Can somone please let me know how to get Hotbar, and xupiter of my machine. Need to know wnat to look for in the reg and what o delete. Useing win 2000

THanks

There is a thread in the "Computer Virus Reports and Tips" section of AnswerPool that shows how to remove this pest. It was originated by donrent and is titled: NEW VIRUS- "HOTBAR".

NEW VIRUS- "HOTBAR"

I hope this will help!

Dwight

I got hit with Xupiter also, in fact I removed it this evening. Try this site it has great information on these matters.
http://www.spywareinfo.com/newsletter/archives/september-2002/09212002.html. I used "Spybot - surch & distroy" from this site: You can get Spybot from http://security.kolla.de/ works great.

Good luck. . .

I used spybot and it worked perfectly to get rid of xupitor. Make sure you do use the update feature. I just did and it found a whole page of new spies.

Another yes vote for spybot. I installed that after reading the post about adaware being out of date. Don't think I'll be going back.

Hi justin, Welcome to the Pool!

I posted this for another member regarding removal of Hotbar (haven't had the displeasure of being exposed to Xupiter):Exact removal instructions for Hotbar (mine is the 8th post down).

I found this at allentech.net - Parasite: Xupiter:

Removal

Xupiter has no uninstall function. Spybot S&D update 2002-09-22 and Ad-Aware reffile 042-24-09-2002 can remove it, however.

Manual removal

Open the registry (from the Start menu, click Run and enter regedit) and find the key HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run. Delete the 'XupiterStartup' entry.

Open a DOS command prompt window (Start->Programs->Accessories) and enter the following commands to deregister the toolbar.

cd "%WinDir%\System"
regsvr32 /u "C:\Program Files\Xupiter\Updates\XupiterToolbar.dll"
regsvr32 /u "C:\Program Files\Xupiter\Updates\XTUpdate.dll"
regsvr32 /u "C:\Program Files\Xupiter\Updates\XTSearch.dll"

(If your Program Files folder is something other than 'C:\Program Files' - for example because you have installed on a different drive or you are using a non-English version of Windows, you will have to change the commands accordingly. You may also not need the last line, if you have an older version of the software without the XTSearch.dll file, so do not worry if this command gives an error.)

Restart the computer and you should be able to delete the Xupiter folder in Program Files. You can now restore your home page (Internet Options->General->Home page) and your search settings (Internet Options->Programs->Reset web settings). You can also delete the registry keys HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Xupiter and HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Code Store Database\Distribution Units\{A27CFCAE-9351-4D74-BFFC-21EB19693D8C} to clean up if you wish.

Hope this helps