# "searchBAR" has installed intself... **URL:** \ **Category:** Factual Questions\ **Created:** [June 30, 2004, 9:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/searchbar-has-installed-intself/252856 "2004-06-30T09:46:32Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 3\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![FriarTed](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/friarted/32/1052_2.png) [@FriarTed](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FriarTed)\ **Post date:** [June 30, 2004, 9:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/searchbar-has-installed-intself/252856/1 "2004-06-30T09:46:32Z")
I don’t know where it came from but I want it gone. It won’t click off or minimize & when I click it, it tries to install eZula. How do I get rid of it please? Btw, my Panda Antivirus does not detect a virus with eZula. ---
**Author:** ![Ponster](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ponster/32/17081_2.png) [@Ponster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ponster)\ **Post date:** [June 30, 2004, 9:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/searchbar-has-installed-intself/252856/2 "2004-06-30T09:50:04Z")
What you have is ad-ware, not a virus so try reading this thread first… > **[Have a Computer Question ? Read this first.](https://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=260053)** > > Over the past few months we have received a spate of computer related questions in GQ, most of which can be solved by solutions given in this thread. The entire thread may be too long to read through, so please read through at least the first few... and get the pograms mentioned to get rid of your problem. Or google ‘eZula searchbar removal’ ---
**Author:** ![Gfactor](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/9de053/32.png) [@Gfactor](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gfactor)\ **Post date:** [June 30, 2004, 1:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/searchbar-has-installed-intself/252856/3 "2004-06-30T13:04:36Z")
[More than you ever wanted to know about eZula.](http://www.whirlywiryweb.com/removeezula.htm)