At another site I go to (well actually, where mrs. sealpoet and i go), one of the members has run into problems with something that attached itself to her system.
Toptext. I was trying to help sort it out (o.k, i'm not a tech wizard, but it's a cooking site, so i'm sorta helpful there).
I was able to help her to i.d. the problem, but she can't get rid of it. I've done some searching but other than simply saying "uninstall it", I'm no use. Any suggestions? (i was kinda thinkin' since mrs. sealpoet pitched in with someone's gardening problem here, i'd see if we could reciprocate)
(i will try to get the original poster to come over if anyone has any questions)
Quote:The parasite on my compter is called Toptext. I don't understand how to remove it manually, though. (I already tried Ad-Aware, as they suggested, but it didn't work, so I would have to remove it manually). Can you make sense of this???
PARASITE - TOPTEXT
Description
When installed, TopText will alter all pages viewed in IE, adding extra links to words and phrases targeted by advertisers. These links are unauthorised by the operators of the sites being viewed.
Also known as
iLookup, HotText, ContextPro. eZula, after the company that created it.
Distribution
One of many parasites included in the file-sharing programs KaZaA and iMesh. Also an optional install on many other free applications, eg. GoZilla.
Around March 2003, installed by the FavoriteMan parasite.
What it does
Advertising
Yes. TopText's characteristic ugly orange-yellow links lead to advertisers' sites.
Privacy violation
Unconfirmed. TopText keeps in contact with a third party server but it is not known what information is exchanged.
Security issues
Yes. TopText has an update feature which the licence states may be used to install third-party software. It also includes a downloader/installer which can be triggered by web pages to redownload TopText.
Stability problems
Unconfirmed. Some reports of crashes/reboots.
Removal
Ad-Aware can remove eZula TopText.
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