On Friday, January 27, 2012 8:03:36 PM UTC-5, knuttle wrote:   
   > On 1/27/2012 4:41 PM, Mort wrote:   
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   > > Keith Nuttle wrote:   
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   > >> On 1/18/2012 6:25 PM, Mort wrote:   
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   > >>> Hi,   
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   > >>> I keep running into updater.exe wanting to gain access to my hard   
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   > >>> drive,and I always click no. I have read that it may be linked to a   
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   > >>> Trojan virus, and I want to delete it. However, it does not show up on a   
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   > >>> search of my hard drive. Google search reveals sites that want me to   
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   > >>> download their software in order to delete updater.exe,and I do not   
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   > >>> trust them.   
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   > >>> How can I delete updater.exe? Any help will be very much appreciated.   
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   > >>> Mort Linder   
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   > >> do a search from Windows Explorer for updater.exe   
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   > >> Check the directories where it is located. If that does not tell you   
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   > >> which program it is associated with, then right click on the program   
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   > >> file and look att Properties. Under version it should tell you the   
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   > >> program it is associated with or the company that wrote the program.   
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   > >> On my computer I have two programs called updater.exe. One is in the   
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   > >> mozilla Firefox folder and the other in the Mozilla Thunderbird folder.   
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   > >> If these are what you find go into Firefox and/or Thunderbird options   
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   > >> and turn off automatic updates. Since these programs are part of the   
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   > >> Mozilla programs, if you want to remove them your only option is to   
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   > >> delete the associated Mozilla program.   
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   > >> If they are somewhere else or connected to some other program follow a   
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   > >> similar procedure for the program they are associated with.   
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   > > Hi,   
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   > > I found the Mozilla program in question. When I attempted to delete it,   
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   > > I got the following on-screen message:   
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   > > "Cannot delete file: Cannot read from the source file or disk."   
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   > > It's like the old travel directions joke: You can't get there from here.   
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   > > Thanks.   
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   > > Mort Linder   
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   > Delete the program from Start, Setting, Control Panel, Add or Remove    
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   > Programs.  If you try to remove the individual files you will create a    
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   > big problem   
      
   I deleted the individual file updater.exe and unleashed the horse causing big   
   problems with my registry.  Basically now all executables open with notepad,   
   for example clicking on a once-working shortcut on the desktop for iTunes   
   brings up Notepad with    
   gobbledygook in it. Same if trying to execute the programs directly. None of   
   the solutions found on Microsoft forums worked for fixing the registry to   
   properly associate .exe files.  Even System Restore will not run. I have   
   backed up files, so seems like    
   only solution is wipe clean and reinstall everything.   
      
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