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Does anyone have a stupid Obama search bar at the bottom of their Free Republic pages?
My Terminal ^ | 6 February 2013 | Vanity

Posted on 02/06/2013 9:13:03 AM PST by Vigilanteman

Do NOT click on the redirect link at the source URL.

There is a symbol is a a blue box with a white "T" followed by these options on the bar:

Related: Barack Obama T-Shirts | Senator Barack Obama | Barrack Obama | Barack Obama's Campaign | Barack Obama News | Vote for Obama | and then a search bar with the magnifying glass symbol.

I'm behind a firewall and it isn't showing as a virus. But it is annoying as hell to see the dictator's name dominate an entire search bar whenever I pull up FreeRepublic.

Anybody else having this problem? Any idea on how to fix it.


TOPICS: Chit/Chat; Computers/Internet
KEYWORDS: annoyingsearchbars
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I hope it isn't some lib lackey hacking our news forum . . . but I only got a glimpse of the contenko URL when I clicked on the link to see where it would go before I decided to close the browser.

I'm using Firefox but get the same annoying search bar on other browsers whenever I open freerepublic.com

1 posted on 02/06/2013 9:13:07 AM PST by Vigilanteman
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To: Vigilanteman

No gots.
Use Firefox, too............


2 posted on 02/06/2013 9:15:06 AM PST by Red Badger (Lincoln freed the slaves. Obama just got them ALL back......................)
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To: Vigilanteman

hum?
Nope, try rebooting your browser.
Or maybe you have been hacked.


3 posted on 02/06/2013 9:16:00 AM PST by svcw (Why is one cell on another planet considered life, and in the womb it is not.)
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Switched to Chrome. Got this message on the top as well:
Google Chrome Extension Update: FreeTwitTube by Yontoo requires a critical update.

Not going there, but wondering why it is only on the freerepublic.com page.

4 posted on 02/06/2013 9:22:48 AM PST by Vigilanteman (Obama: Fake black man. Fake Messiah. Fake American. How many fakes can you fit in one Zer0?)
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Aren’t Free Republic web pages and Obama links like matter and anti-matter?


5 posted on 02/06/2013 9:24:10 AM PST by Chad N. Freud (FR is the modern equivalent of the Committees of Correspondence. Let other analogies arise.)
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To: Vigilanteman

I had the same problem about a month ago. Yontoo (which I did NOT add) was the issue. I went to “add/remove programs” and took it out. No problem since..


6 posted on 02/06/2013 9:24:33 AM PST by cardinal4 (Constitution? What Constitution?)
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To: Vigilanteman

Nope.
You have malware onboard.


7 posted on 02/06/2013 9:24:42 AM PST by Darksheare (Try my coffee, first one's free.....)
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To: Darksheare; Vigilanteman
You have malware onboard.

In the form of a BHO (Browser Helper Object).

8 posted on 02/06/2013 9:36:21 AM PST by UCANSEE2 (What difference does it make (if they eat cake)?)
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To: Vigilanteman

I would do a scan with Malwarebytes, Super Anti-Spyware and CC Cleaner. All free programs that do wonders for removing spyware, malware and unneeded files (temp cache).


9 posted on 02/06/2013 9:36:39 AM PST by Lucky9teen (Peace is that brief glorious moment in history when everybody stands around reloading.~Thomas Jeffer)
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To: Vigilanteman

FIrst remedy would be to go into UNINSTALL and look for an item labeled as a ‘toolbar’.


10 posted on 02/06/2013 9:38:33 AM PST by UCANSEE2 (What difference does it make (if they eat cake)?)
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To: Vigilanteman

Never have these problems, my browser is Firefox.


11 posted on 02/06/2013 9:47:02 AM PST by svcw (Why is one cell on another planet considered life, and in the womb it is not.)
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To: UCANSEE2
In the form of a BHO (Browser Helper Object).

More correctly, a Barack Helper Object.

12 posted on 02/06/2013 9:50:26 AM PST by Fresh Wind (The last remnants of the Old Republic have been swept away.)
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To: Vigilanteman

Nobama.


13 posted on 02/06/2013 10:11:44 AM PST by onedoug
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To: Fresh Wind
...a Barack Helper Object.

These are apparently quite common, comprising approximately 52% of the voting populace.

14 posted on 02/06/2013 10:29:11 AM PST by Pearls Before Swine
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Sounds like a waste of money to try and sell us his shiite.


15 posted on 02/06/2013 10:39:38 AM PST by longfellow (Bill Maher, the 21st hijacker.)
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To: cardinal4; UCANSEE2
It looks like yontoo may be the problem. I have removed it as well as all Javascripts associated with it. But the problem persists.

Malwarebytes did not get it because it probably can't be associated with a virus, it it more like adware.

Now, I am seeing these directions: Manual removal guide for yontoo.pagerage

Does it sound reasonable?

16 posted on 02/06/2013 10:40:51 AM PST by Vigilanteman (Obama: Fake black man. Fake Messiah. Fake American. How many fakes can you fit in one Zer0?)
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"Remove or manage a new and uncommon kind of cookies, better known as LSO's.The BetterPrivacy safeguard offers various ways to handle Flash-cookies set by Google, YouTube, Ebay and others... "

Everyone needs this if they're watching videos. I have mine set to clear when FF closes - no carry-over between sessions.

17 posted on 02/06/2013 10:55:07 AM PST by brityank (The more I learn about the Constitution, the more I realise this Government is UNconstitutional !!)
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To: Vigilanteman

Go to tools then add ons. It’s probably located there.


18 posted on 02/06/2013 11:07:50 AM PST by Focault's Pendulum (I live in NJ....I want a bailout!!!)
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To: Vigilanteman

If add ons contain Yontoo, disable first then uninstall it.


19 posted on 02/06/2013 11:10:52 AM PST by Focault's Pendulum (I live in NJ....I want a bailout!!!)
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To: Vigilanteman

Are you logged on? <:~)

Some body had to ask, but no.


20 posted on 02/06/2013 11:27:52 AM PST by Arrowhead1952 (Dims are stupid, Period, end of conversation.)
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