![]() ![]() Please use upper and lower case when posting. Read this answer in context □ 1 All Replies (4)įirst, as a matter of etiquette, typing ALL CAPS on-line generally indicates that you are yelling at someone. Somewhat benign, but do you want someone silently tracking your internet activity? Your decision as to whether to keep that Add-on. Adware is designed to track your on-line activities, in this case your search activity, for the purpose of delivery advertising on pages that you visit. (See: and ) There may be other firms that added a malware/virus definition for "PBHotbar.SearchAssistant" under another name. However, using Google I found that Spybot and McAfee both added "PBHotbar.SearchAssistant" to their adware definitions on March 9, 2011. Some virus-signatures can result in "false positives". No single anti-virus/anti-spyware application is 100% correct, 100% of the time. If you have questions about how to check, go to the forums for Spybot and AVG and ask for assistance. Check your settings in Spybot and AVG and be sure that only one is set up for active/real-time/on-access scanning. ![]() ![]() One can interfere with the other and the result can be less rather than more protection. See: Ī little information about anti-virus/anti-spyware.įirst rule in using anti-virus/anti-spyware applications/programs: Never have more than one in active/real-time/on-access state checking everything as your are on-line. To check your version click the Firefox button > Help > About Firefox (or on the Menu Bar click Help > About Firefox) to see a display of your Firefox version. Your User-agent string indicates that you have the latest version, Firefox 4.0.1 installed to see your User-agent string reported when you posted your question, click on "More system details." to the right of your original post, scroll to the bottom of that display it shows: First, as a matter of etiquette, typing ALL CAPS on-line generally indicates that you are yelling at someone. ![]()
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