re: CWS won't quit Tuesday, May 4, 2004 at 7:21 pm Windows XP Annoyances Discussion Forum Posted by Mickey (15 messages posted) Again, Carol, Thanks I followed your instructions. So far so good. I now have to enable my restore. Again many thanks. I was going crazy with this. Great sites too. I wasn't aware of these sites. Believe me, I'm going to use them often. All the best to you Mickey On Tuesday, May 4, 2004 at 6:31 pm, Carol wrote: > > >Oh, boy......one big problem. SpyHunter is a fake, rip-off app, that only claims to be a removal program. IT is >spyware and I believe downloads/installs more spyware junk. People mistakenly download >a different one thinking it's legit. Do NOT.. EVER, download anything from Google's sponsored ads! Is that how >you got it?Uninstall SpyHunter immediately, then run PepiMK's SpybotS&D. Hopefully this is the >one you have installed: > >http://www.safer-networking.orgClear out your TIF, other temp files and ActiveX Controls. Go into Internet Options >- General tab. Delete temporary internet files, and choose to delete all Offline >content. In Settings, set the size of your TIF folder between 5 - 10 MB. Also, under >General tab - choose Setting - View Objects. In the window that opens, choose View >Details on the toolbar. If any of those ActiveX Controls are marked "unknown" or >"damaged", remove them. Plus, remove any that you don't recognize. Any and all ActiveX >Controls, can be safely removed. They'll be downloaded again as needed. To uninstall, >right click and Remove. You may want to keep those by MS, Macromedia or Apple. Also, go to Start - Find - Files or folders - in the named box, type: *.tmp and choose >Edit - select all - File - delete. Empty the contents of the C:\Windows\temp folder >and C:\temp folder, if you have one. Empty Recycle bin. Disable system restore to clear out previous restore points. Then RE-enable it. > >href="http://service1.symantec.com/SUPPORT/tsgeninfo.nsf/docid/2001012513122239"> >Disabling System RestoreI suggest using SpywareBlaster for prevention. Be sure to check for and download >updates after installing it, and frequently thereafter. There's also SpywareGuard, >if you want to use both. >http://www.javacoolsoftware.com/spywareblaster.html > Carol Written in response to: re: CWS won't quit (Ms. Eagle: Tuesday, May 4, 2004 at 6:31 pm) Responses to this message: re: CWS won't quit (Ms. Eagle: Tuesday, May 4, 2004 at 11:25 pm) All messages in this thread [show all] CWS won't quit (Mickey: Tue, May 4, 2004, 9:37 am) re: CWS won't quit (mojo7819: Tue, May 4, 2004, 11:15 am) re: CWS won't quit (Ms. Eagle: Tue, May 4, 2004, 11:25 am) re: CWS won't quit (Mickey: Tue, May 4, 2004, 6:09 pm) re: CWS won't quit (Ms. Eagle: Tue, May 4, 2004, 6:31 pm) re: CWS won't quit (Mickey: Tue, May 4, 2004, 7:21 pm) re: CWS won't quit (Ms. Eagle: Tue, May 4, 2004, 11:25 pm) re: CWS won't quit (Mickey: Wed, May 5, 2004, 9:15 am) re: CWS won't quit (Ms. Eagle: Wed, May 5, 2004, 3:15 pm) re: CWS won't quit (Mickey: Thu, May 6, 2004, 4:07 pm) re: CWS won't quit (Ms. Eagle: Thu, May 6, 2004, 5:27 pm) re: CWS won't quit (Mickey: Fri, May 7, 2004, 5:49 pm) re: AGAIN Won't let Shedder run (Mickey: Thu, May 13, 2004, 11:26 am) re: AGAIN Won't let Shedder run (Mickey: Thu, May 13, 2004, 12:09 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 XP Discussion Forum