If this is a Toolbar then perhaps you can remove it via IE's "View > Toolbars" option.
If your IE is greater than IE6 then to see the menu bar just hit the ALT key. This will display the "File - Edit - View - " etc menu. Goto View > Toolbars and see if it is listed and selected. If so, remove the tick.
Also, as you have said, disable it if it is listed as an Add-on.
Does that work?
I have reported this to the Download.com team and I thank you for bringing it to our attention.
Mark
I installed a piece of software downloaded from download.com. I unchecked 6 boxes in order to deny permission to install anything but the original application. Even so, it installed the Somoto toolbar in IE. I can't find an email address to report this to, so I'm putting it here.
Malwarebytes isn't identifying it as malware, and it doesn't show up in Add/Remove Programs in my Control Panel, so I'm having a tough time getting rid of it. I can disable it of course, but that doesn't fully solve the problem. Has anybody run into this little gem before? (Other than the user who downloaded this before me and left a warning in the reviews... that'll teach me to read the reviews before downloading...)
I'm running WinXP SP3.
FLVPlayer4Free
http://download.cnet.com/FLVPlayer4Free/3000-13632_4-10666532.html?tag=mncol;8&refresh=1300410848823#submitReview

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