Adress bar

Tkon · 01-21-2006, 06:00 PM

This is a minor problem to say the least.
But it's still one that I would really like to get help with.

The address bar on my browser has always been just that, an address bar...and nothing else. "Adress <long white box for URLs> <arrow> Go" and that's how I like it! I have a seperate toolbar altogether, my yahoo tool bar, that I do my searches from.

Today though, my adress bar changed, now it's got a "Search the Web" option on it right in front of the "Adress" part. It's not a seperate toolbar or anything, it's an adition to the Adress bar...and I hate it!
It's getting in my way, making my adress bar smaller, cluttering things up...and I keep clicking in it when I want to put in a URL.

I can't figure out for the life of me how to get rid of it though.
I know there HAS to be a way, since it wasn't there before. Anyone know what I should do?

**oshwyn5** · 01-22-2006, 03:55 PM

Sounds like searchtheweb spyware
(A variant of coolwebsearch and LOP )

Please download
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Install and run

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Ad aware personal form Lavasoft
Install, update,run, check for problems , fix problems .
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Download the standalone version, choose fix.

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01-21-2006, 06:00 PM	#1 (permalink)
Tkon Registered User Join Date: Jan 2006 Posts: 1 OS: WinXP	Adress bar This is a minor problem to say the least. But it's still one that I would really like to get help with. The address bar on my browser has always been just that, an address bar...and nothing else. "Adress <long white box for URLs> <arrow> Go" and that's how I like it! I have a seperate toolbar altogether, my yahoo tool bar, that I do my searches from. Today though, my adress bar changed, now it's got a "Search the Web" option on it right in front of the "Adress" part. It's not a seperate toolbar or anything, it's an adition to the Adress bar...and I hate it! It's getting in my way, making my adress bar smaller, cluttering things up...and I keep clicking in it when I want to put in a URL. I can't figure out for the life of me how to get rid of it though. I know there HAS to be a way, since it wasn't there before. Anyone know what I should do? Last edited by Tkon; 01-21-2006 at 06:04 PM.

01-22-2006, 03:55 PM	#2 (permalink)
oshwyn5 Registered User Join Date: Sep 2005 Location: Dallas , Tx Posts: 1,435 OS: DOS,Win95,98,ME,XP, Fedora	Sounds like searchtheweb spyware (A variant of coolwebsearch and LOP ) Please download Mcafee stinger multivirus removal tool Install and run Spybot search and destroy Ad aware personal form Lavasoft Install, update,run, check for problems , fix problems . A Squared trojan remover Download, install, update, scan and fix. http://www.intermute.com/products/cwshredder.html Download the standalone version, choose fix. http://www.techsupportforum.com/hija...ijackthis.html First Steps at Removing Malware and Posting a HiJackThis Log We will handle moving your thread to the HijackThis Log board at an appropriate time. Please keep your replies in this one thread so that the entire history remains for review. __________________ Hello and Welcome to TSF My name is Pete but call me Oshwyn Click here for the five steps for Malware Removal If we have been of assistance please consider Donating to TSF to keep the forum running.