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03-26-2004, 06:12 PM
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getting rid of GAIN?
How can I successfully remove GAIN from my PC? I cant find it in the Add/Remove.
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03-26-2004, 06:14 PM
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this
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03-26-2004, 06:28 PM
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Gain is a Gator Program which is BAD news!!
Heres a page on how to remove it. http://www.free-web-browsers.com/remove-gator.shtml
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03-26-2004, 06:29 PM
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Another link you may want to check out.
http://www.pchell.com/support/gator.shtml Also download and run Adaware or Spybot seach and destroy. These will get rid of the spyware that is probably all over your hard drive. Last edited by Edave; 03-26-2004 at 06:31 PM. |
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03-26-2004, 09:44 PM
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i second SB s&d + ad-aware.
here are some links to them. SB s&d: www.safer-networking.org ad-aware: www.lavasoftusa.com
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03-27-2004, 12:59 AM
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Remove it from Add/Remove Programs and then run a complete spyware scan with Spybot Search and Destroy and then Adaware. Finish it off with a nice registry clean up.
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03-27-2004, 02:51 PM
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how do i clean the registry?
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03-27-2004, 02:53 PM
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Download regclean from the following link.
Remove any files from programs that you know you no longer have. http://download.com.com/3000-2094-881470.html?tag=list |
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03-27-2004, 04:37 PM
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Ok done.
Last edited by EM199Si; 03-27-2004 at 04:48 PM. |
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03-27-2004, 04:44 PM
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I think it will, but to be on the safe side, here is a link with a guide and a link to the one for XP. Do a little reading before ya do it, and you should be fine.
If you dont know for sure if something is safe to delete, DONT do it. Come back and ask questions. http://discount-evidence-eliminator....r-download.htm |
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03-27-2004, 04:49 PM
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it worked i guess.
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03-27-2004, 04:54 PM
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cool,
getting rid of spyware will also help with pop-ups, so make sure ya run ad-aware or spybot search and destroy every so often. I run it about twice a week myself. |
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03-27-2004, 05:02 PM
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2020, Web Fast, Quick Click, all are stupid spyware search engines that wont get off you're browser. Sometimes even spyware removal progs do not work. So what I do is make the folders that they are in (They are almost always found in Common files) read only. Making things read only to prevent run-age ussually works. If you remove the folder, it re-installs. So why not make it just read-only.
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03-28-2004, 12:17 AM
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cool thanks for the info, any more thingsi should do to avoid spyware?
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03-28-2004, 03:16 AM
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Becareful what you download and what websites you visit.
"Free" programs love to load your PC with spyware. |
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03-28-2004, 09:21 AM
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