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I've noticed a real pest keeps installing itself on my system
even though I have a hardware/software firewall, and multiple levels of anti
spyware software, I managed to find it and remove it, but how the heck is
this thing
managing to keep installing itself everyday, as each day goes by I find it
again and again.
i did find and disable third party browser Helpers within IE security, maybe
this will help.
 
sgopus said:
I've noticed a real pest keeps installing itself on my system
even though I have a hardware/software firewall, and multiple levels of anti
spyware software, I managed to find it and remove it, but how the heck is
this thing
managing to keep installing itself everyday, as each day goes by I find it
again and again.
i did find and disable third party browser Helpers within IE security, maybe
this will help.
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Probably from an installer hidden somewhere on your machine.

Until you find that, there's one trick that can help. Wherever it
installs the operative file, go there, create a folder named the same as
the program, with the same extention, etc, make the folder read-only.
This prevents the installer creating such a file there.

If on reboot you find that folder popping open, go into regedit, search
for instances of that file name, delete all such values, should stop
that part of it.

As to finding the installer, try the other spyware/virus scanners, even
the timed demos, whatever works.
 
Any ideas what the operative file name is, so far it hasn't been able to
install
other software, guess the other items I use keeps that from happenning, I
would just like to keep this one out.
 
I managed to remove it, and keep it from reinstalling itself, it's a real bear
I found some info on the net on manually removing it from the registry,
then I found spyware blaster protection was disabled, i guess i must have
done that
at some point, but don't remember, so I enabled it, and updated, after the
manual
removal and so far it hasn't come back.
 
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