well ive had 2 popup blockers installed (yahoo and google toolbar). i turned em off but for some reason i cant get things to open in a new window. also i have a msn toolbar but when i click on view and try get the tooblar to appear it wont. so please help

also i need help installing/unistalling things when i try to do so it says : The windows installer service cannot be acessed. this can occur when you are running windows in safe mode or if the windows installer is not correctly installed. contact your support personell for asisstance.

Ditch IE, use mozilla or firefox instead.

At least attempt to answer the question - comments like this help no one.

I've seen something strange happen before. When I tried to close a toolbar in IE, it actually closed a different one. Meaning if I tried to close Google, it actually shut off my links toolbar. So I had to choose Links, to close Google.

I'm not sure what causes this, but it could be similar. Just remember what each one represents for the future.

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sounds like a toolbar/adware issue...... run adaware. Even though you have a pop-up blocker, some toolbars like yahoo let their own adwares through.

thanks, im gonna try using firefox.

ALSO my links button says i have msn toolbar, but i dont.... i cliked on it and tried clicking on everything else but still it didnt work =(.

:knock: this has been hitting me on the head for days. my windows frewall will not turn off. i run N.I.S and i think it may of reacted badly. when i go to turn it off it says that it is already turned off in the windows firewall screen.
but it ent, because when i ext tht (onto the main menu) it says that it is still on.


HELP

normally only have 1 firewall on. I do not recommend norton firewall at all. I've tried it. Zonealarm is far superior and has better compatibility.

In IE, click on View/Toolbars and check if there are any sneaky entries.
And use Manage Add-ons to en/disable BHO's (Browser Helper Objects)

To make sure, go to this post here first, and follow the instructions EXACTLY, especially about UPDATING and HJT-location.
How to remove Begin2Search/Coolwebsearch and Other Nasties

Then see How to post your Hijackthis log-files as an attachment.