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The pain continues, I see.

IN IE, at the top, right, just below the Red X, there should be a rather diminutive, black down-arrow-lookin thingy.

It’s right next to a magnifying glass.

Click it, and a list will appear.

At the bottom of that list, click “Manage Search Providers”

The box that opens next is IE’s “Manage Add-ons” dialog. From here you can add/remove search providers, and browser add-ons. By default, the dialog opens with “Search Providers” highlighted in a short list off to the left.

The main part of the window will show a list of search providers that your IE currently knows. Anything in this list that you DO NOT want, Right-click on it, and pick “Remove.” Be aware that IE insists that you have no less than ONE Search Provider, and will not allow you to select “Remove” if you’re highlighting the only provider in the list; the selection is grayed out.

Once you’ve got that sorted out, note in the list off to the left that there is a “Toolbars and Extensions” at the top. Highlight that selection, and you’ll get a whole different list in the main portion of the dialog.

BEWARE: Here there be dragons.

THIS is where auto-downloading garbage OFTEN comes to roost in your browser’s innards. OTOH, stuff you want will show up here, too; so take a minute to scan the list, and you’ll see friendly names like Shockwave and AdobePDF. But you may see your unwanted browser intruder here, too.

If you find something in this list that you know doesn’t belong, highlight it and click the “Disable” button at the bottom right corner of the dialog box.

You will likely need to re-start your browser for changes to take effect, but that will also reveal if they STAY gone, or if they have programmatic means of self-resurrection.

REPLY, and let me know what you discover; especially if there’s anything in there that you want gone that either won’t let you remove it, or comes back after you re-start your browser.

I’m going to go battle on the highway for 90 minutes, or so, but I’ll look in after I get home, and we can pick up from there.