OK, my computer has recently become infected like crazy, I got a small littl adware program, it opened popups randomly, and slowely my PC has been crammed with over 150 programs that Norton's can't remove... I hav tried using a program called Bullet-Proof-Soft Spyware adware remover, but it generates errors trying to remove them, also Yahoo's Anti-Spyware software can't remove them either, well actually got rid of a few... These three are the most difficult to remove it seems... QUOTE Trojan.Downloader.Win32.Istbar.ce ISTbar.XXXToolbar IBIS Toolbar The progrma that opened all of the pop-up was suposedly disable by Norton's still appears to be running if I check, can anyone help?

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Have you tried A.V.E.R.T Stinger? It is by a McAfee team and it is free.. It is mainly geared at removing Trojans, so maybe it will help you?

Also, you could try NoAdware, but it isn't free, although it is worth the $30 for it..

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The simplest/quickest thing to do might just be to use System Restore to set your PC to a state before it became infected.

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I have the same problems as yours, but only download trojan, I think you need to install Norton Anti-Virsu Corporate Edition v9. Norton detect this and remove the virus, but the problem download trojan are keep coming back eventhough norton trap it. What I did is I re-install the whole system just to keep it out. So if your temper is running out re-install the whole system to keep the virus out of your sight as I did in my computer :- )

 

 

 

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Detection and Removal
Manual Removal
Follow these steps to remove ISTbar.XXXToolbar from your machine. Begin by backing up your registry and your system, and/or setting a Restore Point, to prevent trouble if you make a mistake.



Unregister DLLs:

Unregister these DLLs with Regsvr32, then reboot:


Clean Registry:

Remove these registry items (if present) with RegEdit:


Remove Files:

Remove these files (if present) with Windows Explorer:


Remove Directories:

Remove these directories (if present) with Windows Explorer:


Restore Settings:

After following the instructions above, you will still need to restore your original settings and prevent this from happening again.

http://www3.ca.com/securityadvisor/pest/pe...px?id=453075516

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Hey dude...
Trojan.Downloader.Win32.Istbar.ce doesn't seem to be recognised..

You may like to check some relevant terms here...
http://www3.ca.com/securityadvisor/pest/se...ly=false&type=0

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Hey dude ... I found it...
It's alias name for Trojan.Downloader.Win32.Istbar.ce is actually TrojanDownloader.Win32.Istbar.bo




http://www3.ca.com/securityadvisor/pest/pe...px?id=453083553

Ha.. finally with all the long searches...
These should help...

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Ive used a lot of spyware remover programs, but Ive noticed that none of them get rid of the whole spywarez. So what you have to do, or at least the steps Ive come up with are the following (based on my experience, Ive also had the Istbar so I think it will be similar) :

-1.- Set a Restore Point (just in case)

0.- Disconnect from internet, these programs tend to download and duplicate themselves.

1.- I run a full system scan with a spyware remover program.

2.- I run it again just in case, in most cases it will find more malicious software.

3.- Restart the computer In safe mode. (this is done by pressing f8 when windows starts to load.

4.- Run the spyware remover program again.

5.- Go to c:/documents and settings/(your session name)/local settings/temporary internet files. Select all the files in this folder and delete them

6.- do the same with c:/documents and settings/(your session name)/local settings/temp

7.- Go to your program files folder in c:/ and check all the folders for mysterious programs that have to do with the spyware you have such as Istbar (I think thats what the folder was called, the advantage of being in safe mode is that you can delete). You can also check in control panel in ad or remove programs and most of the time you will see them there but they wont uninstall.

8.- Now click on start, then on run, then type in regedit. Click on HK_LocalMachine , then on software, microsoft, windows, current version, run. There you will find a list of programs that run when windows is loading. You will most probably find the istbar and some other programs there. What I would recommend you do is to click on start and then search and search for each program thats on run in regedit. That way you can find out where its located to see if it is not a microsoft program you can right click on it, then properties then go to summary, version etc.. to see if it is not a malicious or suspicious program. You can check all the programs here in regedit and see which ones you want at the start of windows, the less programs you have on startup the faster the startup will be, why would you want the quicktime, the ipod services etc. to load at startup instead of when you are actually going to use it?

9.- After you have your startup how you want it, now its time to search for other keys in regedit. Go to edit>find in Regedit and type in anything that has to do with the programs that are affecting your computer such as istbar etc. and while you are at it, delete all items that Inspiron has found and the dll from regsvr32

10.- After this reboot your pc, and do another scan. Go online and check if it worked.

I really hope this helps, at least to learn a little bit about the spyware and where it is found and what it affects. This defenitely takes more time than formatting your pc, atleast the first time I think, unless you have a lot of data to backup. When this happened to me, Norton Antivirus got messed up (it wouldnt work anymore), I couldnt run exe files or lnk, and I had a lot of files to backup so I didnt really think of formating, so I did a little research and got rid of the spyware and I also learned a lot from that experience. Now as soon as I get a spyware y go offline and take care of it in less than 15 minutes. Though I havent ever had a trojan before.. I think. Well good luck.

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wow a wonderfull way to remove adware. till now used System mechanic which is kind of ok i think or use PC-CILLIN 2005+

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What version of Norton do you have??

It might also help if you have Norton System Works, it comes with a lot of helpfull utilities that can remove big problems from your pc.

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