How do I remove this toolbar from IE?

Factual Questions
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I was checking out a website and got some of the usual pop-up annoyances, although this time was different :eek: . One of the pop-ups actually installed a new toolbar on my IE, change my home page setting, and any 404 errors now result in a redirect to this page.

The site is www.xupiter.com. There is a new directory on my disk, C:\program files\xupiter, containing various junk including XupiterStartup.exe and XupiterToolbar.exe. There is no listing for xupiter when I try to uninstall it using the Add/Remove Programs option in Control Panel.

I went into the IE toolbar and unchecked the xupiter toolbar so it doesn’t display. But it is still there, I don’t know how to remove it from the toolbar menu. I changed back my home page, no problem.

What I am really concerned about is what else this stuff did that might not be so visible. It does not appear to be viral, just unethically aggressive commercial crapware.

2

Did you try running adaware yet?

http://www.lavasoftusa.com/aaw.html

It gets rid of most spyware and adware. Also, you might want to install the Proximatron or a similar web filter to stop this kind of malicious crap from getting through.

http://proxomitron.org/