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September 16th 04, 05:47 AM
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how to delete a program
How can I delete a program not installed by me, which it
cannot be deleted by going to add/delete programs? it says the program is not found so it cannot be deleted or sometimes says, this program it may have been deleted already, but it continues to show up, the program's name is %thisdirname% is it a virus?, how can delete it? please help 
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September 17th 04, 07:46 PM
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Boot to Safe Mode and see if you can delete it from there. Advise
you to do an online scan for the presence of a virus here : http://www.pandasoftware.com/actives..._principal.htm If it's not a virus it may be a form of crudware ( ad | spyware ) Do an online scan here : http://www.pestscan.com/ If crudware is found, go here for initial assistance : http://www.aumha.org/a/quickfix.htm MowGreen [MVP] =============== *-343-* FDNY Never Forgotten =============== alexandra wrote: How can I delete a program not installed by me, which it cannot be deleted by going to add/delete programs? it says the program is not found so it cannot be deleted or sometimes says, this program it may have been deleted already, but it continues to show up, the program's name is %thisdirname% is it a virus?, how can delete it? please help
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