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06-26-2004 | 11:32 AM

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Jim W

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Originally Posted by Sol

Gotta be careful though. All those programs don't get rid of everything. There are smart programs out there that play with your Registry, and only going in to there and deleting keys can get rid of it.

Good call, maybe you'd be willing to help me out later? Kinda like when you fixed my Google problems?

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06-26-2004 | 11:49 AM

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macho_mike21

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From: Bloomington-Normal, IL 1997 SE

Adaware dominates for the cost (free). download.com search for "Adaware"

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06-26-2004 | 12:48 PM

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Sol

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Originally Posted by Jim W

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Originally Posted by Sol

Good call, maybe you'd be willing to help me out later? Kinda like when you fixed my Google problems?

If you can't get rid of that stuff I will, but I will warn you it is very dangerous to do.

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06-26-2004 | 07:07 PM

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Muslimsteel

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spybot search and destroy has always worked great for me i also am very cautious about what i click on and what is downloaded

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06-27-2004 | 11:39 AM

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TaylorD

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Thanks everyone couldn't beleive the results of my scans,
Adware-301 problems
Spybot
--Immunization blocked 1933 products
--Problems 101

Good by pop uip hell, can't believe I had that many on there, computer was boughten at x-mas, and looks like the newest updated Nortons wasn't catching everything