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| Thread ID: 89861 | 2008-05-14 06:23:00 | Can I uninstall IE 7? | Vince (406) | Press F1 |
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| 669390 | 2008-05-14 06:23:00 | About a week ago Windows Update dumped IE 7 on me, followed the next day by a couple of hot fixes for it. There have been lots of problems since. Like I had a virus or some such; but Spybot S&D, AVG 7, AVG 8, AdAware, Trogen Remover and RogueRemover have found nothing. Hijack This shows nothing that shouldn't be on my system, so I think IE7 is the culprit. So since I don't use it; can it safely be uninstalled? Will Windows Update still work if I do? |
Vince (406) | ||
| 669391 | 2008-05-14 06:26:00 | If it appears in add/remove programs, you should be able to uninstall it . It SHOULD revert back to IE 6 . WHAT was the name of the virus?? IE isnt the only way you get them you know |
Speedy Gonzales (78) | ||
| 669392 | 2008-05-14 06:50:00 | As I said in my post above, nothing was found: there was just the appearance of virus activity. Spybots Teatimer and avg7 icons disappeared from the system tray; and Comodo Firewall had 3 of its 4 security features disabled. The next day I found that MusicMatch Jukebox wouldn't run. I have tried several times to reinstall MMJB from the downloaded installer which I had saved. This fails every time with the message "An error occurred while launching the setup. The remote procedure call failed." |
Vince (406) | ||
| 669393 | 2008-05-14 07:01:00 | Well you shouldnt have AVG 7 and 8 installed anyway. If you think you have something post a HJT log |
Speedy Gonzales (78) | ||
| 669394 | 2008-05-14 09:02:00 | lol. I didn't / don't have them both installed. I have upgraded in the meantime. Like I said in the original post,_"Hijack This shows nothing that shouldn't be on my system." so if there is something, it is disguised. What do you think? |
Vince (406) | ||
| 669395 | 2008-05-14 09:06:00 | Well did you uninstall IE 7? | Speedy Gonzales (78) | ||
| 669396 | 2008-05-14 09:09:00 | You can try this - it sometimes fixes silly little annoying problems - Click on start / run, type in sfc /scannow Make sure you have your windows CD handy as it may ask for it - that command checks the windows file system for faults and replaces damaged / missing files Out of interest, what makes you says theres nothing in the HJ log, do you know how to read them fully ? |
wainuitech (129) | ||
| 669397 | 2008-05-14 09:18:00 | Well did you uninstall IE 7? I will do that tonight. I will let you know how it turns out. |
Vince (406) | ||
| 669398 | 2008-05-14 09:31:00 | You can try this - it sometimes fixes silly little annoying problems - Click on start / run, type in sfc /scannow Make sure you have your windows CD handy as it may ask for it - that command checks the windows file system for faults and replaces damaged / missing files Out of interest, what makes you says theres nothing in the HJ log, do you know how to read them fully ? I did run System File Checker . It fixed about 8 errors . I wouldn't call myself an expert, but everything in the Hijack This report was identifiable as belonging in XP, or so I thought . |
Vince (406) | ||
| 669399 | 2008-05-14 10:25:00 | IE:yuck: is gone and MusicMatch is running again:) Would you believe it? When uninstalling IE Igot the message that it might prevent FireFox from running, Ha! Since IE7 was installed without my knowledge; I left the room for a few minutes. Can I prevent it from happening again? :thanks IE6 did not replace IE7 so I can't go to windows update and change the settings. |
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