Browser Helper Object
Adrian Edmonds
just about every bit of ratware infested software such as Gator, AudioGalaxy
etc on her PC.
Well, the PC crawled to a halt and I spent a happy hour of so running
adaware and cleaner on it until I was sure it was squeaky clean again with
all offending new software removed as well.
The thing is, my BHO stopped firing (or appeared to) and I have no idea what
could be stopping it. It's correctly registered and in the registry for
Explorer.
Does anyone have any ideas or know of a tool which could monitor COM events.
I'd like to know whether the BHO is not loaded or not doing its stuff for
some reason. No, I can't install Visual Studio on the PC.
TIA.
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Adrian Edmonds
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Patrick Philippot
1. You can install OLE View on the system (it's easy) and see if you can
still instantiate the object.
2. I have learned that some of the *@#*!? software you mentioned are able...
to disable other BHOs. So, are you sure of what has been left on this
system. My BHO Cop utility is a good companion to Ad-Aware. See software and
article at
http://www.pcmag.com/article/0,2997,s%253D1485%2526a%253D4453,00.asp .
3. If she is using IE 6, look at the "Enable third-party browser extensions"
option in "Internet Options | Advanced". If the option is unchecked, no BHO
will be loaded.
Hope this helps.
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Patrick Philippot
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Adrian Edmonds
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> Hi,
>
> 1. You can install OLE View on the system (it's easy) and see if you can
> still instantiate the object.
>
> 2. I have learned that some of the *@#*!? software you mentioned are
able...
> to disable other BHOs. So, are you sure of what has been left on this
> system. My BHO Cop utility is a good companion to Ad-Aware. See software
and
> article at
> http://www.pcmag.com/article/0,2997,s%253D1485%2526a%253D4453,00.asp .
>
> 3. If she is using IE 6, look at the "Enable third-party browser
extensions"
> option in "Internet Options | Advanced". If the option is unchecked, no
BHO
> will be loaded.
>
> Hope this helps.
>
Hi;
Thanks for the tip and download. Very useful. No other BHOs there now, I got
rid of them but mine still isn't firing. It's version 5.5 on that machine.
OLE view was a good tip. I can instantiate it OK. I'm going to try a
logging version.
Anyway, I'm still looking for the mechanism that causes a BHO to stop
firing. We use jscript for some activities which works well but I would love
a generic solution that works at least with Netscape as well as IExplorer.
COM objects (ActiveX) are lovely but our potential Mac/ Linux clients are
out in the cold.
Adrian Edmonds
> just about every bit of ratware infested software such as Gator,
AudioGalaxy
> etc on her PC.
> Well, the PC crawled to a halt and I spent a happy hour of so running
> adaware and cleaner on it until I was sure it was squeaky clean again with
> all offending new software removed as well.
>
> The thing is, my BHO stopped firing (or appeared to) and I have no idea
what
> could be stopping it. It's correctly registered and in the registry for
> Explorer.
>
Well I managed to get it working again by repairing Internet Explorer.
However, this doesn't tell what the ratware did. So, I have a ful list of
dependant dlls that IE needs and I'm writing a version checker for them.
I'll run this, get the intern to do her stuff again and see what's changed.
I'l post the answer here when I find it.
Patrick Philippot
> However, this doesn't tell what the ratware did. So, I have a ful list of
> dependant dlls that IE needs and I'm writing a version checker for them.
> I'll run this, get the intern to do her stuff again and see what's
changed.
> I'l post the answer here when I find it.
By the way, there's a PC Mag Utility that could be very helpful in
diagnosing the problem: InCtrl5. Before running an installer, the utility
takes a snapshot of the system and then takes a snapshot again after the
installation. The system changes are then reported by the program.
http://www.pcmag.com/article/0,,s%3D1478%26a%3D4592,00.asp