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'Browser Help Object' - any threat?
Charlton_King
Posts: 2,071 Forumite
in Techie Stuff
Weird things happening with PC.
Had my google toolbar suddenly disappear, accompanied by a heads up from Spybot S&D saying: Browser Help Object - key added - entry:{C84D72FE-E17D-4195-BB24-76C02E2E7C4E}.
I tried to deny the change but the box kept reappearing. Ran Spybot and Avira scans which both showed no infection/detections.
Meanwhile, at some stage during the scans, the taskbar has shown up again!
The Spybot warning box keeps coming up a few seconds after denial-of change, so it's very insistent.
I hesitate to tick the 'remember this decision' box in case I set up some kind of destructive loop.
Any suggestions/ideas, guys?
Had my google toolbar suddenly disappear, accompanied by a heads up from Spybot S&D saying: Browser Help Object - key added - entry:{C84D72FE-E17D-4195-BB24-76C02E2E7C4E}.
I tried to deny the change but the box kept reappearing. Ran Spybot and Avira scans which both showed no infection/detections.
Meanwhile, at some stage during the scans, the taskbar has shown up again!
The Spybot warning box keeps coming up a few seconds after denial-of change, so it's very insistent.
I hesitate to tick the 'remember this decision' box in case I set up some kind of destructive loop.
Any suggestions/ideas, guys?
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C84D72FE-E17D-4195-BB24-76C02E2E7C4E is google toolbar related , wonder if there has been an update to it
BHO: Google Dictionary Compression sdch: !! c84d72fe-e17d-4195-bb24-76c02e2e7c4e } - c:\program files\google\google toolbar\component\fastsearch_219B3E1547538286.dllEx forum ambassador
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I have 'googled' it and it's possible that McAfee is implicated in some way:
http://forums.spybot.info/showthread.php?t=42977
McAfee came with the new pc as a free, time-limited accessory which I allowed to expire many months ago.
Could there be some hangover?0
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