Help w/ disabling Search Assistant

[ZeRoSKiLL]

I don't know when it started, but everytime I log on to WinXP, there's a white box that says "Search Here" and a Search button next to it, located on my Start Bar. I can disable it (Right Click start bar, toolbars, search assistant), but everytime I restart it always comes back.

Anybody know how to permanently disable this? It's pretty annoying.



Thanks

 

[mikecel79]

Sounds like some spyware/adware that was installed on your machine. There are lots of programs out there that claim to assist in searching (which they usually do) but also track what sites you visit and pop up windows while browsing the internet. I would try running a program like AdAware or Spybot and remove it.

 

[kamper]

handy spyware reference: http://forums.anandtech.com/messageview.cfm?catid=33&threadid=1258310