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Geek Culture / Unable to delete file (visualbee related)

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Phaelax
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Posted: 31st Aug 2013 22:44 Edited at: 31st Aug 2013 22:45
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Somehow this very annoying toolbar got installed about 2 weeks ago. I've done everything I can to remove the toolbars/plugin/extensions from every browser, but they eventually come back.

There was an uninstall program in add/remove, but it left a lot behind. I deleted some of it, but there seems to be a few left behind.
I can't delete them however, as it appears their location is on a remote server, so I don't know exactly how they're turning up in my search results.




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Chris Tate
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Posted: 1st Sep 2013 00:57
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Dear oh dear oh dear oh dear, that looks real bad. I have never seen this error occur. It's a shame your anti-virus or malware tool not pick up this unwelcomed installation.

I would have tried to delete them in the command prompt, or using Dark BASIC or VB.NET or c# or some programmed procedure; but that is because I am quite confident that it will not disrupt my system, but I am not sure about yours; it is your call.

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Posted: 1st Sep 2013 10:45
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This also happened to me, I got rid of it by following this - http://malwaretips.com/blogs/visualbee-toolbar-removal/

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Phaelax
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Posted: 1st Sep 2013 20:09
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Most of that I had already done, including malwarebytes. I manually removed the browser plugins, but follow that site's instructions for resetting the browser. Then I ran tdsskiller. Rebooted and did another search for visualbee. Only thing that shows up now is backup-20130812-102720-657.dll. I guess tdsskiller finds a few things others can't.

Far as I can tell now, I'm good and clean again! I think this got installed by a download manager program.

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Phaelax
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Posted: 7th Sep 2013 22:50
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Apparently resetting FF removed all my bookmarks and plugins. That is annoying that it didn't even at least notify it was doing that.

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Posted: 7th Sep 2013 23:37
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You seem to be having fun.



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Posted: 8th Sep 2013 03:44 Edited at: 8th Sep 2013 03:44
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Quote: "Apparently resetting FF removed all my bookmarks and plugins. "


That doesn't sound quite right; your firefox stuff should be here: C:\Documents and Settings\[UserName]\Application Data\Mozilla\Firefox\Profiles.

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Phaelax
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Posted: 8th Sep 2013 06:17
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Well I rarely use FF, so it's possible I didn't have any bookmarks to begin with. But I know I had several "add-ons" (sorry not plugins).

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