-=PCTechTalk=- Re: free anti-virus download?

  • From: "cristy" <poppy0206@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
  • To: <pctechtalk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
  • Date: Tue, 10 Jan 2006 07:23:01 -0500

Is it called MySearchBar by any chance?  Do you see it in your control panel 
under add/remove programs.  Is it listed there?

Christine
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From: "The Phillips Family" <phillips1129@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
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Sent: Monday, January 09, 2006 1:26 AM
Subject: -=PCTechTalk=- Re: free anti-virus download?


> Thanks for all of your suggestions! Very helpful.
> As for the toolbar at the bottom. I don't know exactly how to describe 
> it--I
> should probably say it is a "SearchBar" and it always has changing links
> right next to it that you can click on to go directly to these websites
> (none of which I've ever heard of-reminds me of advertising links
> basically). It shrinks and expands but I want to GET RID OF THE THING!
> Right clicking doesn't allow me to remove it.  It doesn't show up in my 
> list
> of "start up" stuff.  There's nothing new in my list of programs.  I just
> hate having another "something" taking up space on my screen-however 
> little
> as it is.
> I don't know if that was of any help in describing the problem.
> Suzanne
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> From: "Mike the mod" <mikebike@xxxxxxxxx>
> To: <pctechtalk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Sent: Monday, January 09, 2006 10:11 PM
> Subject: -=PCTechTalk=- Re: free anti-virus download?
>
>
>> Hi Folks,
>> I agree with the vote for AVAST4 I have been using it for over a year on=
>> this XP computer alongside Zone Alarm Pro and Spybot Search & Destroy,=
>> AdAware, SpywareBlaster, MS AntiSpy beta.
>>
>> I like Avast4 verbal alerts.
>>
>> Mike
>> ******* Mike's  REPLY SEPARATOR *********
>>
>> On 1/9/2006 at 7:59 PM Robert Andrew Dulaney Jr. wrote:
>>
>> There are several good free anti-viruses out there I use AVAST! on this
>> computer and I use AVG on my laptop
>>  there are also several good scanners on line my favorite being Trend
>> Micro's Housecall, I use it weekly.  It has never discovered anything
>> AVAST
>> has not however it has found a few that AVG did not get.
>>
>>  In case you are not aware there are a few other programs one might want
>> to considering installing and they include Spybot, AdWare, 
>> SpywareBlaster,
>> Ewindo and or A-Squared
>>
>>  with all the above insure you meet the requirements prior to installing
>> and once installed update and run them vigilantly
>>  As far as the toolbar at the bottom of the screen you talk about, can 
>> you
>> give us some more information on it and what you have done so far to
>> remove
>> it.
>>
>>  I hope this helps
>>
>>  Bob
>>
>>
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