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bearshare is spyware or malware attached to firefox - how do i get rid of it?

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AnonymousUser
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bearshare is spyware or malware attached to firefox - how do i get rid of it?

This happened

Every time Firefox opened

I ran across bearshare a few days ago - can't get rid of it.

User Agent

Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; Windows NT 5.1; en-US) AppleWebKit/531.22.7 (KHTML, like Gecko) Version/4.0.5 Safari/531.22.7

bearshare is spyware or malware attached to firefox - how do i get rid of it? == This happened == Every time Firefox opened == I ran across bearshare a few days ago - can't get rid of it. == == User Agent == Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; Windows NT 5.1; en-US) AppleWebKit/531.22.7 (KHTML, like Gecko) Version/4.0.5 Safari/531.22.7

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TXGuy
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Do a Google search "remove bearshare" (including quotation marks). -This is a real mess and involves editing the registry. -If you do not know what you are doing, DO NOT DO IT! -Get help from someone who is familiar with registry editing. -And backup all registry keys before deleting them. -You can completely disable your system if you do something wrong in the registry.

blackuprise
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see https://support.mozilla.com/en-US/questions/747936#answer-153624