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Posted by Neil W on November 23, 2007, 9:31 am
If you were Registered and logged in, you could reply and use other advanced thread options > Neil W wrote:
>> I ran the free NOD32 online scanner (www.eset.com/onlinescan/) on a
>> machine and afterwards the "My Web Search" toolbar appeared on both
>> IE and FireFox.
>> I really really hope I am wrong about this but is it possible that
>> the free NOD32 online scanner installs spyware on a machine?
>
> I use Nod32 and frequently visit their site and participate in their
> forum. I have never seen anything on their site or in the forum to
> indicate that the Mywebsearch toolbar is installed by them.
>
> Most likely a coincidence, would be my guess.
>
> The following list of products are know to install MyWebSearch;
> ....
> Any of the above look familiar? ie, were any of them installed on the
> system?
>
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> Sir_George
>
Thanks. Actually it was a coworker's computer and she said none of the
software packages you mentioned were there. The NOD32 people said that they
only install their own software and I believe them. You are right, it must
have been a coincidence.
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