HELP PLEASE

[Rob]

Hi all.

Would anyone computer literate out there tell me how to get rid of as much of the crap at the top of the screen as possible. Before today when I went into Google I had the Windows bits at the top and then the address bar and then a Google box and ABC, blocked etc in one line. Today I seem to have acquired another line which has Adobe, Yahoo, search, Y mail, Y mobile and sign in. I have never subscribed to Adobe or Yahoo, so don't know how this has appeared and don't paticularly want it as all this rubbish is now filling nearly 20% of the screen, I don't need 2 search boxes and mail I can do through outlook. Help please and thanks in advance.

[Emperor Oli]

Hi all.

Would anyone computer literate out there tell me how to get rid of as much of the crap at the top of the screen as possible. Before today when I went into Google I had the Windows bits at the top and then the address bar and then a Google box and ABC, blocked etc in one line. Today I seem to have acquired another line which has Adobe, Yahoo, search, Y mail, Y mobile and sign in. I have never subscribed to Adobe or Yahoo, so don't know how this has appeared and don't paticularly want it as all this rubbish is now filling nearly 20% of the screen, I don't need 2 search boxes and mail I can do through outlook. Help please and thanks in advance.

Usually I'd just do View > Toolbars and uncheck them if they're there, but if it's spyware then it's a totally different kettle of fish. Try googling the name of the search bar and if it's notorious (such as the mysearch bar) there are walkthroughs of how to get rid. Or switch to Firefox

[Rob]

Hi all.

Would anyone computer literate out there tell me how to get rid of as much of the crap at the top of the screen as possible. Before today when I went into Google I had the Windows bits at the top and then the address bar and then a Google box and ABC, blocked etc in one line. Today I seem to have acquired another line which has Adobe, Yahoo, search, Y mail, Y mobile and sign in. I have never subscribed to Adobe or Yahoo, so don't know how this has appeared and don't paticularly want it as all this rubbish is now filling nearly 20% of the screen, I don't need 2 search boxes and mail I can do through outlook. Help please and thanks in advance.

Usually I'd just do View > Toolbars and uncheck them if they're there, but if it's spyware then it's a totally different kettle of fish. Try googling the name of the search bar and if it's notorious (such as the mysearch bar) there are walkthroughs of how to get rid. Or switch to Firefox

Thanks Oli. I'd already done a spyware check but had never been to View before so didn't know this unticking facility existed. I only use the bits I need. I must have accidentally hit it today, I certainly wouldn't choose to clutter the screen.