[Arc Angel]

Recently I got, ‘blasted’ by Kim Kommando. I downloaded one of her free offers for an internet privacy protection program that was supposed to delete any history files on my drive. This rogue program is called, ‘Free History Cleaner’. For two weeks all sorts of, 'Pop Up' ads suddenly started appearing on my browser. Apparently, 'Free History Cleaner' installed some sort of Trojan tracking device because Norton Antivirus finally decided to eliminate it.

The problem I have, now, is that bits and pieces of this rogue program are still hanging around. One of the nasty things it did is modify my Internet Explorer Menu Bar: It added the name, ‘Free History Cleaner’ to the, ‘Tools’, Drop-Down List.

I need to know how to remove this item from the drop down list. So far nothing I read about or tried has worked. Thanks and remember to beware free offers from Kim Kommando!

(I should have known better than to trust someone who hides her e-mail address so that you can't communicate with her directly; and what's with this name, 'Kommando'?)

 

[Pancake]

Run "Adaware" to start the cleanup and then "Hijack This" and post its log here

 

[Arc Angel]

Thanks for the reply! Don't have Adaware or Hijack This; but I do have something called, 'PestPatrol'. Will this do?

 

[Pancake]

ok give it a try but if you can download Adaware..

http://www.lavasoftusa.com/software/adaware/

 

[Bman]

ArcAngel,
With the rapidly growing spyware/adware/scumware problem, using more than one clean up tool has become a necessity. PestPatrol is a good program, I use it myself, and tools such as AdAware and Spybot-Search and Destroy , Spyware Blaster are available *free* and help clean up a wide variety of these pests. Always update these programs before use to make sure you have the most recent files available. Try to scan on a regular schedule or when you suspect something isn't quite right. If you go to download something and you get a little suspicious, check the forums, someone probably knows if the program is infected or not and will be more than happy to share the information. HTH

B