Hotbar Folders

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I'm fairly new to this. What are "hotbar" folders? Is it
safe to delete these folders as when I do a system
search, I find 108 folders, of which many are zipped. I'm
trying to clean up my pc and if I don't need these
folders, I want to delete them. Any suggestions?

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I am running "Spybot-Search & Destroy". Shouldn't this
totally remove these folders?

Thanks,
Paula
>-----Original Message-----
>Hi,
>
>They are part of the hotbar parasitic malware. Yes,
delete them, and
>download and run AdawareSE from www.lavasoft.de to help
in removing that
>piece of garbage.
>
>--
>Best of Luck,
>
>Rick Rogers, aka "Nutcase" - Microsoft MVP
>http://mvp.support.microsoft.com/
>Associate Expert - WindowsXP Expert Zone
>www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/expertzone
>Windows help - www.rickrogers.org
>
>"Paula" <anonymous@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in
message
>news:0a5401c498c9$19dd04a0$a501280a@phx.gbl...
>> I'm fairly new to this. What are "hotbar" folders? Is
it
>> safe to delete these folders as when I do a system
>> search, I find 108 folders, of which many are zipped.
I'm
>> trying to clean up my pc and if I don't need these
>> folders, I want to delete them. Any suggestions?
>
>
>.
>

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Hi Paula,

No, not always. I usually suggest running a combination of those two
products. One will catch what the other misses.

--
Best of Luck,

Rick Rogers, aka "Nutcase" - Microsoft MVP
http://mvp.support.microsoft.com/
Associate Expert - WindowsXP Expert Zone
www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/expertzone
Windows help - www.rickrogers.org

"Paula" <anonymous@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:a80601c498cc$245420a0$a601280a@phx.gbl...
>I am running "Spybot-Search & Destroy". Shouldn't this
> totally remove these folders?
>
> Thanks,
> Paula
>>-----Original Message-----
>>Hi,
>>
>>They are part of the hotbar parasitic malware. Yes,
> delete them, and
>>download and run AdawareSE from www.lavasoft.de to help
> in removing that
>>piece of garbage.
>>
>>--
>>Best of Luck,
>>
>>Rick Rogers, aka "Nutcase" - Microsoft MVP
>>http://mvp.support.microsoft.com/
>>Associate Expert - WindowsXP Expert Zone
>>www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/expertzone
>>Windows help - www.rickrogers.org
>>
>>"Paula" <anonymous@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in
> message
>>news:0a5401c498c9$19dd04a0$a501280a@phx.gbl...
>>> I'm fairly new to this. What are "hotbar" folders? Is
> it
>>> safe to delete these folders as when I do a system
>>> search, I find 108 folders, of which many are zipped.
> I'm
>>> trying to clean up my pc and if I don't need these
>>> folders, I want to delete them. Any suggestions?
>>
>>
>>.
>>