when i came off the internet i found that a new icon had
appeared on my desk top which i deleted. however it
reappeared next time i switched my computer on. i located
the .exe file but when i tried to delete i was told that i
could not due to write protection. i the tried altering
the security options giving myself full control and
permissions. but still could not delete the program how
can i get rid of this.

Delete A File That Is Seemingly "Undeletable"
http://www.theeldergeek.com/delete_undeletable_file.htm

--
Carey Frisch
Microsoft MVP
Windows XP - Shell/User

Be Smart! Protect your PC!
http://www.microsoft.com/security/protect/

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"phil" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message:
news:087a01c3d6a8$4f94d6b0$(E-Mail Removed)...

| when i came off the internet i found that a new icon had
| appeared on my desk top which i deleted. however it
| reappeared next time i switched my computer on. i located
| the .exe file but when i tried to delete i was told that i
| could not due to write protection. i the tried altering
| the security options giving myself full control and
| permissions. but still could not delete the program how
| can i get rid of this.

Try deleting it from Windows Explorer.

>-----Original Message-----
>when i came off the internet i found that a new icon had
>appeared on my desk top which i deleted. however it
>reappeared next time i switched my computer on. i
located
>the .exe file but when i tried to delete i was told that
i
>could not due to write protection. i the tried altering
>the security options giving myself full control and
>permissions. but still could not delete the program how
>can i get rid of this.
>.
>

More than likely you need to delete the key in the
registry. If you run regedt32 you should be able to
delete the software key.
>-----Original Message-----
>when i came off the internet i found that a new icon had
>appeared on my desk top which i deleted. however it
>reappeared next time i switched my computer on. i
located
>the .exe file but when i tried to delete i was told that
i
>could not due to write protection. i the tried altering
>the security options giving myself full control and
>permissions. but still could not delete the program how
>can i get rid of this.
>.
>

phil;
First! This will prevent this from happening in the future,
unless you unwittingly answer Yes to some download you
don't want.
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Right click the IE icon | Properties | Advanced tab |
UNCHECK the two items below.
 Enable Install On Demand (Internet Explorer)
[Specifies to automatically download and install Internet Explorer components
if a Web page needs them in order to display the page properly or perform a
particular task.]
 Enable Install On Demand (Other)
[Specifies to automatically download and install Web components if a Web page
needs them in order to display the page properly or perform a particular task.]
Apply | OK
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Try this:
Right click the IE icon | Properties | Settings button |
View Objects button | right click the offender | Remove
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If this doesn't work.
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It is known as Scumware. Visit these sites. Download, install, run, update
and
run again; one or all.

1) AdAware
http://www.lavasoft.de/support/download/
2) Spybot S & D
http://www.safer-networking.org/inde...&page=download
3) SpywareBlaster
http://www.javacoolsoftware.com/spywareblaster.html
4) HijackThis (some other stuff that may be of interest also)
http://www.spywareinfo.com/~merijn/index.html
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Hope this helps. Let us know.
Wes

In news:087a01c3d6a8$4f94d6b0$(E-Mail Removed),
phil <(E-Mail Removed)> hunted and pecked:
> when i came off the internet i found that a new icon had
> appeared on my desk top which i deleted. however it
> reappeared next time i switched my computer on. i located
> the .exe file but when i tried to delete i was told that i
> could not due to write protection. i the tried altering
> the security options giving myself full control and
> permissions. but still could not delete the program how
> can i get rid of this.