re: downloader.Istbar virus??
Sunday, August 22, 2004 at 11:33 am
Posted by Steve
(21647 messages posted)
Another thing to do is simple, switch to a browser like Firefox. A friend of mine
who doesn't practice safe surfing
had IE so messed up all the time, I refused to help him anymore, and I installed
Firefox on his computer. He was
forced to use firefox because he could not use IE and he
could no longer even get on the Internet with IE. After a
couple months he has gotten use to firefox, and more
importantly, has had Malware drop to levels he can manage without help from others.
On Saturday, August 21, 2004 at 2:48 am, Jack Gulley wrote:
> Istbar is not a virus. So AV programs do not block it.
> It is an Active-X IE toolbar, homepage-hijacker and search-hijacker provided
>by Integrated Search Technologies/CDT Inc.
> Running
>AD-Aware_SE and/or
>target="_blank"> Spybot_S&D should get rid of almost all know versions. Check
>the Add/Remove Programs list for an option to uninstall it also.
> You avoid getting it by NOT visiting web sites that install it on your system.
>Following good security practices and installing all of the Windows ME Security
>Updates from the Microsoft Windows Update site help. There are also scripts like
>IE_SPYAD that block these sites from installing it. See preventing
>browser hijackings and use IE-SPYAD.
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