# search bar keeps opening up in win xp

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/search-bar-keeps-opening-up-in-win-xp/214714>\
**Category:** Factual Questions\
**Created:** [November 22, 2003, 6:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/search-bar-keeps-opening-up-in-win-xp/214714 "2003-11-22T18:42:10Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 4\
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**Author:** ![dikky](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/d9b06d/32.png) [@dikky](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dikky)\
**Post date:** [November 22, 2003, 6:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/search-bar-keeps-opening-up-in-win-xp/214714/1 "2003-11-22T18:42:10Z")

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i’ve run ad-adware but this search bar “lrreafrprbp” keeps coming back…is there any way to delete this crap permanently??

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**Author:** ![Number](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/number/32/242_2.png) [@Number](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Number)\
**Post date:** [November 22, 2003, 7:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/search-bar-keeps-opening-up-in-win-xp/214714/2 "2003-11-22T19:46:33Z")

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Are you using Ad-aware 6 and have you applied all updates? If so you should also try [Spybot Search & Destroy](http://www.safer-networking.org/). Install all the updates before you run it as well. If it doesn’t remove the search bar then you may be able to toggle the thing off by going to the **BHOs** section under **Tools**.

I wonder if lrreafrprbp is one of fhqwhgads’ relatives.

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**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:** [November 22, 2003, 9:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/search-bar-keeps-opening-up-in-win-xp/214714/3 "2003-11-22T21:37:55Z")

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There’s also [BHO Demon,](http://www.definitivesolutions.com/bhodemon.htm) which will list what’s running on your browser and let you delete it.

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**Author:** ![dikky](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/d9b06d/32.png) [@dikky](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dikky)\
**Post date:** [November 23, 2003, 3:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/search-bar-keeps-opening-up-in-win-xp/214714/4 "2003-11-23T03:04:11Z")

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thanks guys…i have adaware 6 with the latest updates so i d/led spybot and tried that…still the @#%% search bar shows up…i guess bho demon is next…  
i don’t understand what these idiots are trying to accomplish by pissing everybody off like this…do they really think this is how to make friends and influence people?