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rubicon · 05-28-2004, 09:37 AM

Has anyone had the iSearch toolbar automatically install on IE 6? I was surfing some very benign sites and suddently this new toolbar appeared in IE.

What's interesting is that I was _never_ prompted to install anything. I've got my IE settings locked down tight to avoid problems like that but it got through.

SpyBot didn't detect it but I found an uninstall application which removed it from my system.

A friend had the same thing happen to him - iSearch automatically installed.

Anyone know how this happened?

(Please, no comments like "that's what you get for running IE" or "use FireFox instead" or "hey, that doesn't affect Linux". TIA)

05-28-2004, 09:37 AM	#1 (permalink)
rubicon Stop. Think. Question. Location: Redondo Beach, CA	How did the iSearch toolbar install automatically? Has anyone had the iSearch toolbar automatically install on IE 6? I was surfing some very benign sites and suddently this new toolbar appeared in IE. What's interesting is that I was _never_ prompted to install anything. I've got my IE settings locked down tight to avoid problems like that but it got through. SpyBot didn't detect it but I found an uninstall application which removed it from my system. A friend had the same thing happen to him - iSearch automatically installed. Anyone know how this happened? (Please, no comments like "that's what you get for running IE" or "use FireFox instead" or "hey, that doesn't affect Linux". TIA) __________________ How you do anything is how you do everything.