Google Toolbar [spyware in disquise]

My wife was recently on her account on my computer, and I noticed the Google Toolbar [for Firefox]. Being that neither of us had put it on there, I was annoyed and immediately went to remove it, only to find it missing from the add/remove programs menu. So I decided to do a system search for "google" and delete all of the Google taint from my computer, after which I went into the Firefox add-ons section to remove it from there as well. The only reason I noticed was that every website I went to was silently redirected through "google-analytics.com", which I noticed by watching the progress bar as I was browsing. This set off the alarm for me, as I don't like being monitored in any fashion.

My problem: I am still being silently redirected through "google-analytics.com".
Even with it uninstalled and removed. This irritates me to no end.
Is there any way to prevent this? Also, when I uninstalled it, Firefox didn't respond well; about 1/8th of the firefox window is grayed out [at the bottom], and restarting it did not fix this.

 

hi,

maybe this will help

http://www.customizegoogle.com/block-google-analytics-cookies.html

and you may have to add an entry in your hosts file

 

Thanks hawklord, for pointing out this Google "gotcha". Read the first paragraph, in particular.

To quote from the link below:-

To get the full quote, visit the link. I have just quoted some extracts to make you aware of what Google is apparently doing. :cry Bazza

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To quote from my previous entry. (#3)

How do I do that? :confused Bazza.

 

G-Zapper works good. This is 1.44 a free version.

http://www.zdnet.com.au/downloads/0,139024478,10570471s,00.htm

 

:cry :confused

I wonder if Google got to them.
Might as well start another conspiracy theory. Bazza

PS: Lots of Google ( ) links to G-Zapper at

http://www.google.com.au/search?as_...as_dt=i&as_sitesearch=&as_rights=&safe=images

Baz

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Maybe uninstall FireFox, run CCleaner's reg cleaner to get any leftover entries, then re-install FireFox? Or just use FireFox portable; it doesn't install anything (including itself) so it should be OK. Just a thought!

hd2k

 

Haven't used it yet, but I found a working G-Zapper download at:

http://www.download.com/3000-2144_4-10620792.html

v1.5

Thanks for all the help.

Maybe this will keep the Google-Monster at bay for a while.:major

 

Yes, but it is Shareware with a 30 day trial. USD$19.95 to buy. Bazza

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