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re: Can't get rid of Alexa Toolbar! Monday, October 21, 2002 at 5:39 pm Posted by Ms. Eagle (33507 messages posted) Leave the System and User.dat files alone! Is there an uninstall file for the toolbar, or is it listed in Add-Remove programs? Do you have the latest version of Ad-Aware or an old one?? Ad-Aware gets rid of it with no problem. Even last yrs. version got rid of it. Be sure to download the latest signature file too. If you have a version older than 5.83, uninstall it first. Get the full download, rather than the upgrade. http://www.lavasoft.de Take a look here also, for a possible solution. It's a different story, if the toolbar is installed, as opposed to cookies and registry entries. http://www.cexx.org/adware.htm Please reply on the forum. I will not respond to private messages [Reply or follow-up to this message] re: Can't get rid of Alexa Toolbar! Monday, October 21, 2002 at 5:51 pm Posted by rwagner118 (347 messages posted) How to uninstall the Alexa toolbar. http://www.setupsite.com/alexa.asp On Monday, October 21, 2002 at 5:19 pm, Sean wrote: >I ran AdAware and it found Alexa toolbar on my PC. I tried deleting in Ad-Aware. >I tried deleting the registries in CLSID, Explorer bar and Extensions. I even tried >messing with the System And User Dat files. The SOB keeps coming back after a few >days!! How do I get rid of it for good?? Thanks. [Reply or follow-up to this message] re: Can't get rid of Alexa Toolbar! Monday, October 21, 2002 at 5:51 pm Posted by Jeremy (964 messages posted) You may have to manually search through your registry entries to get rid of it. On Monday, October 21, 2002 at 5:19 pm, Sean wrote: >I ran AdAware and it found Alexa toolbar on my PC. I tried deleting in Ad-Aware. >I tried deleting the registries in CLSID, Explorer bar and Extensions. I even tried >messing with the System And User Dat files. The SOB keeps coming back after a few >days!! How do I get rid of it for good?? Thanks. [Reply or follow-up to this message] re: Can't get rid of Alexa Toolbar! Monday, October 21, 2002 at 6:38 pm Posted by Sean (9 messages posted) It still comes back. Arrgh! Can a website cause it to reload onto my PC? On Monday, October 21, 2002 at 5:39 pm, Carol wrote: > >Leave the System and User.dat files alone! Is there an uninstall file for the toolbar, >or is it listed in Add-Remove programs? > >Do you have the latest version of Ad-Aware or an old one?? Ad-Aware gets rid of it >with no problem. Even last yrs. version got rid of it. > >Be sure to download the latest signature file too. If you have a version older than >5.83, uninstall it first. Get the full download, rather than the upgrade. > >http://www.lavasoft.de > >Take a look here also, for a possible solution. It's a different story, if the toolbar >is installed, as opposed to cookies and registry entries. > >http://www.cexx.org/adware.htm > > > >Please reply on the forum. I will not respond to private messages > > [Reply or follow-up to this message] re: Can't get rid of Alexa Toolbar! Monday, October 21, 2002 at 6:57 pm Posted by Ms. Eagle (33507 messages posted) I see someone else has replied now, BUT.... had you even bothered to check that link in my post to that adware site??! I'm sure there's info there too. Please reply on the forum. I will not respond to private messages [Reply or follow-up to this message] re: Can't get rid of Alexa Toolbar! Monday, October 21, 2002 at 8:11 pm Posted by Sean (9 messages posted) Carol, Yes, I have the latest version of Ad-aware. I just posted on the other website but no response yet. I seem to be having a unique problem. This bar will not go away permanently. Thanks for your help. On Monday, October 21, 2002 at 6:57 pm, Carol wrote: > >I see someone else has replied now, BUT.... had you even bothered to check that link >in my post to that adware site??! > >I'm sure there's info there too. > > >Please reply on the forum. I will not respond to private messages > > > [Reply or follow-up to this message] re: Can't get rid of Alexa Toolbar! Monday, October 21, 2002 at 8:25 pm Posted by Ms. Eagle (33507 messages posted) Another poster, Rwagner, gave you a link to a removal for the toolbar! Did you try that, or.......?? I had also posted a link to an adware (not Ad-Aware) site. You sometimes need to do some digging yourself. [Reply or follow-up to this message] re: Can't get rid of Alexa Toolbar! Monday, October 21, 2002 at 10:27 pm Posted by JmC (14166 messages posted) Hi Sean, Alexa is one of the trickiest little devils you will find (been around forever). When their tricks are discovered they just create a new one. I've experienced the same problem lately and the only program that kicks it's butt in the Registry is SpyBot. Excluding a major Registry removal procedure try it. The damned thing even comes with Quicktime! JmC On Monday, October 21, 2002 at 8:11 pm, Sean wrote: >Carol, > >Yes, I have the latest version of Ad-aware. I just posted on the other website but >no response yet. I seem to be having a unique problem. This bar will not go away >permanently. Thanks for your help. > > [Reply or follow-up to this message] re: Can't get rid of Alexa Toolbar! Monday, October 21, 2002 at 11:22 pm Posted by Ms. Eagle (33507 messages posted) It's a good thing you came to his rescue! I thought that would be somewhere on that adware page, and..... The link posted by someone else, doesn't look very helpful, either. I should have checked first! 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