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Here's the problem, my little brother downloaded this package that contained the MyWebSearch Toolbar, you know, the one that starts to redirect you to its search page when you're online. But now, I've uninstalled the program, used Adware and Spybot to get rid of any remaining files and the folder is still on the hard drive with the read only option permenantly checked on...
Help please!!!
OKay.. THose things can be a pain in the ass to get rid of. Here is what you need to do.
1) Use the Add/Remove software to try and remove it.
2) If you have win98se/ME or XP, goto Start---->Run and run "msconfig". Click the startup tab and uncheck any startup files for the toolbar. For win2k skip this step.
3) In the run dialogue box open regedit. Look in the following spots:
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\MICROSOFT\WINDOWS\CURRENTVERSION\Run
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\MICROSOFT\WINDOWS\CURRENTVERSION\RunOnce
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\MICROSOFT\WINDOWS\CURRENTVERSION\RunOnceEx
Look in here for the program that will call the toolbar to load.
In HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\
Look for a folder named for the toolbar and delete it. You may also want to goto the edit menu, and use the find program to search out all the registry keys associated with the program.
Once all this is done, you should never see it again.
xmad
try deleting the folder and disable system restore
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i forgot , delete the folder after you unistall the prog. sometimes when you uninstall a program the folder we it is installed is left behind .
Thanks for the help... I never look in regedit because im always afraid of messing something up :)
Just a tip:
if you whant to play around with the Registry always remember to make a back up copy of the registry and save it in the desktop and on a floppy.
OOOO.... more problems! The folder containing the program (I already uninstalled it) still has the read-only box checked, and it won't un-check...
but are you able to delete it ? ? ?
what os are u running?
EDIT------oppps youre running windows but what version
WinXP home, and the problem is that I cant delete it, of course, not for lack of trying...
Easy solution
Download and run this program
http://www.geocities.com/merijn_bell...hijackthis.zip
Then scan, highlight wat u want to get rid of (mywebtoolbar), and click fix - 1 mins work :)
Geocities isnt letting me view the page. Is there any way to fix this w/o this program?
It is working, ive tried it 3 times, try it again !
With this prog, it will tske less than 10 secs, i use it all the time when my IE gets hijacked by porn !!!!
It's still not working... are you sure you posted the correct link?
Reboot to Safe mode. This should allow you to delete the offending folder.
I can't remember, now, does XP Home have the System Restore? If so, you can also go back to before little brother did the deed and restore the system to that date.
I'm gonna go and reboot to safe mode...
But yes, WinXP has system restore, but I'm not sure how often I set it to update the restore files.
hijackthis is found at http://www.tomcoyote.org/hjt/..
but don't just go deleting everything.. post your hijackthis log in their forum..
they'll tell you what entries to delete.
you should be able to delete it from add/remove program. Worked for me.
You may want to try this to go view scroll down to explorer bar if it there uncheck it then try to delect the file it.
Ok, I managed to delete it. In order to clear up any questions about what I did I'm going to say exactly what I did. First I took it out off add/remove programs, and then I noticed that the folder containing the files was permenantly read only, so I went into regedit and deleted any mention of MyWebSearch, and then went into safe mode and deleted the folder. So its fixed, but I still have one question...
How the heck could the programmers get the program's folder to have the read-only option uncheckable (so you cant turn it off)?
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Originally posted here by ShadowDaemon777
Thanks for the help... I never look in regedit because im always afraid of messing something up :)
When you've messed with it as much as me, it becomes second nature. If you truly want to learn the windows OS's, this is where you need to look around. But as was stated before, definetly make a backup of your registry using the export option first. It's also nice if you have a rat lab box to play with. You know... Install virii to see what they do. Makes a great reg hack box also.
cheers..
xmad