anoying search bar
 

every time i log in the net this anoying search bar pops up in explorer. i go into tool bars and all it says is "rgmcjvtckyn". i will shut it down and then it will pop up again when i go to the next page. can anyone help

run the ad-aware program from http://www.lavasoft.de/

I've found that Ad-Aware is -very very- slow at keeping up to date with all the spyware crap that is on the Internet. I would recommend using the program "SpybotSD Search and Destroy". You can find it at http://www.safer-networking.org/

Also, I recommend increasing IE's security levels to medium or the next one up as some things may be sneaking in via ActiveX controls.

thanks for your help i already have adaware. and i got spybot. we will see.

Run both. I have seen Adaware find several, then Spybot finds more. Then use common sense while clicking things (as in: stop accepting and clicking on crap), use Zone Alarm, and get a router that denies WAN requests. All else fails, go back to stop clicking on crap and don't trust anybody.

Except me of course.