re: open.exe I want it gone please help Sunday, September 8, 2002 at 11:17 pm Windows 98 Annoyances Discussion Forum Posted by Ms. Eagle (33640 messages posted) You probably mean Openme.exe? It's an advertising trojan and according to the below website, it can try to install a web dialer. Try the instr. below, and post back, if you still have problems. "Be sure to export the key" before you delete it, if you're not used to editing the registry. Use caution. Follow up with an online scan at Trend Micro http://www.housecall.antivirus.com Remove Openme.exe: Go to Start/run, and type Regedit. You'll see an Windows-Explorer type interface. Navigate to HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Microsoft\Windows NT\current version\Winlogon. Click on it once, in order to highlight it, and to display its contents in the right pane. You'll see a 'default' value Shell=Explorer.exe Openme.exe. Right click it, and choose 'rename'. Edit it so it reads Shell=Explorer.exe exclusively, close Regedit, and reboot. http://www.cexx.org/adware.htm Written in response to: re: open.exe I want it gone please help (Janice: Sunday, September 8, 2002 at 10:35 pm) There are presently no replies to this message. All messages in this thread [show all] open.exe I want it gone please help (Janice: Sun, Sep 8, 2002, 8:23 pm) re: open.exe I want it gone please help (jmb: Sun, Sep 8, 2002, 9:23 pm) re: open.exe I want it gone please help (Janice: Sun, Sep 8, 2002, 10:35 pm) re: open.exe I want it gone please help (Carol: Sun, Sep 8, 2002, 11:17 pm) Reply or follow-up to this message Search this forum Start a new thread on a different subject Report abuse of the forum Return to the Windows 98 Discussion Forum