Lycos Sidesearch?!

carrie640 · 08-20-2003, 10:33 AM

I keep getting Lycos Sidesearch installed on my computer and I really have no idea how it keeps getting there. I will uninstall it, but it seems to reinstall itself a few days down the road. I just don't get this.

Spybot doesn't pick it up and I cannot find any information on it other than general information on the program itself.

Now today, I noticed that it put itself back when I rebooted after deleting spyware from the registry.

Is this weird or what? Is this thing unsolicited ad stuff??

08-20-2003, 11:10 AM

Search through your cookies and if you find it in there delete it.

And if your running XP enable show hidden files and folders and make sure you look in C:\Documents and settings,Your Name, Local Settings and Temporary Internet Files.

carrie640 · 08-20-2003, 11:12 AM

Yep! I had Lycos cookies there and deleted them.

What does that do??

08-20-2003, 10:33 AM	#1 (permalink)
carrie640 Registered User Join Date: Jun 2002 Location: Lansing, MI Posts: 304 OS: XP on Desktop/Vista (64 bit) on notebook!	Lycos Sidesearch?! I keep getting Lycos Sidesearch installed on my computer and I really have no idea how it keeps getting there. I will uninstall it, but it seems to reinstall itself a few days down the road. I just don't get this. Spybot doesn't pick it up and I cannot find any information on it other than general information on the program itself. Now today, I noticed that it put itself back when I rebooted after deleting spyware from the registry. Is this weird or what? Is this thing unsolicited ad stuff??

08-20-2003, 11:10 AM	#2 (permalink)
SPEEDO Guest Posts: n/a OS:	Search through your cookies and if you find it in there delete it. And if your running XP enable show hidden files and folders and make sure you look in C:\Documents and settings,Your Name, Local Settings and Temporary Internet Files.

08-20-2003, 11:12 AM	#3 (permalink)
carrie640 Registered User Join Date: Jun 2002 Location: Lansing, MI Posts: 304 OS: XP on Desktop/Vista (64 bit) on notebook!	Yep! I had Lycos cookies there and deleted them. What does that do??