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Thread ID: 72505 2006-09-15 09:24:00 Downloads vanish i-gordon (962) Press F1
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484957 2006-09-15 22:06:00 Yes!

You absulutely have to reinstall Defender to remove it . . . the reason is that the broken version leaves tails all over the place that by design set themselves up as indestructable .

If you reload Defender, then it will re-establish those broken files, fixing them on the way and then allowing you to dump the whole thing once and for all .

Then run CrapCleaner and check in Spybot's tools area and see if there's still any startup files from it left over .
SurferJoe46 (51)
484958 2006-09-15 23:08:00 By all means fix the other things, but why not do another small download, note the file name then do a search for it?

Wherever it is, you should find the rest of the missing files .

Works for me when I accidentally save files and don't know where they went, but of course I already know the name to search for .

Cheers

Billy 8-{)
Billy T (70)
484959 2006-09-16 01:07:00 By all means fix the other things, but why not do another small download, note the file name then do a search for it?

Cheers

Billy 8-{)

Done that about 20 times. I even tried searching the drives with a file recovery tool.
No Joy, the download just vanishes into a black hole.
Thanks anyway Billy, I'm going to reinstall Windows Defender and see what happens.
I will post the results later today.
Ian
i-gordon (962)
484960 2006-09-16 04:33:00 :DSuccess, Reinstalled then removed Windows Defender. OK now.
Thanks everyone.

Ian
i-gordon (962)
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