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How do you remove aornum.exe
Name: John Date: August 15, 2002 at 14:43:16 Pacific
Name: Michael2 Date: August 15, 2002 at 15:08:52 Pacific
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There was a post a few days ago on this. The post was removed because it was in the wrong forum, I remember. A poster said this was a Trojan or Worm ??? Try the free program SWAT IT from... http://lockdowncorp.com/bots/downloadswatit.html
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Response Number 2
Name: mark Date: August 16, 2002 at 14:25:17 Pacific
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Suppousedly a trojan from IWON.com go to winme forum on this same site, computing.net
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Response Number 3
Name: Norm Date: August 17, 2002 at 02:49:57 Pacific
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http://www.lavasoftusa.com/
Just out, new update.
Hope it works, let us know.
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Response Number 4
Name: Cody Date: August 18, 2002 at 13:25:02 Pacific
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Newest version of Ad-Aware did not detect Aornum.exe on my computer. It did happen to find plenty of other stuff though! I just deleted the Ornum folder, was located under C:\Program Files\Ornum. Also, went to Start>Run>msconfig, and unchecked Aornum and Aornum1 from my startup. Don't know if this will have totally solved my prob. but that is what I did.
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Response Number 5
Name: Cody Date: August 18, 2002 at 13:32:25 Pacific
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Oh by the way, yes this is a Trojan from iWON. Supposedly, you can find directions on iWON's site that removes the virus. This method of removal actually just hides the virus. I found these two links to be of great help.
The second link contains information on removing the virus, which I am going to try now.
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Response Number 6
Name: Dick Date: August 20, 2002 at 19:51:23 Pacific
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Cody, Did you have any luck removing Aornum?
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Response Number 7
Name: Ari Date: August 23, 2002 at 07:16:02 Pacific
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How is Aornum.exe not a violation of Iwon's Privacy Policy, especially after the host software has been removed according to their terms in their License agreement?
Summary: Maybe I should clarify my question... it's really sort of a meta-question. I was thinking mostly about free/shareware software tools, from small or little-known suppliers, including individuals. I gav...
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