Rumor has it that Jim Isbell may have mentioned these words:
>This is not on the subject of older systems, but I have a problem that I
>hope someone can direct me to a list that covers it.
>
>I have four "programs" that are sitting in the Registry of my XP system
>and could be causing some problems for me with popups. How do I get into
>the registry to delete these files? Windows explorer does not display any
>system files or directories and the "find": function cannot find the files
>even though it is set to search hidden and system directories but I know
>they are there because they were found by SpyHunter and are labeled as
>dangerous.
Click "Start" then click "Run" and type in "msconfig" (sans quotes) and OK.
This will give you an OOIE-GUI into everything about your PC -- click on
the "Startup" tab and it will show you everything in your startup folder
and in your registry -- start unclicking the boxes for anything that looks
remotely suspicious.
Want to get rid of popups forever? For free, even?!? Run Mozilla. It's got
a built-in popup blocker that (AFAICT) can not be gotten around - I've not
had a popup in 18 months.
Spyware and downloadware are similarly hampered through the use of this marvel.
(Oh, and try the latest Ad-Aware from www.lavasoftusa.com (version SE 1.04)
-- it's free, and it's da bomb.)
HTH,
Roger "Merch" Merchberger
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Roger "Merch" Merchberger | "Profile, don't speculate."
sysadmin, Iceberg Computers | Daniel J. Bernstein
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Received on Wed Sep 15 2004 - 09:57:38 BST