# Help me remove this pesky spyware toolbar **URL:** \ **Category:** Factual Questions\ **Created:** [June 1, 2004, 12:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-me-remove-this-pesky-spyware-toolbar/247984 "2004-06-01T00:44:48Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 14\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Gfactor](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/9de053/32.png) [@Gfactor](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gfactor)\ **Post date:** [June 1, 2004, 12:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-me-remove-this-pesky-spyware-toolbar/247984/1 "2004-06-01T00:44:48Z")
Ok. Here’s the deal. My GF has been surfing porn sites. Really, she has. ;j Anyway, she managed to install a “Lesbian Toolbar,” and the thing won’t go away. I can hide it with the view\>Toolbars feature of Explorer, but I can’t delete it. She is running Windows ME. I have tried using Add/Remove Programs, but when I do that the offending toolbar program simply gets de-selected. The program apparently does not live in the programs folder, or at least I can’t find it there I am running out of ideas. Can anyone help? ---
**Author:** ![qubed](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/q/f07891/32.png) [@qubed](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/qubed)\ **Post date:** [June 1, 2004, 12:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-me-remove-this-pesky-spyware-toolbar/247984/2 "2004-06-01T00:58:23Z")
Well, the obvious choice is to use Ad-ware or any other spyware removal software. The other option is to move from Windows Me to 2000 or XP. Really. ME is about the crappiest Windows out there, the bane of Microsoft. ---
**Author:** ![RealityChuck](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/realitychuck/32/195_2.png) [@RealityChuck](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RealityChuck)\ **Post date:** [June 1, 2004, 1:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-me-remove-this-pesky-spyware-toolbar/247984/3 "2004-06-01T01:53:22Z")
Me has nothing to do with it; you’d get the same spyware with any version of Windows. Ad-Aware is a good first step. If that doesn’t work, try Spybot S&D. If there’s still a problem, search for hijackthis, run the program, and post the log at [http://www.spywareinfo.com](http://www.spywareinfo.com). ---
**Author:** ![Rico](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/rico/32/3582_2.png) [@Rico](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rico)\ **Post date:** [June 1, 2004, 2:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-me-remove-this-pesky-spyware-toolbar/247984/4 "2004-06-01T02:00:26Z")
Sorry to hear about the “Lesbian Toolbar.” Let us know when you have got the problem licked. 😃😃😃 ---
**Author:** ![Lord\_Ashtar](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/7ea924/32.png) [@Lord\_Ashtar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lord_Ashtar)\ **Post date:** [June 1, 2004, 2:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-me-remove-this-pesky-spyware-toolbar/247984/5 "2004-06-01T02:04:27Z")
So…your girlfriend has been surfing lesbian websites? How do you feel about that? ---
**Author:** ![FilmGeek](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/b19c9b/32.png) [@FilmGeek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FilmGeek)\ **Post date:** [June 1, 2004, 2:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-me-remove-this-pesky-spyware-toolbar/247984/6 "2004-06-01T02:12:46Z")
Lesbian Toolbar. There’s a song here. Something along the lines of “Lesbian Seagull”. ---
**Author:** ![King\_Friday](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/43a26b/32.png) [@King\_Friday](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/King_Friday)\ **Post date:** [June 1, 2004, 2:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-me-remove-this-pesky-spyware-toolbar/247984/7 "2004-06-01T02:18:52Z")
> [@alanak](#): > > ME is about the crappiest Windows out there, the bane of Microsoft. I’ve been using Windows ME since 2000 and have never had a problem. ---
**Author:** ![Gfactor](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/9de053/32.png) [@Gfactor](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gfactor)\ **Post date:** [June 1, 2004, 11:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-me-remove-this-pesky-spyware-toolbar/247984/8 "2004-06-01T11:32:58Z")
> [@FilmGeek](#): > > Lesbian Toolbar. > > There’s a song here. Something along the lines of “Lesbian Seagull”. My thinking exactly. > [@](#): > > Ad-Aware is a good first step. If that doesn’t work, try Spybot S&D. Tried both of these already. No dice. ---
**Author:** ![Go\_You\_Big\_Red\_Fire\_Engine](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/eada6e/32.png) [@Go\_You\_Big\_Red\_Fire\_Engine](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Go_You_Big_Red_Fire_Engine)\ **Post date:** [June 1, 2004, 11:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-me-remove-this-pesky-spyware-toolbar/247984/9 "2004-06-01T11:45:32Z")
**How do I stop my BF from hiding my lesbian toolbar?** Ok. Here’s the deal. My BF has been messing around with the computer. Really, he has. Anyway, I managed to install a “Lesbian Toolbar,” and my BF keeps on hiding it. I can unhide it with the view\>Toolbars feature of Explorer, but he keeps on hiding it again. He is running Windows ME. He keeps on using Add/Remove Programs, but when he does that the toolbar program simply gets de-selected. And I have to un-hide it all again :rolleyes: I am running out of ideas. Can anyone help? 😃 🆒 ---
**Author:** ![Uncommon\_Sense](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/f9ae1b/32.png) [@Uncommon\_Sense](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Uncommon_Sense)\ **Post date:** [June 1, 2004, 12:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-me-remove-this-pesky-spyware-toolbar/247984/10 "2004-06-01T12:41:58Z")
Go into the Startup menu and try finding the thing in there first. Or look in the task manager. Once you find the name of the item that created the toolbar you can do a Google search and look for a site that deals with removing it. If that doesn`t work then do a file search using the name of the program (assuming you found it in the startup list or under the TM) and find the folder it occupies. Try deleting the folder. If that doesn`t work then open the folder and try to delete individual files one at a time. What you’re trying to do is destroy the program. I’ve had to do this before when the wife (really) got the computer gunked up with some similar thing. ---
**Author:** ![Gfactor](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/9de053/32.png) [@Gfactor](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gfactor)\ **Post date:** [June 1, 2004, 12:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-me-remove-this-pesky-spyware-toolbar/247984/11 "2004-06-01T12:47:37Z")
> [@Go You Big Red Fire Engine](#): > > **How do I stop my BF from hiding my lesbian toolbar?** > > I am running out of ideas. Can anyone help? Lose the boyfriend . . . oh wait . . . Andrea??? :eek: ---
**Author:** ![Gfactor](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/9de053/32.png) [@Gfactor](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gfactor)\ **Post date:** [June 2, 2004, 12:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-me-remove-this-pesky-spyware-toolbar/247984/12 "2004-06-02T00:59:54Z")
> [@Go You Big Red Fire Engine](#): > > **How do I stop my BF from hiding my lesbian toolbar?** > > Anyway, I managed to install a “Lesbian Toolbar,” and my BF keeps on hiding it. I killed it!!! Ha! For those like **Go You Big Red Fire Engine** who want a Lesbian Toolbar, you can get it at [www.lesbiantoolbar.co](http://www.lesbiantoolbar.co)\*[URL truncated to avoid accidental work access or installation, which would be bad]. Of course this, and other toolbars, is brought to you by [www.nichetoolbars.co](http://www.nichetoolbars.co)\*[same deal as above], which is owned by beano pubishing [sic] , LLC Thanks Beano . . . . ---
**Author:** ![messiah](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/3e96dc/32.png) [@messiah](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/messiah)\ **Post date:** [June 2, 2004, 1:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-me-remove-this-pesky-spyware-toolbar/247984/13 "2004-06-02T01:21:02Z")
I tried www.lesbiantoolbar.cok, but it didn’t work obviously lesbians dont like cok extentions ---
**Author:** ![Gfactor](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/9de053/32.png) [@Gfactor](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gfactor)\ **Post date:** [June 3, 2004, 3:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-me-remove-this-pesky-spyware-toolbar/247984/14 "2004-06-03T15:43:37Z")
> [@messiah](#): > > I tried www.lesbiantoolbar.cok, but it didn’t work > > obviously lesbians dont like cok extentions That’s ok. You don’t want it anyway. No softball or Indigo Girls links . . . 😉