Joseph, any time you're trying to rid yourself of a pest such as this, be it virus, spyware, BHO, whatever, it is imperative that you turn OFF System Restore before you begin. The scumbags who write this stuff have just enough marginal intelligence to realize that by masquerading their junk as system files they can get Windows to restore it after removal. The following instructions are from Symantec's site, who advise doing just that before attempting to remove viruses, trojans, etc.
Cheers, Scott
P.S. When you get your system cleaned up, install SP2. Besides addressing quite a few very significant security exploits, there are a number of nice enhancements. My favorite is a new item in the View menu of OE6, "View|Message in HTML." This allows you to keep the Read setting "Read all messages in plain text" turned on all the time, while still being able to easily view HTML-formatted messages that you wish to see without all the clicks required to go into Options, and without having to reset it after reading an HTML message. From what I've read, this is *only* available in the XP SP2 version of OE6. I've had SP2 for about a month now, with zero problems, so don't be afraid of it.
To turn off Windows XP System Restore 1.. Click Start > Programs > Accessories > Windows Explorer 2.. Right-click My Computer, and then click Properties. 3.. Click the System Restore tab. 4.. Check the "Turn off System Restore" or "Turn off System Restore on all drives" check box as shown in this illustration: This will delete all existing restore points. Click Yes to do this. 5.. Click OK. 6.. Proceed with what you need to do. For example, removing viruses. Restart the computer and follow the instructions in the next section to turn on System Restore.
To turn on Windows XP System Restore 1.. Click Start. 2.. Right-click My Computer, and then click Properties. 3.. Click the System Restore tab. 4.. Uncheck the "Turn off System Restore" or "Turn off System Restore on all drives" check box. 5.. Click Apply, and then click OK.
System Restore will create regular backups of selected system files and program files. For more information, read the Microsoft Knowledge Base article, How to: Restore Windows XP to a Previous State, Q306084.
----- Original Message ----- From: "Joseph Harris" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Sent: Thursday, November 11, 2004 6:00 AM
Subject: Re: [wdvltalk] IE6 search change
Cheryl, Stephen, Steven, Michael,
I have gained temporary relief : on IE View >toolbar >mysearch and I have unticked it. So far the toolbar has not come back. As to removing it altogether...
SP2 sits in the systray moaning that I haven't yet intalled it.
I've run RegCleaner (I hadn't put it on this machine yet) but the only likely candidate is MyDSC.exe.
I've been into startup and found a dozen things to get rid of, but I can't find how to do that! Doesn't seem to include MySearch.
I'm a bit nervous about doing a roll-back. I have put on ( and taken off) quite a few bits and pieces recently, and don't want to repeat that.
Thanks all for the help - it is building into a reference for any problem with unwanted invaders.
Joseph
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