[WinPartners] MS Search Bar in IE - Followup

[Kerem B Limon]

Well, specifically you might want to have the so-called "TeaTimer"
auto-monitoring tool that comes with Spybot turned on. This will watch for
impending changes to the registry and ask you to accept or deny, in addition to
a confirmation to install that the 3rd party tool in question may or may not
present (and a lot do not, auto-installing on improperly configured or
unpatched versions of IE). So, it wasn't the MSN toolbar, after all, then...

Kerem


Quoting Bob Kaynor <bkaynor at MIT.EDU>:

> That did it!  Thanks, Dave, I hadn't thought it look in Add/Remove 
> Programs.  The two programs I removed were "WebIQ" and "WebSearch"; Spybot 
> now gives a clean bill of health.  Per Kerem's earlier note about 
> disallowing changes, I now recall being asked about installing the search 
> toolbar.  I allowed it because I wanted to test it.  I hadn't bargained on 
> all the associated "features"...
> 
> Thanks again.
> 
> -RKK
> 
> At 09:02 AM 9/2/2004 -0400, you wrote:
> >Hi,
> >
> >Check for entries in 'Add or Remove Programs', and remove any suspicious
> >ones.  I had this problem with spyware tool bars.  See
> >
> >         http://www.pchell.com/support/huntbar.shtml
> >
> >                         Dave
> >
> >On Thu, 2 Sep 2004, Bob Kaynor wrote:
> >
> > > Kerem:  When I rechecked Spybot the two HuntBar entries (which I had
> > > "fixed" previously) had returned.  I elected to fix the two HuntBar 
> > entries
> > > (again) along with the three IE registry changes.  Spybot reported that 
> > the
> > > fixes had been made, but when scanned again (after rebooting), all five 
> > had
> > > returned.  This is a little distressing, particularly since the HuntBar
> > > bots capture forms entry re- purchases, etc (according to the Spybot
> info;
> > > there's nothing for the IE entries).
> > >
> > > I don't have time now to explore the registry changes or possible fixes
> > > further, but any info would be greatly appreciated.  The persistence of 
> > the
> > > HuntBar stuff make this more than just an annoyance, as far as I'm
> > > concerned.  Are those likely related to the IE registry changes?  I've
> > > appended a .PDF file with the Spybot report from my machine, if it's of 
> > any
> > > help.
> > >
> > > Thanks.
> > >
> > > -RKK
> > >
> > > At 06:33 PM 9/1/2004 -0400, Kerem B Limon wrote:
> > > >Hmm...Spybotn tells me when I enable the MSN toolbar, a registry key 
> > is added,
> > > >which is hard to read at the moment. I presume it may be that this is
> the
> > > >persistent part (I deny the change). You could try the same tool.
> > > >
> > > >Kerem
> > > >
> > > >
> 
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Kerem B. Limon
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