Manual Spy Bot Removal > ZeroPopUp
An Internet Explorer toolbar with a pop-up advert-blocking feature, which also hijacks homepage and search settings to znext.com every time IE is started.
Also known as
ZeroPopUpBar , to distinguish it from the earlier standalone commercial popup-killer of the same name, by the same author. Note there is no connection to the similarly-named "ZeroPopup" by "Tooto Technologies".
Distribution
'Viral marketing': some versions, when installed, send an endorsement purporting to be from you to everyone in your e-mail address book.
Also installed by ActiveX drive-by-download on the search bar pointed to by some variants of the TinyBar parasite (also by the same author).
Advertising
No.
Privacy violation
No.
Security issues
No.
Stability problems
None known.
Removal
Open a DOS command prompt window (from Start->Programs->Accessories) and enter the commands:
cd "%WinDir%\System"
regsvr32 /u zeropopupbar.dll
After restarting the computer, you should be able to open the System folder (inside the Windows folder, called 'System32' on Windows NT/2000/XP or 'System' on Windows 95/98/Me), and delete the zeropopupbar.dll file.
Finally, set your home page back to what it was before (from Internet Options->General->Start page) and restore your search settings (by clicking Internet Options->Programs->Reset Web Settings).
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