Pop up bar problem

Sonic74205 · **Sun Jul 17, 2005 4:57 pm Pop up bar problem**

Hi everyone. Im having a problem with pop-up bar. It shows up whenever i go onto the internet for the first time when my computers turned on. Before i would just press the small red X button but now when i do it nothing happens. I cant figure out how to get rid of it now and its constantly their even when i dont have an internet page open.

(Its the bar at the bottom with the thick black box around it)

Alucard · **Sun Jul 17, 2005 5:23 pm**

(I had that... I got rid of it by switching to Firefox... it's the sad truth.

Sam Kenobi · **Sun Jul 17, 2005 5:29 pm**

If you go to the Control Panel, then Add/Delete Programs, you might be able to find it in there and delete it. That's what I usually do. It'll probably just be titled something like "SearchBar" or "XPSearch".... probably something with the word search in it. Anyway, just click on it from there and select "delete program".

Sonic74205 · **Sun Jul 17, 2005 5:49 pm**

Thanks. I tryed to control panel thing. I managed to delete a few things but it werent on their. Its still at the bottom of my screen

On the add/remove bit in the control panel i saw loads of things on their and ive got no idea what it is. It was "Windows XP Hotfix -" and some of them would say something else after the dash. Like a code or something. It takes up probly almost half of the list. Do you think they might be the problem?

John Connor · **Sun Jul 17, 2005 7:02 pm**

I never got this pop up thing on my internet.

Link, the Hero of Time · **Sun Jul 17, 2005 7:34 pm**

go up to View then choose toolbars, uncheck all of them, then check the only ones you want. Standard buttons, address bar, etc.

That should get rid of it.

Hitchhiker · **Sun Jul 17, 2005 11:35 pm**

jonathan95 · **Mon Jul 18, 2005 2:18 am**

I think that task bar is from msn messanger or is it the plus one, umm I know its only of the two programs, its from that program msn plus if you agree to there terms installes spy wear on your pc, but if you say no it installs anyways and doesnt add anything other than the program.

Sonic74205 · **Tue Jul 19, 2005 4:19 pm**

Thanks ive tryed everything you have said and its still there. I already have Microsoft Anti Spyware and norton anti virus.

I did the View thing unchecking all the tool bars and it was still there.

tomparis · **Tue Jul 19, 2005 8:03 pm**

Did you recently install any downloaded programs (ie messenger services) Sometimes they install this stuff unless you tell it not to.

borgslayer · **Tue Jul 19, 2005 9:15 pm**

Go download webroot spysweeper or buy it. or Get Spyware Doctor and have it removed from your system.

Its just a nasty spyware/hijacking ware.

Dirt · **Wed Jul 20, 2005 1:18 am**

It's spyware, as said above. Get yourself adaware or spyware

Ziyal · Captain Joined: 04 Dec 2002 Posts: 848 Location: Alaska :D

he means spybot search and destroy or ad-aware...they get rid of it

Dirt · **Wed Jul 20, 2005 12:11 pm**

Whoopsie, you''re right punkin!