# Another bit of spyware!

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/another-bit-of-spyware/245424>\
**Category:** Factual Questions\
**Created:** [May 16, 2004, 2:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/another-bit-of-spyware/245424 "2004-05-16T14:17:57Z")\
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**Author:** ![Pushkin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/ee59a6/32.png) [@Pushkin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Pushkin)\
**Post date:** [May 16, 2004, 2:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/another-bit-of-spyware/245424/1 "2004-05-16T14:17:57Z")

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That I can’t get rid of. It adds a lot of folders (containing crap) to my favourites menu, its not detected by Spy-bot and it adds some programmes to my “add/remove programmes menu” that keep coming back when I remove them. Those programmes are; BMSE dbl, IEC system, SE assistant, SE help, Search Function, Sidebar Search,  
It seems to turn to a search page if a website has difficulty opening, which is a bummer.  
Any ideas/help?

Cheers  
Pushkin

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**Author:** ![Athena](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/35a633/32.png) [@Athena](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Athena)\
**Post date:** [May 16, 2004, 2:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/another-bit-of-spyware/245424/2 "2004-05-16T14:23:41Z")

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Do you have the current version of SpyBot and Ad-Aware? Between the two of them there’s very few things they can’t get rid of.

Norton AV also finds quite a few.

If you’re having trouble getting rid of them, you may have to boot into safe mode and run AdAware/SpyBot/Norton AV. What version of Windows are you running?

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**Author:** ![Pushkin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/ee59a6/32.png) [@Pushkin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Pushkin)\
**Post date:** [May 16, 2004, 2:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/another-bit-of-spyware/245424/3 "2004-05-16T14:34:21Z")

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> [@Athena](#):
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> Do you have the current version of SpyBot and Ad-Aware? Between the two of them there’s very few things they can’t get rid of.
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> Norton AV also finds quite a few.
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> If you’re having trouble getting rid of them, you may have to boot into safe mode and run AdAware/SpyBot/Norton AV. What version of Windows are you running?

Windows XP and last I checked, there were no updates for the Spybot I am running. I’ll try Ad-aware too if you think its worth a try 🙂

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**Author:** ![Daizy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/46a35a/32.png) [@Daizy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Daizy)\
**Post date:** [May 16, 2004, 2:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/another-bit-of-spyware/245424/4 "2004-05-16T14:46:03Z")

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You can get an uninstaller specifically for [i-lookup](http://www.pchell.com/support/click2findnow.shtml). Though using Ad-Aware is a good idea as well.

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**Author:** ![Pushkin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/ee59a6/32.png) [@Pushkin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Pushkin)\
**Post date:** [May 16, 2004, 2:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/another-bit-of-spyware/245424/5 "2004-05-16T14:58:02Z")

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> [@Daizy](#):
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> You can get an uninstaller specifically for [i-lookup](http://www.pchell.com/support/click2findnow.shtml). Though using Ad-Aware is a good idea as well.

Thanks to all, the scum who put these things online :mad:

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**Author:** ![tygerbryght](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/a9a28c/32.png) [@tygerbryght](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tygerbryght)\
**Post date:** [May 16, 2004, 8:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/another-bit-of-spyware/245424/6 "2004-05-16T20:54:18Z")

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> [@Pushkin](#):
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> … I’ll try Ad-aware too if you think its worth a try 🙂

I second **Athena** ’s recommendation of Ad Aware. It is highly effective, in my experience … and it’s free! 🙂