RE: [PCTECH] Free software loads other stuff - follow up 2

["Rick DuVall" <R_C_DuVall@xxxxxxxxxx>]

Hi Hames,

        I have had pretty good luck with RegClean
http://download.com.com/3000-2094-881470.html?tag=list .  When you run it,
it notes all entries so next time it will show you whats 'New' since the
last time it was run.  It also lets you delete the 'Startup entries' you nl
longer want.  ymmv.

Regards

Rick DuVall
Systems Manager
Dealer's Auto Auction of Okc, Inc.
Rick@xxxxxxxxxx <mailto:Rick@xxxxxxxxxx>
(405) 947-2886


-----Original Message-----
From: pctech-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:pctech-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxxx]On
Behalf Of James R. Newman, CDP
Sent: Monday, May 17, 2004 12:01 PM
To: PC Technical Discussion for iSeries Users
Subject: Re: [PCTECH] Free software loads other stuff - follow up 2


Thanks for all the great help.  What did I ever do before there was
Midrange?

Before reading your emails I'd used regedit and done a "find" on QuikSearch.
In the process, I found thousands of folders in
windows\currentversion\internetsettings\zonemap\domains with ???.com names,
such as "freewebs.com" or "xyz.com".  Funny thing is when I open IE and type
in one of these addresses, nothing comes up.  Anyway, I've been going
through and deleting them one by one.  Is there an easier way?

TIA.



----- Original Message -----
From: "James R. Newman, CDP" <cis146@xxxxxxxxxxx>
To: "PC Technical Discussion for iSeries Users" <pctech@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Monday, May 17, 2004 8:33 AM
Subject: Re: [PCTECH] Free software loads other stuff - follow up


> Since posting my original message, the "extra stuff" that was loaded
> unpacked a virus.  The apparent culprit was QuikSearch, which came with
one
> of the aquarium programs downloaded from Cnet.
>
> I ran Ad-Aware and it didn't pick it up.  Spybot caught it but couldn't
> uninstall and neither could Norton.  I had to go into msconfig, uncheck
> several things in the start up panel, reboot in safe mode, delete
> QuikSearch.exe in the c:\windows\system32 folder, reboot, and run a full
> scan with NAV, AdAware, and Spybot.  Man, what I wouldn't give for 30
> seconds and my hands around the guy's throat who put that out!!
>
> So now I've got these items in my start up that I don't want there and
that
> occupy memory.  I know I can uncheck them and I know I can delete the
actual
> files that are run on start up but how or where can I delete the entries
> that are executed on boot up?
>
>
>
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "James R. Newman, CDP" <cis146@xxxxxxxxxxx>
> To: "PC Tech" <PcTech@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Sent: Saturday, May 15, 2004 11:10 AM
> Subject: [PCTECH] Free software loads other stuff
>
>
> I'm running a Dell (don't buy one) 1.4 ghz with 256 meg ram running
Windows
> XP Pro.
>
> A couple of days ago my 4 year old son saw an aquarium program running in
an
> office superstore. Rather than buy the program I downloaded 3 from Cnet
and
> installed them. I quickly noticed they'd loaded lots of other stuff like
> pop-ups. 1 of them had an uninstall. I deleted the folders the programs
were
> loaded into and ran Norton Windows Doctor to get rid of anything left
> behind.
> When I run MSCONFIG I notice I've still got stuff loading that wasn't
there
> before such as:
>
> eeuneqv
> vbabsxs
> inetmgr
> QuikSearch.exe
> li01f948.dll
> iel2cde.dll
>
> I think these were left behind by the freebies but how do I know for sure?
I
> know I can find the files and delete them but won't Windows still try and
> load at startup? How do I get this stuff to not load (get it out of
> MSCONFIG)?
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