Originally posted here by spamdies
Have you updated Ad-aware and Spybot? Both programs are very much similar to virus scanners and should be updated with the lasted reference files or definition files. Both have the function to check for, download updates, and install them pretty much automatically. Sometimes for one reason or another this feature can stop working and you have to download the updates manualy and install them. You will also want to make sure you AVG as well.

To update adaware Automatiacly open adaware and click on the open web update button that should be located at the upper right of of the program. Have it check to see if there are any updates needed. It will then tell you if any updates are needed. If for some reason this does not work You will want to install them manually.

Adaware updates can be found here: http://www.lavasoftusa.com/support/download/
The most current update as of right now is: 01R334 24.07.2004
Its a zip file that you will have to decompress and install the new definitions by moving the reflist.ref file to the ad-aware folder, I would suggest renaming the old one to reflist.old first.
I also would suggest using the immunize featue of spybot.


To update Spybot Automatiacly, open it, and search for updates. You will want detection rules if show there is a newer version(if it shows up it's newer.)
Spybot updates can be found here: http://www.safer-networking.org/en/download/index.html
The most current update as of right now isetection updates 2004-07-29
Manually updating spybot is a little more simple. The update is an executible file that you just download and run.


Updates for AVG can be found here: http://www.grisoft.com/us/us_updt7.php I would go with the full update. Just pick the version of AVG you have and copy the new definitions to the AVG folder in the programs folder.

If after updating and scanning if the problem still remains, run Hijack this and post it in the forum. Somebody should look it over to see where the problem is more than likey at. HijackThis can be downloaded from here:
http://www.majorgeeks.com/download3155.html

The My search tool bar has been known to come with file sharing programs and other programs such as smiley central. disabling it will probley cause the program it came with to stop working. Theres also many diffrent varients of it.
Everything is upto date and the same applies nothing is located. Find manger is the toolbar and I can see it pop up everytime i.e myserach popss up to hijack the homepage and serach engine everytime it is launched . Yet nothing is found by any program or searching even in the hidden files.

So far I have found 2 registry elements(deleted) from the site that xierox kindly gave, and that is it.