Spybot and Askbar? Does SB remove it?

[MacPeter]

Hi,

I have got just a simple question.:)

Does SB remove Askbar?

[Matt]

Hi MacPeter,

as far as I know, the answer to your question is no.

[spybotsandra]

Hello,

We detect it and remove it, but sometimes there are leftovers.
There are subfolders that are not being detected and therefore the main folders can't be deleted.
Please have a look at your folders and see which file paths you have left on your system. These could be the folders:

C:\Program Files\MyWebSearch\
C:\Program Files\AskTBar

Delete those folders and its whole content.

Please do also delete the following registry key:
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\AskTBar

Open the registry editor by:
(a)
press windowskey + r then enter "regedit" (without quotation marks)
or
(b)
click on "start" , then "run" and enter "regedit" (without quotation marks)

(a+b)
and then browse to the path HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\AskTBar

This link in our forum should also help removing MyWebSearch: http://forums.spybot.info/showthread.php?t=40394

Best regards
Sandra
Team Spybot

[Matt]

We detect it and remove it, but sometimes there are leftovers.

Well, I didn't know that... does Spybot detect AskBar as Adware? I couldn't find this kind of Malware in the detection database... any tips for me where I can find it ? :thanks:

So I guess I can also add detection rules from AskBar into my "New Malware files" ?

[spybotsandra]

Hello,

Seems like i mixed something up here. ;)
You are right, we do not detect AskBar, but MyWebsearch.

Best regards
Sandra
Team Spybot

[Matt]

Hello,

Seems like i mixed something up here. ;)
You are right, we do not detect AskBar, but MyWebsearch.

Best regards
Sandra
Team Spybot
Good to know. :thanks:

[MacPeter]

Hi,


OK. Thanks