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    What the hell is this??

    All of a sudden, whenever i open a webpage, I get this annoying bar at the top (blue circle):




    I had a .dll file in the WINDOWS directory called etlrlws.dll, which was a toolbar for IE7, and it made a few 'spyware' and 'adware' search buttons at the top of IE (green circle). After deleting this, I was just left with the toolbar name (red circle) and that annoying bar at the top!


    Would anyone agree with me that this is the work of adware? How can i get rid of it all together?

    I've ran Xoftspy and Spyware Doctor...

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    Re: What the hell is this??

    Adaware and Spybot Search & Destroy are the two I usually use on relatives PCs, might be worth trying?

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    Re: What the hell is this??

    And Hijack this from Merijn.org is a very hand tool for letting you know what's actually going on.
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    Re: What the hell is this??

    You could re-set IE7 - it'd kill any toolbars that are currently in use

    Tools > advanced > Reset

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    Re: What the hell is this??

    could be smitfraud
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