yet still this thing is back when I reboot.

Media Player is gone and in it's place is the icon for a generic VB application (you know, the form icon) which reinstalls this carp.


How do I get rid of this thing?

Some people suggest hijackthis (http://www.spywareinfo.com/~merijn/files/hijackthis.zip)

Is that any good?

http://www.lavasoftusa.com/software/adaware/

Odd enough, but sometimes there is an uninstall option in add/remove so you may want to check there as well. If not then use Ad-Adaware

[DarkDelight.net]

http://www.lavasoftusa.com/software/adaware/

Odd enough, but sometimes there is an uninstall option in add/remove so you may want to check there as well. If not then use Ad-Adaware

Yes, there is an uninstall option.
The trouble is, it keeps getting reinstalled again.

:mad:

[noppid]

Did you try deleting "wmplayer.exe" since it's bad?

[DarkDelight.net]

Did you try deleting "wmplayer.exe" since it's bad?

No. I reinstalled WMP over the top.

[thefluke]

Yes, there is an uninstall option.
The trouble is, it keeps getting reinstalled again.

:mad:
Once you unistall it, check your startup files to see if there is anything strange in there as well.

[Mr. HillBilly]

Get spybot search and destroy:

http://www.safer-networking.org/

Make sure you update the program and change the settings to your needs.

[RizRich]

I was able to get rid of the toolbar by uninstalling it. Now, every time I do a search from the address bar it gives me a GiantExplorer search page which says dotcomtoolbar in the address bar. I've tried changing it by going to the Customize Search Settings but it wont go away.

Does anyone know how I can get my autosearch back to something other than GiantExplorer or dotcomtoolbar? I have windows XP.