I have a recurring problem w/an intrusive 'program' that impacts my
ability to search for certain items, and especially if I am trying to
access specific portions of a website.    It alse inserts itself into
text when editing posts on various publishers' forums.    It is
"search.targetword.com" (quotation marks are mine).    I have been
unable to rid it from my system.   It highlites certain key or target
words such as 'job', 'car', 'hotel', travel', and so on,

I use SpyBot S&D, McAfee Security, Google popup blocker on my Gooogle
toolbar, and have dumped the Yahoo toolbar out of my PC.    Lycos
occasionaly pops up and screws things up a little.   I have Internet
Explorer, MSN Hotmail, Windows XP 6.1, and a high speed cable modem
hookup.     Any suggestions.    I wnat to rid my PC of this and
prevent it's reoccurance.   This is driving me crazy !    Thanks
so much

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Request for Question Clarification by netcrazy-ga on 15 Jun 2004 14:51 PDT

Hello lizard45-ga,
Please run the following programs. 

1. Spybot - Search & Destroy 
You already have it installed. So make sure that before you run it,
you get all the updates for this software and then run the program.

2. Ad-Aware
http://www.lavasoftusa.com/
You can download this software from here-
http://download.com.com/3000-2144-10045910.html?part=69274&subj=dlpage&tag=button

3. CWShredder
http://www.spywareinfo.com/downloads.php?cat=sp#det
Download it from-
http://www.spywareinfo.com/~merijn/files/cwshredder.zip

4. Hijack This
http://www.spychecker.com/program/hijackthis.html

Please paste the hijack log so that we can see what exactly is
installed on your system.

Also, you might want to check this link where a similar issue has been discussed-
http://tinyurl.com/23jnc

Let us know your findings.

Thanks
netcrazy

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Request for Question Clarification by aceresearcher-ga on 27 Jun 2004 07:43 PDT

Greetings, lizard45!

Are you still having a problem with scumware on your computer? If so,
please post a Clarification here, and I'll be glad to help you
troubleshoot the problem.

Regards,

aceresearcher

This happens because you have installed extra software for browser extensions

For disabling this go to Internet Explorer Menu

Tools-->>Internet options->>Advanced->>
in the "Browsing" section,

uncheck enable third party browser extensions(requires restart)

Close all IE and open...

I had  a similar problem, There was a spyware on my computer that
would add its own results in results returned by google..

Try to use the SpySweeper software to remove spyware from your computer..
its available at http://www.webroot.com/wb/products/spysweeper/index.php

Yash