re: Need to remove "Ad Serv" interstitial
Monday, May 3, 2004 at 9:58 pm
Windows XP Annoyances Discussion Forum
Posted by Jonathan
(4 messages posted)
I solved the problem. After scanning with Hijackthis, I poked around and found something
suspect in my Windows folder:
C:\WINDOWS\system32\pcs\pcsvc.exe
This is a product from "The Delfin Project" that boasts to ISPs that it "provides
advertisers targeted access to millions of consumers daily through its patented “TV-like”
latent time Internet broadcast network."
I deleted it by shutting down the pcs.dll file in Windows Task Manager/Processes,
then deleted the pcs folder, then ran a regedit and deleted it from HKEY_CURRENT_USER/SOFTWARE
and HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE/SOFTWARE.
Thanks to all that helped me sleuth this one out.
On Sunday, May 2, 2004 at 12:25 pm, Jonathan wrote:
>How do I rid my registry of the intrusive pop-up that I can only identify as "Ad
>Serv" (in the task bar) and runs when I have Explorer open. It hides from Spy-Bot
>and Ad-Aware6. I can't find anything obviously "bad" in the registry and don't
want
>to start deleting files I cannot confirm are "good."
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