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tara_d8
June 19th, 2003, 03:50 PM
I am an extrememyl angry person right now and there should be a law against this.

I was surfing around online and all of a sudden, this popchat program (or whatever it's called) INSTALLS ITSELF WITHOUT DEMAND AND PLANTS ITSELF IN MY BROWSER!!!!

At first I couldn't get rid of it, but luckily I knew enough about computers that I pressed Ctrl+ALT+Delete and found the program's nickname called

popsrv146 and then I canceld it's task.

I then went into my computer's search option and typed in that exact name and found it's location tucked safely in my program files folder under C:\

Then, I found the folder called "Pop" and deleted the sucker.

It ran so fast to the recycle bin, and then I tried to delete it from the recycle bin and it didn't work.

Then I realized one of my open browsers had it running, so I closed it and then as soon as that happend, it disapeared from the recycle bin.

That program is pretty much this: "Chat with whoever is on the same webpage as you."

I got some nasty freaks on that page.:mad:

I didn't chat qith them though.

But anyways, I'd thought I'd like to share that with you. I think that program should be illegal. It's just as sneaky as freakin' AOHELL!!!:mad: :mad: :mad:

degsy
June 19th, 2003, 03:57 PM
loads of ad/spyware or just plain annoying programs do this. A main culprit is MySearchBar :mad:

anyway, deleting is not the best way to go about things as there are parts of the program that could remain
.
You should first check in Add/Remove programs to remove it.
Then use something like SpyBot to remove any hidden files or registry entries.

tara_d8
June 19th, 2003, 06:22 PM
Do you know where I can download it?

degsy
June 19th, 2003, 07:41 PM
http://www.google.com/search?q=spybot

Steven.Bentley
June 19th, 2003, 08:22 PM
or just click downloads at the top of this page :)

AnnMarie
June 20th, 2003, 06:42 AM
Tara, just to be sure that you got rid of all traces of this parasite, after you have run Spybot, go here (http://www.spywareinfo.com/files/hijackthis.zip) and download and run a scan with Hijack This. Dont make any changes, just click on Save Log, copy it and post it back in this thread.

We will have a look at it for you.