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Pops ups and viruses
Name: goten4689 Date: October 17, 2004 at 17:00:24 Pacific OS: Windows XP Pro CPU/Ram: 1.83ghz/256mb ram
Comment:
Theres this thing called the MY SEARCH ASSISTANT that keeps giving me pop ups when im on IE, I went into the registry and deleted what it said to except I deleted under HKEY LOCAL MACHINE > Software > Microsoft > Internet Explorer > Toolbar: I deleted everything there on accident. When im running IE after a minute or so I will get an error message and it will completely get out of my IE and I have to get back in all over again.
One other problem I have is in Program Files there is a folder called Wincomm. I tried to delete it, but access is denied because its in use. So, I did alt ctl delete and under processes there was Wincomm.exe and Winlock.exe. I tried ending the processes but they keep re appearing on the list of processes. Any way to get rid of this? Thanks for your help - Joe
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Response Number 2
Name: setishock Date: October 17, 2004 at 17:07:26 Pacific
Reply:
Best to do a search and find out what they are and what they do before trying to remove them...
I may be crazy, but I'm not stupid...
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Response Number 3
Name: per Date: October 17, 2004 at 18:11:07 Pacific
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For winlock-http://www.crystaloffice.com/wlinfo.html
Please post back within 24 hours or I will delete the post from my follow up list. Thanks.
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Response Number 4
Name: per Date: October 17, 2004 at 18:12:41 Pacific
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For wincomm--http://www.modem-drivers.com/drivers/38/38896.htm
Please post back within 24 hours or I will delete the post from my follow up list. Thanks.
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Response Number 5
Name: per Date: October 17, 2004 at 18:30:06 Pacific
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For my search assistant-cwshredder, adaware,spybot,and install spywareblaster. Google search, all free.
Please post back within 24 hours or I will delete the post from my follow up list. Thanks.
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Response Number 6
Name: Andy11 Date: October 17, 2004 at 19:44:55 Pacific
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