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  1. Ducman491

    Ducman491 Formula 3

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    #1 Ducman491, Apr 20, 2009
    Please, I am begging, someone help me get Limewire off of my computer! My wife downloaded it and now it won't go away. I have uninstalled it in the control panel but I get a pop up about every 45 (theres another one) seconds. Please help me. Also, is there a relatively inexpensive spyware program that I can get? This is getting ridiculous.
     
  2. powerpig

    powerpig F1 World Champ

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    #2 powerpig, Apr 20, 2009
    Download Malwarebytes and run it.
    Download AVG Free, install it and run it.
     
  3. Samimi

    Samimi Formula 3

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    #3 Samimi, Apr 20, 2009
    Download Spybot Search & Destroy and CCleaner as well.
     
  4. fivesix

    fivesix Formula 3

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    #4 fivesix, Apr 20, 2009
    then use torrents for all her downloads... :)
     
  5. OC Speed Junkie

    OC Speed Junkie Formula 3

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    #5 OC Speed Junkie, Apr 21, 2009
    add superantispyware to the list as well.

    Reformatting kills it dead.

    If your wife is downloading questionable content through torrents be sure to install Peer Guardian 2. If you are paranoid set the torrent trackers to run through a proxy and Tor.
     
  6. Fast_ian

    Fast_ian Two Time F1 World Champ

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    #6 Fast_ian, Apr 21, 2009
    No doubt!.......

    There's got to be a better way though - Hasn't there? Nothing on their site about getting rid of it?

    Cheers,
    Ian
     
  7. the_stig

    the_stig F1 Rookie

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    #7 the_stig, Apr 22, 2009
    The popups usually don't have anything to do with Limewire but with the malware that came through it. ATF Cleaner from atribune.org, shut off system restore (google it), malwarebytes from malwarebytes.org, update, disconnect from internet, run, re-boot, run again - full scan. Superantispyware from superantispyware.com - update, full scan. Back online. Eset.com - run free online antivirus scan. Post again if you need more.
     
  8. OC Speed Junkie

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    #8 OC Speed Junkie, Apr 23, 2009
    He's right. I was dealing with this about a year ago when I took my sisters old broken laptop off her hands. After I fixed it, uninstalled limewire and a bunch of other stuff. Ran a lot of anti spyware programs, that fixed it.

    I have become lazy though, if trouble shooting takes me more than 20 minutes or so I just reformat.
     

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