Re: Can't get rid of MS Intrnet Explorer

From: NeoSadist (neosad1st_at_charter.net)
Date: 12/18/03 

Date: Thu, 18 Dec 2003 06:30:10 -0700

Allen wrote:

>
> I've been plagued with trojans and adware recently, which use IE.
> Someone suggested uninstalling IE.

They must be joking. IE is so entrenched a part of the windows operating
system that you can't remove it.

> I tried this but without success.
> When I try to uninstall using Add/Remove programs, I get a message
> saying
> "A previous version has ongoing tasks pending; a reboot is necessary
> before reattempting" - or words to that effect. However, when I
> reboot, the same thing happens.
>
> I have also tried eradicating IE, using the utility from:
> http://www.litepc.com/ieradicator.html
> but that too, failed to work.

Don't use someone else's software to do things that drastic. Besides, like
I said, you CAN'T uninstall internet explorer (or, you can't without
risking serious damage to your windows OS).

>
> Any suggestions would be much appreciated...

Like Lars said, stop downloading krap. You need a good firewall and good
antivirus, and you need to stop surfing sites that "have fleas".

>
> Allen 

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