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Explorer not in Task Manager
glee told me and I appreciate it,
Why did I get infected in the first place: http://www.wilderssecurity.com/showthread.php?t=27971 right! Just deleting the [Backweb] file is not how to do it. With SpyBot it cleared registry entries to the best of my knowledge. Man, the spooky part of what i caught was the rundll32 there in task manager and no explorer showing. Like they were trying to take control. Post back with what you find in Add\Remove Programs, and we may spot it for you. There isn't a Backweb or strange entity in there I don't think...I know pretty much what all of them are. But why does this happen? I removed the following programs but they remain in the Install/UnInstall list: America Online (choose which version to remove) America on Line 4.0 America On line 4.0 Double Click to Start (yes 3 AOL's) Borland C++ Builder 3 Java Runtime Environment Standard Edition v1.3.1_06 The folders for these all went away however. Thanks a lot again, Gary I belong on rec.music.progressive, but i am afraid of that newsgroup. "But my eyes turned within,... only see starless and bible black"-king crimson |
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woops forgot to state yes i rebooted and the deleted programs were still in the
list. I couldn't get out a Netscape Communicator and the folder still exists... there's no uninst.exe or similar |
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Are you removing the programs via Add\Remove Programs, or "deleting" them some other
way? -- Glen Ventura, MS MVP W95/98 Systems http://dts-l.org/goodpost.htm "Gcook888" wrote in message ... glee told me and I appreciate it, Why did I get infected in the first place: http://www.wilderssecurity.com/showthread.php?t=27971 right! Just deleting the [Backweb] file is not how to do it. With SpyBot it cleared registry entries to the best of my knowledge. Man, the spooky part of what i caught was the rundll32 there in task manager and no explorer showing. Like they were trying to take control. Post back with what you find in Add\Remove Programs, and we may spot it for you. There isn't a Backweb or strange entity in there I don't think...I know pretty much what all of them are. But why does this happen? I removed the following programs but they remain in the Install/UnInstall list: America Online (choose which version to remove) America on Line 4.0 America On line 4.0 Double Click to Start (yes 3 AOL's) Borland C++ Builder 3 Java Runtime Environment Standard Edition v1.3.1_06 The folders for these all went away however. Thanks a lot again, Gary I belong on rec.music.progressive, but i am afraid of that newsgroup. "But my eyes turned within,... only see starless and bible black"-king crimson |
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glee29 asks
Are you removing the programs via Add\Remove Programs, or "deleting" them some other way? I am using Control Panel- Add/Remove Programs- Install/UnInstall. I noticed if the program has its own uninstall that gets used. If it doesn't, it goes to an generic Install Shield process. On my ActivePerl it looked like I successfully uninstalled it but the main Perl Folder is still there along with some subfolders and files. But no uninstall.exe or setup.exe!!! Is this just as uninstalled as it gets and now i finish the task manually by deleting the remaining files? What do you do with programs that are not listed in the Add/Remove programs list AND do not have their own uninstall.exe? I suppose you can just delete them but that doesn't clean up their Registry entries? Is the Perl as uninstalled as you get, and it cleaned up Registry, and it just didn't delete those remaining files? And I thought the removed programs should go out of the Uninstall/Install list. When I click the add/remove button on a program that is already removed but still in the list, the only option i am getting is the uninstall option. It would make since if you actually did (Re)Add programs thru the Add/Remove programs function. |
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Sometimes, if one clicks to Uninstall it a second time, the entry will
get removed from that tab. Otherwise, you must go to the Registry to do it, or just let it be... First, try to Remove it again in Add/Remove. This second time, you may get an option to delete the empty entry. Otherwise... HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Microsoft\Windows\Curr entVersion\Uninstall (1) "START button, Run, RegEdit". (2) Click the plus sign to left of "HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE". (3) Continue to & click the plus sign left of "Uninstall". Look for the item (Key) you wish to remove in the left pane, under "Uninstall". (4) In the left pane still, click the item you wish to remove, so that it HIGHLIGHTS. In the right pane, "DisplayName" should be the name you see in Add/Remove Programs. (5) Click "Export Registry File" in the "Registry" menu. This will create an "undo" file. It will contain the Key that is open in the left pane, it's sub-keys & the data in the right pane. It will get a file type of ".reg". By default, when you click a ".reg" file, it's data will merge back into the Registry. So, don't do that... unless you want it back. (6) R-Clk the key in the left pane, & select "Delete". (If it has lost it's HIGHLIGHT, click it again & look in the right pane to be sure you've got the right one.) (7) Close RegEdit. To alter the default behavior: "START, Settings, Folder Options, File Types tab". Scroll to & click "Registration Entries", click the "Edit" button, select "edit" in the window & click the "Set Default" button. Now, when you click a ".reg" file, it will open in Notepad for examination. To merge it into the Registry, R-Clk it & select "Merge". -- Thanks or Good Luck, There may be humor in this post, and, Naturally, you will not sue, should things get worse after this, PCR "Gcook888" wrote in message ... | glee29 asks | | Are you removing the programs via Add\Remove Programs, or "deleting" them | some other | way? | | I am using Control Panel- Add/Remove Programs- Install/UnInstall. I noticed | if the program has its own uninstall that gets used. If it doesn't, it goes to | an generic Install Shield process. | | On my ActivePerl it looked like I successfully uninstalled it but the main Perl | Folder is still there along with some subfolders and files. But no | uninstall.exe or setup.exe!!! Is this just as uninstalled as it gets and now i | finish the task manually by deleting the remaining files? | | What do you do with programs that are not listed in the Add/Remove programs | list AND do not have their own uninstall.exe? I suppose you can just delete | them but that doesn't clean up their Registry entries? | | Is the Perl as uninstalled as you get, and it cleaned up Registry, and it just | didn't delete those remaining files? | | And I thought the removed programs should go out of the Uninstall/Install list. | When I click the add/remove button on a program that is already removed but | still in the list, the only option i am getting is the uninstall option. It | would make since if you actually did (Re)Add programs thru the Add/Remove | programs function. | | |
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Programs often do not remove their folders if there are any files in them that were
not put there by the original install procedure. They could be configuration files or data files that were made later. Whether the program is removing all the Registry entries associated with it, I can't say, because I do not have the program. Many uninstalls do not remove all the associated Registry entries. If the program has no uninstall procedure, yet uses Registry entries, it is a poorly-written program. If you have a program listed in Add\Remove, that you say was already removed, either the uninstall was incomplete or the routine was badly-written. I can't give you details because you don't say what the programs are in each situation you describe, and I probably don't have them to check, anyway. I suggest you read the documentation with each of the programs carefully, and see what details they give about uninstalling. Another good practice is to monitor your installations with something like the freeware Total Uninstall: http://www.geocities.com/ggmartau/tu.html "Total Uninstall can help you to monitor any changes that were made to your system during installation of a new software product. It allows you to perform a complete uninstall without having to rely on the supplied uninstall program which may leave files or changes behind." -- Glen Ventura, MS MVP W95/98 Systems http://dts-l.org/goodpost.htm "Gcook888" wrote in message ... glee29 asks Are you removing the programs via Add\Remove Programs, or "deleting" them some other way? I am using Control Panel- Add/Remove Programs- Install/UnInstall. I noticed if the program has its own uninstall that gets used. If it doesn't, it goes to an generic Install Shield process. On my ActivePerl it looked like I successfully uninstalled it but the main Perl Folder is still there along with some subfolders and files. But no uninstall.exe or setup.exe!!! Is this just as uninstalled as it gets and now i finish the task manually by deleting the remaining files? What do you do with programs that are not listed in the Add/Remove programs list AND do not have their own uninstall.exe? I suppose you can just delete them but that doesn't clean up their Registry entries? Is the Perl as uninstalled as you get, and it cleaned up Registry, and it just didn't delete those remaining files? And I thought the removed programs should go out of the Uninstall/Install list. When I click the add/remove button on a program that is already removed but still in the list, the only option i am getting is the uninstall option. It would make since if you actually did (Re)Add programs thru the Add/Remove programs function. |
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