I need some [computer] [program] help.

lxNicktardxl · Post by **lxNicktardxl** » Thu Dec 29, 2005 9:17 am

Is there a way to totally get rid of internet explorer. I HATE IT! It keeps giving me popups. I dont even use internet explorer! Please help me. I dont want to resort to reformatting my harddrive.

Patrickssj6 · Post by **Patrickssj6** » Thu Dec 29, 2005 9:36 am

OK i will write a tutorial on how to mantaiin you computer.Intenet explorer CANNOT be deinstalled.But Internet explorer doesn't do the pop ups.When you start it you actiuvate other programs which make pop-ups.These programs can be disabled.

lxNicktardxl · Post by **lxNicktardxl** » Thu Dec 29, 2005 9:43 am

Or could you point me in the way of a GOOD pop up blocker?

Patrickssj6 · Post by **Patrickssj6** » Thu Dec 29, 2005 10:17 am

I wouldn't use a pop up blocker.I would use similar programs

lxNicktardxl · Post by **lxNicktardxl** » Thu Dec 29, 2005 10:24 am

Here it is. It wont let me click anything! Nothing gets selected or anything.

522Viper · Post by **522Viper** » Thu Dec 29, 2005 10:24 am

this is how to do it manually.
go to my computer, C: drive, program files, and internet explorer, and delete all files

Patrickssj6 · Post by **Patrickssj6** » Thu Dec 29, 2005 10:26 am

522viper wrote:this is how to do it manually.
go to my computer, C: drive, program files, and internet explorer, and delete all files

Windows will recpver them

Anwyay click on one of the objects and then click on disbale at trhe bottom.

jks · Post by **jks** » Thu Dec 29, 2005 10:37 am

Go to start, then control panel, open the remove programs option, and on the left side of the window go down to "Set Program Access and Defaults" and go under the custom tab and check the box to disable system access to IE and see if that helps.

lxNicktardxl · Post by **lxNicktardxl** » Thu Dec 29, 2005 10:38 am

doing the add ons did nothing. I still get a million. Im so PISSED

Patrickssj6 · Post by **Patrickssj6** » Thu Dec 29, 2005 10:40 am

Get yourself these programs:
http://www.lavasoft.com/(go to Ad-aware personal)
http://www.iolo.com/sm/6/download.cfm

http://www.bitdefender.us/site/Download ... _v9_us.exe

All of them are free but have trial(2 of them).

lxNicktardxl · Post by **lxNicktardxl** » Thu Dec 29, 2005 10:49 am

jks wrote:Go to start, then control panel, open the remove programs option, and on the left side of the window go down to "Set Program Access and Defaults" and go under the custom tab and check the box to disable system access to IE and see if that helps.

Nope

jks · Post by **jks** » Thu Dec 29, 2005 10:51 am

lxNicktardxl wrote:doing the add ons did nothing. I still get a million. Im so PISSED

Just go out and get a cheap low storage hard drive, like 10 GB or something, back up all your stuff that you want to keep, and reformat. If you think you can get by with windows without ever having to reformat you have another thing comin.

Patrickssj6 · Post by **Patrickssj6** » Thu Dec 29, 2005 11:04 am

The addons is one step.And if you are giving up now wow you are weak.

Get the programs.I mean no wonder you have pop-ups.You said on xbox live that you don't have a firewall,antivirus program,spyware or adware or even service pack 2

lxNicktardxl · Post by **lxNicktardxl** » Thu Dec 29, 2005 4:55 pm

Well I'm done! I reformatted my HDD, I had too. Now its like new.

Cuda · Post by **Cuda** » Thu Dec 29, 2005 5:04 pm

wow. they coulda just been processes. what i did was to get rid of popups, when you start up, go to the processes in task manager. see whats good. they are mostly abriveiated but some are pretty easy to figure out. (hl2.exe is CSS or Half Life 2, msnmsgr MSN Messenger, tskmgr.exe etc.) then look up the ones youre unsure about. there was one that was about 20 characters long, that was an ad client. But like Patrick said, Ad Aware is pretty good, but I personally like Spybot.

Inquisinator · Post by **Inquisinator** » Thu Dec 29, 2005 5:16 pm

reformatting will do nothing to get rid of IE....

IS is automatically installed with windows.

Cuda · Post by **Cuda** » Thu Dec 29, 2005 8:05 pm

He didn't necessarily wanna get rid of IE, He wanted to get rid of the pop ups. Reformatting would get rid of all the registry files it runs on for sure.

lxNicktardxl · Post by **lxNicktardxl** » Thu Dec 29, 2005 8:13 pm

I wanted to get rid of IE because that is what the pop ups were "popping Up" in. lol. My brother helped me reformat a real easy with Acronis.

jks · Post by **jks** » Thu Dec 29, 2005 8:17 pm

You were fucked down with spy ware, so reformating was your best option.

lxNicktardxl · Post by **lxNicktardxl** » Thu Dec 29, 2005 9:36 pm

I know. It was so F##king annoying. I was about to pull my hair out. But now its ok.