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karin
karin Posts: 188 Forumite
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I use the yahoo homepage for internet explorer and have done for years.

Last week I noticed that yahoo toolbar had appeared.
I know I didn't instal it.
I uninstalled it - but today it was there again.
I have uninstalled again but how do I dump it permanently?

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  • superscaper
    superscaper Posts: 13,369 Forumite
    Part of the Furniture 10,000 Posts Combo Breaker
    Others might be able to help you but my experience was yahoo changed my registry and all sorts without my permission when I installed yahoo widgets, so yahoo was my default search engine, home page etc and I couldn't change it back. I tried everything and only got rid of all the yahoo stuff by completely reinstalling xp. Needless to say I shan't be using anything yahoo related again.
    "She is quite the oddball. Did you notice how she didn't even get excited when she saw this original ZX-81?"
    Moss
  • f1charlie
    f1charlie Posts: 1,228 Forumite
    You can probably remove it with HijackThis - if you post the log, one of the experts will tell you what to remove (if it isn't obvious).

    Charlie
    Charlie
  • Ken68
    Ken68 Posts: 6,825 Forumite
    Part of the Furniture 1,000 Posts Energy Saving Champion Home Insurance Hacker!
    I use a 3 part system to get rid of unwanted stuff.
    1.....remove in Add/Remove..Control Panel.
    2.....go to Search, type in the name and other names it could use, right click and delete individual files.
    3.....use ccleaner or any registry cleaner to get rid of the rest.
  • THE_MIDDLEMAN
    THE_MIDDLEMAN Posts: 280 Forumite
    Ken68 wrote:
    .
    3.....use cleaner or any registry cleaner to get rid of the rest.

    agreed with all 3 steps and then this one - downlaod registry mechanic -

    http://www.pctools.com/registry-mechanic/offer.php?ref=google_registry

    excellent piece of software - VERY Easy to use.

    MM
    To be able under all circumstances to practice five things constitutes perfect virtue; these five things are gravity, generosity of soul, sincerity, earnestness and kindness.
    Confucius
  • Ken68
    Ken68 Posts: 6,825 Forumite
    Part of the Furniture 1,000 Posts Energy Saving Champion Home Insurance Hacker!
    Have to pay Middleman, for Reg Mechanic, couldn't even find the price, so deleted it. BUT it did find 188 errors and some of which I recognized as possible. Made me think.
  • espresso
    espresso Posts: 16,448 Forumite
    Part of the Furniture 10,000 Posts Combo Breaker
    Ken68 wrote:
    Have to pay Middleman, for Reg Mechanic, couldn't even find the price, so deleted it. BUT it did find 188 errors and some of which I recognized as possible. Made me think.

    You don't have to pay for all programs. There are some excellent free programs to download like RegCleaner and Irfanview for example.

    HTH

    :T
    :doh: Blue text on this forum usually signifies hyperlinks, so click on them!..:wall:
  • f1charlie
    f1charlie Posts: 1,228 Forumite
    What have you got in your coffee, espresso - can I have some? ;)

    Charlie
    Charlie
  • espresso
    espresso Posts: 16,448 Forumite
    Part of the Furniture 10,000 Posts Combo Breaker
    f1charlie wrote:
    What have you got in your coffee, espresso - can I have some? ;)

    Charlie

    100% Arabica today (Lavazza Italy)

    :beer:
    :doh: Blue text on this forum usually signifies hyperlinks, so click on them!..:wall:
  • f1charlie
    f1charlie Posts: 1,228 Forumite
    I thought it might be something stronger looking at your reply to Ken68 - your Regcleaner link is for Acrobat Reader! :D

    Charlie
    Charlie
  • espresso
    espresso Posts: 16,448 Forumite
    Part of the Furniture 10,000 Posts Combo Breaker
    f1charlie wrote:
    I thought it might be something stronger looking at your reply to Ken68 - your Regcleaner link is for Acrobat Reader! :D

    Charlie

    Many thanks, now corrected.

    :o
    :doh: Blue text on this forum usually signifies hyperlinks, so click on them!..:wall:
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