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Thread ID: 71430 2006-08-05 23:26:00 Remove CounterSpy software SunExecutehook.dll INSTRUCTIONS Princess20ny (10913) Press F1
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476302 2006-08-05 23:26:00 Hi .

Wanted to post this here b/c CounterSpy program got on my nerves badly and I had trouble finding any information on removing it .

Some may be supporters of this application, but anything that reinstalls itself when you want to remove it in my book deserves a special place in hell .

I downloaded CounterSpy with hopes of cleaning off some spyware which it did not clean off . Aside from the fact that it launches itself on startup, and it's hard to get it off from startup, there is no uninstall utility .

The file that cannot be deleted is SunExecuteHook . dll and is the one that causes the problem .

So after an hour of battling with it I was able to remove it .

Here are the instructions:

- Go to START, click on "Run", type in regedit and hit Enter .

- Drill down to:
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Microsoft\Windows\Curr entVersion\Explorer\ShellExecuteHooks\

- Right click on and delete registry entry:
{076394AD-7FDD-44EF-A075-32C68DBAB99B}

- After restart you should be able to delete CoutnerSpy files . They are located in
C:\Program Files\Sunbelt Software\CounterSpy\Consumer\

Thanks, hope this helps someone .
Princess20ny (10913)
476303 2006-08-06 02:27:00 What? I had and removed Counterspy last week when I used it to clean my brothers computers.

I have had no issues with it, or any dll's not unregistering themselves.

Unusual.
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