I have something called REcipe Rewards Toolbar and i know its spyware or something...how do i get rid of it....i cant find it anywhere on the comp under search and when i use add or delete it wont do anything? Help
2006-11-30 18:32:46 · 8 answers · asked by kkds14 3 in Computers & Internet ➔ Security
Go to www.techsupportforum.com and create an account (free). Then you can post your question in the Security Forum. An experienced Tech will guide you as soon as they can (and they do). They will tell you if it's bad, find any other parts of it and clean it all up. These people have been helping others for free for years and are real good at it.
2006-11-30 18:39:54 · answer #1 · answered by ? pita ? 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Try going into your Control Panel, double-clicking Add/Remove Programs and seeing if "Recipe Rewards" is under that heading.
Also, I would recommend a couple of programs:
1. AVG Free - A free anti-virus tool that works marvelously.
2. Spybot Search and Destroy - An anti-spyware tool.
2006-12-01 02:36:06 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋
Scan your PC with these.
All of these are ones that I personally use and all are free.
AVG Removes I-Worm/Stration · BackDoor.Generic3.GBB and .GBC · Worm/Generic.FX · Exploit.WMF
http://free.grisoft.com/doc/5390/lng/us/tpl/v5
All of these are ones that I personally use and all are free.
AVG Removes I-Worm/Stration · BackDoor.Generic3.GBB and .GBC · Worm/Generic.FX · Exploit.WMF
http://free.grisoft.com/doc/5390/lng/us/tpl/v5
Spybot - Search & Destroy detects and removes spyware, a relatively new kind of threat not yet covered by common anti-virus applications. Spyware silently tracks your surfing behaviour to create a marketing profile for you that is transmitted without your knowledge to the compilers and sold to advertising companies. If you see new toolbars in your Internet Explorer that you haven't intentionally installed, if your browser crashes inexplicably, or if your home page has been "hijacked" (or changed without your knowledge), your computer is most probably infected with spyware. Even if you don't see the symptoms, your computer may be infected, because more and more spyware is emerging. Spybot-S&D is free, so there's no harm giving it a try to see if something has invaded your computer.
http://www.safer-networking.org/
http://superantispyware.com/
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Make sure after you download any of these, that you update them.
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2006-12-01 02:35:19 · answer #3 · answered by G 7 · 0⤊ 1⤋
I can give a few links that offer free virus and spyware removers...!You may be having a virus or spyware installed on your PC. Norton, AVG , Avast are free antivirus software. Ad-aware, Ewido are free spyware removers. You can download free softwares at
http://fixit.in/antivirus.html and http://fixit.in/spywareremover.html
2006-12-02 17:50:56 · answer #4 · answered by BU1 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Take it your running Xp with the latest Explorer, click Tools on the explorer then click manage add-on then click enable or disable add-on & disable any add-on that you dont want (Recipe Toolbar), then click the link below & do a online scan.
2006-12-01 07:28:21 · answer #5 · answered by Sly_Old_Mole 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
You can go to Start, then Control Panel, and then click on Add/Remove programs. Then, uninstall the toolbar. Or, you can click on System Restore and restore your computer to an earlier time. The time before you d/l the toolbar.
2006-12-01 02:38:26 · answer #6 · answered by whisperingmoonofthenight 2 · 1⤊ 1⤋
go to zone alarm and download their 15 day free trial complete package and it will scan and get rid of all your bad stuff. It is the best per Steve Gibson of Gibson Research. Check out his website and free software. It is really good stuff in simple to understand language. He is a genius!
2006-12-01 03:32:53 · answer #7 · answered by marty m 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Get at least three free programs because no one program can detect all spyware http://www.basicspywaretips.com/getridofspyware.html
2006-12-01 09:06:31 · answer #8 · answered by Tyler 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋