Browserwise Toolbar not installed properly

[motovatin]

I have all of a sudden been getting the message;

Browswerwise toolbar not installed properly,
please reinstall it.

in a small window titled c:\programfiles\internet explorer\iexplore.exe

Before I try to reinstall it, does anyone know what happened to cause this?

Thanks,

 

[jmatt]

Try choice 2 .

http://www.windows-help.net/windows98/ie50-11.shtml

http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;EN-US;q194177

W95 you have 3 choices . With W98 , if you have IE5.1 or higher & you
still have IE4 installed the following applies . No IE4 only 2 choices .
IE5.5 if over the top of 5.1 , offers 3 choices .

You can install IE5.1 straight over 4 . A big feature with IE5 is that
it can be repaired without uninstalling . Here is how to do it . Open
Control Panel , Add / Remove , click on Microsoft Internet Explorer ,
then click on add / remove down the bottom . This opens a window with
3 choices .

Choice 1. Add , insert your IE5 install program & you can find other
items you may not have installed 1st time .

Choice 2. Repair , fixes problems that may crop up with IE5 / Outlook

Choice 3. If unfixable , removes IE5 & goes back to IE4 , now if you
want to you can reinstall IE5 or a later version or another browser
altogether .

No Microsoft Internet Explorer in Control Panel !

http://www.windows-help.net/windows98/ie50-11.shtml

http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;EN-US;q194177

Start > Run , key in msinfo32 and press Enter . Click on Tools > IE Repair Tool or Start >
Programs > Accessories > System Tools > System Information . Click on Tools > IE Repair Tool .

Internet Explorer Repair tool from a command prompt:

http://www.windows-help.net/windows98/ie50-11.shtml

http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;EN-US;q194177

Click Start , and then click Run .
In the Open box, type the following command, and then click OK :
rundll32 setupwbv.dll,IE5Maintenance "C:\Program Files\Internet Explorer\Setup\SETUP.EXE" /g "C:\WINDOWS\IE Uninstall Log.Txt"
NOTE : This command is case sensitive.

W2000 > Start > Run
then enter exactly (case/space-sensitive)
rundll32.exe setupwbv.dll,IE5Maintenance
this will give you the IE Repair dialog... proceed to repair IE

Repair IE6

http://www.3dspotlight.com/tweaks/ie6/index.shtml

http://www.winguides.com/registry/display.php/442/

http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;EN-US;q318378

To reinstall IE6
1. Open the Start menu and select Run.

2. Type %SystemRoot%\Inf in the prompt and press Enter.

3. Locate and right-click the Msoe50.inf file.

4. Select Install.

5. Close the folder window after the copy process is complete.

6. Run OE.

How to Reinstall or Repair Internet Explorer and Outlook Express in Windows XP (Q318378)

http://support.microsoft.com/search/preview.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;Q318378

http://is-it-true.org/nt/xp/utips/utips13.shtml

http://www.dougknox.com/xp/tips/xp_ie_reinstall.htm

http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;EN-US;q194177

http://help.earthlink.net/techsupport/xmldocs/windows_9x_nt/browsers/ie_5.0/1680.help.html

http://www.netcom.net.uk/support/win/nc5/repair1.htm

 

[geilerts]

Hi

I had same issue. Browserwise is a web site and service that installed itself quickly as you probably weren't watching. To get rid of the dubious browsing help they offer, and the message, go to browserwise.com and look for the place where you can uninstall this "service".

Gary

 

[Kento]

Yeah i think it's some spyware/adware garbage. I don't think Ad-aware finds it so get Spybot and run it. I think it detects and remove browserwise.

http://beam.to/spybotsd

http://patrick.kolla.de/software/spybotsd/

 

[motovatin]

Thanks for all of the info. Spybot took care of the browserwise plus alot of other problems (including)zupiter. I've has Norton Internet Security 2002 in the past and it worked well until I needed to uninstall it for other issues. I have since upgraded to Xp from Me do I may try NIS again.

Thanks, again.

 

[lauraparis]

Browserwise and Xupiter Toolbar are intrusive shopping viruses written by the same guy who wants everyone to buy stuff from his site so he can make money. What he has done is against federal law.

Interestingly, he changed the browserwise.com registration info in the domain name whois database on Monday! But this site (below) got all the information about him before he did it!

http://stopspammers.tripod.com/stopspam/id5.html

I am out of the country but if anyone called the FBI about this they'd be DELIGHTED to have such an easy catch - again, this is a virus and spreading these is against federal law!
Have a look:

http://stopspammers.tripod.com/stopspam/id5.html