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Message causing some concern.
Just recently, I was installing a few new apps. One of them seems to have snuck something in without me catching it. I don't know which app it could have been, and I usually block this sort of thing before it has a chance to do any harm or damage. Now I keep getting a message (screenshot included here) that a program is being blocked from changing my Search Settings.
I have gone through HiJackThis and killed off anything that I didn't want (a few older apps I didn't need starting) and a couple of things I didn't recognize. MalwareBytes Pro (paid version) doesn't raise any alarms after a full scan. Nor does AdAware Pro. None of the protection and removal apps don't seem to think whatever it is, is malware. Still, I have missed whatever it is that is trying to change my settings and I keep getting the same message a few times every hour. Whatever it is seems to make 3 attempts at changing my search settings and then gives up for a while.
Does anybody here have any experience with something like this? I could sure use the help. Normally, I'm the one giving help, but today just isn't my day. I need to get rid of this bug, but I can't find it. Any help conquering this thing will be deeply appreciated.