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Getting Rid of Mozilla Browser?
Name: ferz Date: September 2, 2004 at 16:56:57 Pacific OS: xp home CPU/Ram: 256
Comment:
How do you uninstall Mozilla browser when it got into my system without my knowing? Where would I locate the file in the registry or is there another way. I did not install it but it is there. I have Yahoo browser and I dont need another one.
Name: JohnO Date: September 2, 2004 at 17:07:27 Pacific
Reply:
Have you looked in Add/Remove programs to see if it's there? I don't know of any way Mozilla browser could get on your computer unless it was installed. Is it listed on your All Program list?
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Response Number 2
Name: ferz Date: September 2, 2004 at 17:14:59 Pacific
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NO IT IS NOT LISTED THERE - I saw it at the end of an email.
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Response Number 3
Name: Jim (by LiceAtk) Date: September 2, 2004 at 17:17:41 Pacific
Reply:
lmfao.
-Lice
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Response Number 4
Name: keltikgent Date: September 2, 2004 at 17:18:54 Pacific
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anyone else confused??
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Response Number 5
Name: lilmama Date: September 2, 2004 at 17:48:46 Pacific
Reply:
What does this "lmfao" mean?
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Response Number 6
Name: Jim (by LiceAtk) Date: September 2, 2004 at 17:52:44 Pacific
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Lmfao = "Laughing my fat ____ off"
And yes, this topic is giving me a headache. i'm not even going to try and figure out what Ferz is talkin bout. :)
-Lice
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Response Number 7
Name: JohnO Date: September 2, 2004 at 18:36:58 Pacific
Reply:
OK, Ferz, delete the email and go back to bed. No more nightmares.
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Response Number 8
Name: php Date: September 2, 2004 at 22:02:13 Pacific
Reply:
mozilla doesn't actually write anything into the registry, just delete the files from harddisk - you know where the main mozilla files reside on your harddisk, don't you? if not, look at the address specified in the mozilla symbolic link.
the user settings file are stored at pathTo\documents and settings\application data\mozilla , delete the entire folder
Oh, and btw, mozilla doesn't install itself by itself, YOU must have installed it, otherwise it wouldn't be on your pc. You got amnesia? lol
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Response Number 9
Name: mikeo Date: September 3, 2004 at 06:11:51 Pacific
Reply:
php,
Au contraire! The Mozilla browser places MANY entries in [my] WinXP Registry. I doubt you'll find any installed program that does not have at least a few Registry entries.
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Response Number 10
Name: ferz Date: September 3, 2004 at 11:29:50 Pacific
Reply:
Thanks Mikeo - Most of the replies to my inquiry were a bit insulting and not very civilized. I did not knowingly install Mozilla. At least php did tell me where to find the file and thats all I was asking, not for sarcasm.
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Response Number 11
Name: XpUser Date: September 3, 2004 at 12:43:57 Pacific
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I did not knowingly install Mozilla.
ferz,
First, bear in mind that I'm not insulting or making fun of you. I need to state for the record that, aside from virus, NO SOFTWARE GETS INSTALLED WITHOUT USER INTERACTIONS. It may not be you but it could be someone else who used your PC.
i_XpUser
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Response Number 12
Name: mikeo Date: September 3, 2004 at 18:13:39 Pacific
Reply:
ferz,
I do have to agree with the others; Mozilla does not install by itself. If you didn't do it someone else did.
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