Iexplore error in Istbar.dll Huh?????

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Well, I vowed not to do it, but did it anyway........built a computer for a buddy & he's downloading one program after another. Well, I can't blame him for *using* his computer but he's already come to me about popups & I fixed that with Panicware. Now, he says he's getting an error when trying to shutdown that says the above mentioned error. Any ideas???

Athlon XP2000+
256mb ram
WD 80g HD
Windows ME
AOL

He's got spyware!!!

D/L Ad-aware and SpybotS&D

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Rick,

Pretty sure?? Regardless, I'm gonna have him do it asap. We'll see if that helps him. He's a slightly paranoid personality-type anyway, so Ad-aware and Spybot should make him feel better even if it blew up after that........LOL!!! Thanks Rick!!!

Here's some more info on "ISTbar" and some others.

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Ahhh.....yezzzzzz!!! You are a gentleman and a scholar sir Rick!! Thanks much!!! Can't wait to tell him. He's gonna probably go home & chew out his wife & kids........LOL!!!!!! (But *he* probably did it himself!) he he!

That is a nasty looking one. I'd almost categorize it as a virus.

If I were you, I'd tell 'em next time it's a reinstall of everything, and when you do, make a Ghost image. That way if it happens again, you tell 'em they're gonna have to reimage. Might prompt them to quit d/l'ing and installing everything they click on.

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So true!!!! I think he's lookin' to buy Norton av so that'll be one more line of defense! If anybody could walk into a mud puddle in the Sahara, it's this guy! LOL!!!

You might wanna suggest Sygate Personal Firewall or ZoneAlarm both are free.

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Will do!! Not familiar with Sygate but will get familiar! He'll freak until I tell him they're all free, then he'll be ok!! har har!!!

I prefer Sygate over ZoneAlarm as it just seems more "user friendly".