# virus or popup removal....Little help plz **URL:** \ **Category:** Off Topic Board\ **Created:** [November 15, 2004, 1:20pm UTC](https://forum.bigfishtackle.com/t/virus-or-popup-removal-little-help-plz/51981 "2004-11-15T13:20:56Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 11\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![tomegun](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/c6cbf5/32.png) [@tomegun](https://forum.bigfishtackle.com/u/tomegun)\ **Post date:** [November 15, 2004, 1:20pm UTC](https://forum.bigfishtackle.com/t/virus-or-popup-removal-little-help-plz/51981/1 "2004-11-15T13:20:56Z")
**Some how I got a search bar popup that keeps coming up. Don’t know how it got there, I just want it gone. It some how has made my yahoo companion disappear(has popup blocker). I ran Adware and McAfee programs against so far. Any Ideas?** ---
**Author:** ![ironworker](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/779978/32.png) [@ironworker](https://forum.bigfishtackle.com/u/ironworker)\ **Post date:** [November 15, 2004, 2:57pm UTC](https://forum.bigfishtackle.com/t/virus-or-popup-removal-little-help-plz/51981/2 "2004-11-15T14:57:16Z")
try going up to the top of your page into the tools, click on tools then click on pop-up feature. then follow it through ---
**Author:** ![FishingWaters](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/d9b06d/32.png) [@FishingWaters](https://forum.bigfishtackle.com/u/FishingWaters)\ **Post date:** [November 15, 2004, 3:06pm UTC](https://forum.bigfishtackle.com/t/virus-or-popup-removal-little-help-plz/51981/3 "2004-11-15T15:06:58Z")
What is the name of the search bar? I have one last week and did a search with the name of the search bar and removed and found a bunch of others that had solved the problem. ---
**Author:** ![One\_eyed\_jack](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/9de053/32.png) [@One\_eyed\_jack](https://forum.bigfishtackle.com/u/One_eyed_jack)\ **Post date:** [November 15, 2004, 3:49pm UTC](https://forum.bigfishtackle.com/t/virus-or-popup-removal-little-help-plz/51981/4 "2004-11-15T15:49:03Z")
Downloadinstall and use Mozzila Firefox from [www.mozzila.org](http://www.mozzila.org). Also instal spy bot search and destroy and ad aware downloadable from [www.download.com](http://www.download.com). Firefox is very good at not letting anything in, no spyware no popups. ---
**Author:** ![cat\_man](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/5fc32e/32.png) [@cat\_man](https://forum.bigfishtackle.com/u/cat_man)\ **Post date:** [November 15, 2004, 3:58pm UTC](https://forum.bigfishtackle.com/t/virus-or-popup-removal-little-help-plz/51981/5 "2004-11-15T15:58:02Z")
Yeah I would try spybot search and destroy. It sometimes catches ones that adaware doesn’t find (and vice-versa too). I tried to attach it but it’s too big, but you can download it from here on [download.com](http://download.com): > **[Free Software Downloads and Reviews for Windows, Android, Mac, and iOS - CNET...](https://download.cnet.com)** > > CNET Download provides free downloads for Windows, Mac, iOS and Android devices across all categories of software and apps, including security, utilities, games, video and browsers If that doesn’t work, then I’d try running an internet antivirus scan called housecall. You can use it from the following url: > **[HouseCall – Free Online Security Scan](https://www.trendmicro.com/en_us/forHome/products/housecall.html)** > > Detect and fix viruses, worms, spyware, and other malicious threats for free. ---
**Author:** ![mateo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/f4b2a3/32.png) [@mateo](https://forum.bigfishtackle.com/u/mateo)\ **Post date:** [November 15, 2004, 4:15pm UTC](https://forum.bigfishtackle.com/t/virus-or-popup-removal-little-help-plz/51981/6 "2004-11-15T16:15:12Z")
Personally, I’d get rid of Mcafee, but that’s just my opinion. Spybot works pretty good at getting rid of spyware. I also have a popup blocker, but that slows things down too. I used to get all sorts of toolbars and stuff that I’m guessing my kids downloaded, or clicked “yes” when they should have clicked “no”, but I recently downloaded Mozilla Firefox, and haven’t had a single popup. It seems more stable too. ---
**Author:** ![fish4fish](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/da6949/32.png) [@fish4fish](https://forum.bigfishtackle.com/u/fish4fish)\ **Post date:** [November 15, 2004, 5:39pm UTC](https://forum.bigfishtackle.com/t/virus-or-popup-removal-little-help-plz/51981/7 "2004-11-15T17:39:38Z")
you can get adaware se that is the newest version, spybot search and destroy, and theres also a program called stinger it is produced by mcaffe it is free and it is a small download. you can also google the name of the search bar and probably find how to get rid of it. ---
**Author:** ![Theekillerbee](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/c68b51/32.png) [@Theekillerbee](https://forum.bigfishtackle.com/u/Theekillerbee)\ **Post date:** [November 15, 2004, 6:42pm UTC](https://forum.bigfishtackle.com/t/virus-or-popup-removal-little-help-plz/51981/8 "2004-11-15T18:42:42Z")
I’ll second the Firefox suggestion. I’ve been using stuff from Mozilla for a very long time. No popups. No junk. Just easy browsing. MS IE is junk for security. ActiveX sucks to high heaven. What is the name of the toolbar that keeps popping up? ---
**Author:** ![mikecromaine](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/c2a13f/32.png) [@mikecromaine](https://forum.bigfishtackle.com/u/mikecromaine)\ **Post date:** [November 16, 2004, 12:59am UTC](https://forum.bigfishtackle.com/t/virus-or-popup-removal-little-help-plz/51981/9 "2004-11-16T00:59:48Z")
YOU KNOW SPY BOT SEARCH AND DESTROY AND ADAWARE WERE VOTED THE BEST TO USE AND TO USE THEM BOTH I NEVER HAVE PROBLEMS OH AND MAKE SURE YOU RUN THEM OFTEN ALSO !!! YOU CAN GET THEM BOTH FOR FREE AT [WWW.DOWNLOAD.COM](http://www.download.com/) TYPE IN ADAWARE AND SPYBOT IN THE SEARCH AREA OH AND KEEP THEM UP TO DATE ALSO IT IS ALL FREE AND THEY WORK GREAT!!! P.S. DON’T FORGET A GOOD FIRE WALL YOU CAN GET ZONE ALARM AND USE THE FREE VERSION IT IS OK I USE IT YOU CAN GET IT AT [WWW.DOWNLOAD.COM](http://www.DOWNLOAD.COM) ALSO BEST OF LUCK [;)] ---
**Author:** ![tomegun](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/c6cbf5/32.png) [@tomegun](https://forum.bigfishtackle.com/u/tomegun)\ **Post date:** [November 16, 2004, 1:47am UTC](https://forum.bigfishtackle.com/t/virus-or-popup-removal-little-help-plz/51981/10 "2004-11-16T01:47:39Z")
\*\*It just says Search Bar and has a topic of Related Searches with a bunch useless information. I’m running spybot now. I couldn’t find a FIrefox under mozzila. \*\* ---
**Author:** ![One\_eyed\_jack](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/9de053/32.png) [@One\_eyed\_jack](https://forum.bigfishtackle.com/u/One_eyed_jack)\ **Post date:** [November 16, 2004, 1:57am UTC](https://forum.bigfishtackle.com/t/virus-or-popup-removal-little-help-plz/51981/11 "2004-11-16T01:57:07Z")
I spelt’ it wrong try this page, [http://www.mozilla.org/](http://www.mozilla.org/) the version to use is 1.0. I also use thunderbird from these guys for my mail client and I can say it is solid, no problems. In fact after using firefox web browser I have had ZERO spyware issue and pop ups. The only thing it will not work on is MSN games and the Microsoft Updates pages; go figure. Trust me; dump microsoft internet explorer it is slow and full of holes.