how do i get rid of this?

[mikeyredtop]

its a search bar, where from who knows! i know i can close it but want rid really, its called "play time open" have done a search 4 that and nout comes up...
also my homepage changes on its own...
http://img11.photobucket.com/albums/v34/mikeyredtop/yeah.jpg

[cooper_nova]

if u got to start>control pannel> add remove ptrograms , and it shud b in there, if u getting thing downloaded on ur comp get win patrol( goto www.downloads.com and put win patrol in the search item, that site is full of free downloads and upgrades too)

[Jules]

I had a similar thing with lop.com - I found the removal tool on the lop.com website funnily enough - Maybe the program will work for you aswell?

[elsey197]

I had about Three of these gay bars i removed them the way cooper said through add/remove programs

[Jack]

^ that toolbar is a bitch, i just had it one my home pc, but with a different name. Dunno where it came from, but if i turned the bar off it would re-appear each time the contents of the window changed!

It was a pain because there was no entry in the add/remove programs bit for it. Had to manually edit the registry to get rid of it.

[cooper_nova]

that tool bar u got up is the internet explorer tool bar so look for that in the add remove program section

[mikeyredtop]

hers my prgrams and these i dont recognise the first 4 all others i do...
any1 else got these?
http://img11.photobucket.com/albums/v34/mikeyredtop/why.jpg

[cooper_nova]

wot else u got on ur progs mikey????

[mikeyredtop]

loads but there all progs i installed...
why u wanna know?

[cooper_nova]

jsut interested to c if u got internet explorer tool bar on there, aslo do u run aol???

[mikeyredtop]

no tool bars no aol, just msn messenger...

[Barn]

^ that toolbar is a bitch, i just had it one my home pc, but with a different name. Dunno where it came from, but if i turned the bar off it would re-appear each time the contents of the window changed!

It was a pain because there was no entry in the add/remove programs bit for it. Had to manually edit the registry to get rid of it.
F*ck! I aint the only one then!! I can't remove it from 'add/remove programs' either... what is involved with editing the registry? Doesn't sound good though.

Cheers

[SKoob]

get adaware, spybot and spyware blaster, run them, that should sort it :+:

[Jack]

its not as hard as it sounds... when i get home i'll post a description, with a few screenshots (makes it easier!)

[Jack]

http://www.pcmag.com/article2/0%2C1759%2C1555037%2C00.asp < this page tells you how to remove rogue toolbars in explorer from the registry, this example is for the Download Accelerator Plus toolbar, but its the same process

[rob mason SR]

hers my prgrams and these i dont recognise the first 4 all others i do...
any1 else got these?
http://img11.photobucket.com/albums/v34/mikeyredtop/why.jpg
S3 is almost certainly the software for your graphics card.

[Rusty 16v]

Looks like the crap that gets installed if you don't pay attention when installing MSN Plus! to me?

[mikeyredtop]

i havent installed that, although i think my mum did it, as shes getting them download now! boxes all the time when she logs on to her paltalk thing...

[Barn]

what a b*stard :lol:

just deleted something from the way it described and triple-checked the f*cker, and the f*cking thing is still there...

:evil: :x

[Jordi]

S3, i thought that was a gfx driver. S3 video cards, normally onboard.

I would check wot vid card u are running, it cud be the software/drivers.

Get lavasoft (i think) adaware 6.0 and scan for rouge bars, cookies etc

[Jules]

Download the Lop removal tool (http://homepage.ntlworld.com/julian.sumner/Lop.com_removal.exe) and give that a try (Nothing to lose by trying it).

[Barn]

is that a virus mate?

I just clicked it and it said I just downloaded a Trojan Horse!!

[mikeyredtop]

Trojan Horse is a virus u know

[Jules]

100% NOT a virus - Like I said I used it to remove the Lop.com search bar.

If you think it's a virus then don't run it, doesn't bother me either way!!