Recently, I upgraded my copy of Internet Explorer. No big deal, right? Well, I thought it was an upgrade. In actuality it turned out to be a product masking as an upgrade called Intelligent Explorer and when it downloaded to my machine, it started a nightmarish journey that taught me a wealth about what one wrong click can unleash on your computer.
I did some quick research via Google and found messages screaming for help in the BullGuard and Spywareinfo forum from people trying to get it off their machine. In this article, I am going to use Internet Explorer to point out the Internet Explorer plugin nightmare and what you’ll need to do to protect yourself.
Intelligent Explorer is a toolbar that moves in and takes over your browser. It is extremely hard to get rid of, and beyond that, it’s just plain annoying. Here’s is just one sample of a person calling for help:
“”Hey I’m having issues with something called Internet explorer toolbar – Intelligent explorer. I can’t find a way to remove it from my comp and I really don’t want to reinstall windows. I’ve used spybot, ad-ware, and cw shredder but...