spyware

[peterpan]

hi all

 

iv been battling now for the last two weeks against two bits of spyware hotbar and mywebsearch and kill it has started raise its ugly head. im running sophos and have downloaded a removal tool for hotbar that allows me to remove it if someone is loged in remoutely. anyone else had this proble if so how did you remove it or any advice on the others?

[Sophos-Support-5]

Hotbar is detailed in the "More Information" section on our Hotbar page:

 

Hotbar - Adware - Sophos security analysis

 

Mywebsearch comes under the title PUA (potentially unwanted application).

 

Sophos - Removing applications

 

If you need further advice feel free to email direct:

 

https://secure.sophos.com/support/query/

 

Regards,

 

Sophos Technical Support