Internet explorer has been "modified"....

From: autocol (djcoolin_at_hotmail.com)
Date: 05/13/03 

Date: 12 May 2003 18:45:47 -0700

Hi guys. I use zone alarm at home as a firewall, and here at work I
can't remember exactly what we use but apparently it failed to work.
I've visited some website, either accidentally or not, I'm not sure,
but they've installed all sorts of stuff into my internet explorer.It
totally overwrote my favourites with a bunch of crap, put some foreign
toolbar in and changed my homepage, etc...

I've manually reset the favourites and homepage, but even if I hide
the toolbar, it's still there, in the list. This makes me worry that
perhaps they've installed a whole bunch of other stuff that I'm
unaware of, too. I've searched my computer using the freebie ad-aware,
but this hasn't removed it...

Can anyone tell me if I can remove the stuff these people installed
without my permission, or do I just have to be happy with hiding the
toolbar?

Thanks,

Col.

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