I actually have about 3 problems here:
1) Does anyone know where I can get a good version of Adobe? (Without the
Photo Album or Yahoo toolbar.) I had it, but it kept telling me I needed to
update, so I finally broke down and let it update. But, then the next time
I tried to open something that required it, it downloaded for about 15
minutes and 15 megabites, for a 2 page document. I cancelled it and got the
message Adobe was corrupted. So, I uninstalled the whole thing, completely,
and went to Adobe and downloaded a whole new version. It wouldn't finish
and ended up telling me IT was corrupted. So, I uninstalled it too. Then I
went to download.com and downloaded Adobe yet again. It didn't give me any
options, so I thought I would just get Adobe, and not the Yahoo toolbar and
photo shop etc. etc. along with it. However, when I installed it, I got a
message from Spybot that something was trying to change my registry and it
appeared to be that toolbar. I tried to deny letting it do it, but the
message just kept coming right back. Spybot didn't seem to be able to stop
it. So, once again, I uninstalled Adobe.
THEN, I get a message from WinPatrol saying Yahoo toolbar was trying to
change my Home page and add the toolbar and gave me the option to deny it
and when I said to deny, it worked, where it wouldn't work with Spybot.
2) But, do I need to do anything more to be rid of it completely? It was
uninstalled, so I don't understand why it kept trying to change the
registry.
3) Somewhere in there, I also ran Spybot and it found Exploit again. (5
Entries of it.) I just got rid of that a couple of days ago. I can't
imagine where I'm getting it. I have just about every protection anyone has
recommended here. What more can I do?
Carol Hanson
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