[Bikers4Bush]

Have you tried ad-aware or spybot?

[Lunatic Fringe]

http://www.spywareguide.com/product_show.php?id=756

[taxcontrol]

See the following URL for removal instructions

http://www.pestpatrol.com/PestInfo/c/cleveriehooker.asp

[Threepwood]

You need to download a progam called "Hijack This". It will show you your registry data and you can remove unwanted elements. If it's variant of Coolwebsearch (which I suspect it is), it'll be tricky to remove. But try:

http://www.spywareinfo.com/~merijn/downloads.html
http://www.spychecker.com/program/hijackthis.html

[Rivendell]

Mol - Maybe this will be of some use:

Try This Site For Help

Good Luck!

[cloud8]

boot your machine up in safe mode and then delete it manually.

reboot.

good luck.

[Lunatic Fringe]

c:\ deltree *.*

[jim_trent]

bump

[Wisconsin]

1.Reformat hard drive
2. Reinstall Windows

For a permanent solution
1. Reformat hard drive
2. Install Linux

[gdani]

Also bumping this because I have the same problem & have had little time to deal with it.

[azhenfud]

Try http://pchell.com

Try their "how to remove" items....

[Solson]

Place the computer in the driveway and wash it down really well with a pressure washer. I recommend at least 20,000 psi. Let it dry and reboot.

[Rebelbase]

When all else fails use your computer for therapy.

[Izzy Dunne]

There's a place near hear that offers "Computer Spin Balancing".
Perhaps you should have it spin-balanced...

[afraidfortherepublic]

See # 34. I can't get rid of CleverlEHooker either,and I've tried everything short of a total reinstall.

[Rodney King]

About every other weekend I go over to my father-in-laws house to help him with his computer because it has slowed to a crawl and pop-ups are all over th place. Every time its the same thing: He has downloaded endless amounts of files, and his computer is loaded with spyware, trojans, you name it. I run adaware, and spybot and all sorts of stuff and clean it all out.

Only this time I have a problem: Whenever internet explorer is opened, another IE window opens with an ad. I can't seem to find the source of this. Does anyone have any ideas?

[Dan(9698)]

Bump

[chainsaw]

Mol, if you are running XP disable your registry before deleting, then delete and reboot. After rebooting enable your registry again. Presto it won't come back. Much better than formatting the hard drive. You won't lose all your information this way.

I think what is happening is your registry is restoring what you deleted.

[TomServo]

I can't say this enough to everyone.

"Ghost" your machines...

[TankerKC]

My Daughter SOME HOW downloaded something called CleverIEhooker .. though she swears she didn't do anything

I have yelled at my kids too many times over the past few weeks over this. They SWEAR that they are not loading things...just surfng the net. I believe them...now. Sorry kids!