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Status Bar and accoonna

by craigy101 Aug 29, 2005 9:22AM PDT

Hello
When i open email in hotmail there is a lot
of confusion in the status bar lasting several
seconds and accoona toolbar and ads try to open
how can i sort this .
(Hope i have described this right)
thanks
craigy1012000

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Craigy, The Accoona Toolbar Is Basically...
by Grif Thomas Forum moderator Aug 29, 2005 9:43AM PDT

...spyware/adware. It analyzes everything you do and diverts your searches to advertisements and items of its choice. You probably should remove it. If you installed, it uninstall it from the Control Panel/Add-Remove Programs section.

IN addition, if you haven't already, download, install, update, then run ALL of the free spyware removal tools below. They should also help you clean out the problem:

Ad-Aware">http://www.lavasoftusa.com/support/download/]Ad-Aware

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Accoona
by craigy101 Aug 29, 2005 11:13AM PDT

Thanks for your reply
I didnt install it and dont know how to uninstall it as i cant find it,If that makes any sense.
craigy1012000

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(NT) (NT) Use The Tools I Listed...That Should Help!
by Grif Thomas Forum moderator Aug 30, 2005 12:04AM PDT
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