http://zookaware.com/spyware-blog/universalsearchtoolbar-spyware-profile/ SpyZooka’s antispyware blog with the latest news, tips and advice about spyware and protecting yourself online. Tue, 07 Feb 2012 10:58:55 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 http://zookaware.com/spyware-blog/universalsearchtoolbar-spyware-profile/comment-page-1/#comment-19046 Rebecca Wild Fri, 09 Apr 2010 09:18:48 +0000 http://bluepenguinsoftware.com/spyzooka/blog/?p=3452#comment-19046 While I was surfing on the internet, I picked up a UniversalSearchToolbar. My firewall came up with a few things asking if I wanted to grant them internet access so I thought maybe it was related to my av. However, this morning my laptop has been running incredibly slowly and I figured that the virus was probably still lurking there somewhere. And sure enough my av did detect it about an hour ago and moved it to the chest...but my laptop still isn't running quite right. Is there anything I can do that doesn't involve rebooting the whole system? While I was surfing on the internet, I picked up a UniversalSearchToolbar. My firewall came up with a few things asking if I wanted to grant them internet access so I thought maybe it was related to my av.
However, this morning my laptop has been running incredibly slowly and I figured that the virus was probably still lurking there somewhere. And sure enough my av did detect it about an hour ago and moved it to the chest…but my laptop still isn’t running quite right.
Is there anything I can do that doesn’t involve rebooting the whole system?

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