Empty toolbar in taskbar

[Michael]

I have an empty toolbar in the taskbar. How can I remove it?

[Broni]

Right click on taskbar, click "Toolbars" and see what toolbars are checked.

[Michael]

Just "Quick Launch" and "Language Bar".
But upon fresh reboot, there are two suspicious "The Language Bar" that make the taskbar even messier.
As soon as I uncheck them, they will disappear from the Toolbars list.

[patio]

What new software has been installed lately ? ?

[Michael]

Not sure...it is my sister's laptop. She told me about it a few weeks ago and I only have a chance to look at it now as I'm back at home.

[patio]

Do a quick lookaround in Add/Remove programs...

[Michael]

Bad news...my sister just told me that it has been like this for at least a year....

I see that there are many programs and games installed in the Add/Remove Program list. How can I know which programs are recently installed?

I've read on some forums that these "ghost" toolbars could be caused by malwares?

[Allan]

http://www.computerhope.com/forum/index.php/topic,46313.0.html

[Michael]

I've scanned the system with AVG, MBAM and SuperAntispyware 2 times each and now the "ghost" toolbar is finally gone.

I guess it must be some nasty malwares which escape the previous scans.

Thanks everyone !!!