Richard
Sat Aug 28 10:46:15 CDT 2004
I'm glad I was able to help you get it all cleaned up.
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"Pam" <anonymous@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
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> Richard - just wanted to say, I returned the PC to it's
> rightful owner last week - it purrs like a kitten. Your
> site is superb!
>
>>-----Original Message-----
>>.... and I see Mike's already caught and answered your
> question, hopefully
>>that gets you going again. If not, you know where to
> find us. ;-)
>>
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>>"Pam" <anonymous@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in
> message
>>news:8a8901c48575$978462c0$a401280a@phx.gbl...
>>> thanks, Richard - I came back from the brink of doom
> and
>>> am now following your advice. I put up another posting
>>> because trying to install adware - I appear to be stuck
>>> at square one with a corrupt winmm.dll
>>>
>>>>-----Original Message-----
>>>>There are a number of comments in other forums that
> this
>>> program has caused
>>>>problems for others who have installed it, and it may
>>> have come with adware
>>>>or spyware bundled into it.
>>>>
>>>>Take a look at my Web site
>>> (
http://rgharper.mvps.org/cleanit.htm) for a
>>>>process you can follow to try to clean up the mess you
>>> may have on your
>>>>hands.
>>>>
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>>>>"Pam" <anonymous@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in
>>> message
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>>>>> I'm working on rehabilitating a friend's computer. At
>>> the
>>>>> moment I'm in a deep hole in that I can't even get
> the
>>>>> poor thing to start up. Scan disk runs because I had
> to
>>>>> force the shut down - but it just hangs. I'll try
>>>>> starting in safe mode when I get home from work
> tonight
>>>>> but I thought I would drop this posting in case
> someone
>>>>> has an idea that will keep me from making things even
>>>>> worse than they already are. Assuming that is
> possible.
>>>>>
>>>>> It's a Dell machine - lower end Dimension L800r. It's
>>>>> been running about 4 years. AntiVirus running but
>>>>> probably never updated. Clearly loaded with spyware.
>>>>> Possibly virus infected (obviously). May be suffering
>>>>> from some ill advised repair attempts of their own as
>>>>> well as of mine - to be honest. Symptoms are
> extremely
>>>>> slow response and other types of bizarre behavior.
>>>>>
>>>>> They recently downloaded and installed a program
> called
>>>>> WinAntiVirus 2004. That was my biggest going in
> problem
>>>>> because - they reported that it pushed them over the
>>> edge
>>>>> on response - unfortunately I can't stop the program
>>>>> because the only thing that it is willing to run is
> the
>>>>> activation program - I couldn't get to the internet
> to
>>> do
>>>>> it - and I'm not sure I want to do that. I unchecked
> it
>>>>> in the msconfig startup tab - but I'm concerned that
>>> some
>>>>> of the little processes that are running may also be
>>>>> associated with it - so I hesitated from simply
>>>>> uninstalling it from add/remove programs.
>>>>>
>>>>> Does anyone know of this program and whether or not
> it
>>> is
>>>>> reputable. It looks shakey to me.
>>>>>
>>>>> Regardless though - can't do much now that scan disk
>>>>> hangs and I can't get a start. I was in the process
> of
>>>>> investigating each thing in msconfig-startup and
>>>>> unchecking the ones that looked safe. The last thing
>>> that
>>>>> I did was to uninstall a thing called Webenhancer.
>>>>>
>>>>> Any words of wisdom would be greatly appreciated
>>> before I
>>>>> continue my journey.
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>.
>>>>
>>
>>
>>.
>>