J
Joe
Someone installed a Feb 8 2000 version along with
installing Norton Internet Security 2005 the same day on
a friend's PC.
Of course, it suffered from the Processor cycle runaway
and Virtual Memory flooding caused by "gcas Process",
which I killed using Task Manager,and removed from
msconfig startup.
XP HOME SP2 on DELL 4000 (?). Running in ADMIN mode.
(a) Tried ADD/REMOVE programs in Control Panel,
(b) UNINSTALL module under PROGRAMS MSAS entry,
(c) tried SAFE MODE (ADD/REMOVE Programs - XP message:
not allowed in SAFE MODE or MS Installer not correctly
installed).
(d) tried download latest Beta (Feb 16), can't be removed
(e) downloaded and ran Microsoft Installer Cleanup - no
change
(f) re-activated gcas module in msconfig startup, after
installing newer Beta, and still can't remove MSAS from
Programs.
Every attempt to remove AntiSpyware, gives: "
ERROR: gcasInstallHelp.exe #2753 Internal Error"
Also, got (101) error after downloading the newer Beta,
which still can't be removed.
Since it corrupted some of the SP2 security and
firewall settings, I decided to reinstall WIN-XP HOME
Edition.
Did this twice - a repair install, and an UPGRADE install
with SR2 updates applied.
Still can't remove MSAS.
Restore points were erased by first XP reinstallation, so
that is not an option.
It does not run, can't be de-installed, and has killed
Norton Inernet Security 2005, at the same time.
MSAS worked just fine on my own XP Pro SP2, and I really
liked it, but after this experience trying to recover my
friend's PC for 3 long days, by extracting XP from the
tentacles of MSAS, I decided to remove it from my own PC -
luckily, that de-install worked fine.
I am desperate for a fix to remove this dangerous
program from WIN XP (short of reformatting my friend's
hard drive).
Begging for any other methods.
Thanks
installing Norton Internet Security 2005 the same day on
a friend's PC.
Of course, it suffered from the Processor cycle runaway
and Virtual Memory flooding caused by "gcas Process",
which I killed using Task Manager,and removed from
msconfig startup.
XP HOME SP2 on DELL 4000 (?). Running in ADMIN mode.
(a) Tried ADD/REMOVE programs in Control Panel,
(b) UNINSTALL module under PROGRAMS MSAS entry,
(c) tried SAFE MODE (ADD/REMOVE Programs - XP message:
not allowed in SAFE MODE or MS Installer not correctly
installed).
(d) tried download latest Beta (Feb 16), can't be removed
(e) downloaded and ran Microsoft Installer Cleanup - no
change
(f) re-activated gcas module in msconfig startup, after
installing newer Beta, and still can't remove MSAS from
Programs.
Every attempt to remove AntiSpyware, gives: "
ERROR: gcasInstallHelp.exe #2753 Internal Error"
Also, got (101) error after downloading the newer Beta,
which still can't be removed.
Since it corrupted some of the SP2 security and
firewall settings, I decided to reinstall WIN-XP HOME
Edition.
Did this twice - a repair install, and an UPGRADE install
with SR2 updates applied.
Still can't remove MSAS.
Restore points were erased by first XP reinstallation, so
that is not an option.
It does not run, can't be de-installed, and has killed
Norton Inernet Security 2005, at the same time.
MSAS worked just fine on my own XP Pro SP2, and I really
liked it, but after this experience trying to recover my
friend's PC for 3 long days, by extracting XP from the
tentacles of MSAS, I decided to remove it from my own PC -
luckily, that de-install worked fine.
I am desperate for a fix to remove this dangerous
program from WIN XP (short of reformatting my friend's
hard drive).
Begging for any other methods.
Thanks