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   From: johnwilliamson@btinternet.com   
      
   Lynsey Doyle wrote:   
   >   
   >  a écrit dans le message de groupe de discussion :   
   > c2np775q6nse2a0uj4kfmom34b962ps0t8@4ax.com...   
   >>   
   >> Do not download and install "DriverUpdate" !!!   
   >>   
   >> I did and it isn't useable as free (as claimed) and   
   >> I can't delete it from the computer!!!   
   >   
   > Yes you can, if you don"t have an 'unistall' via the usual methods   
   > (programme menu, configuration panel) find its folder, there should be   
   > an uninstall there.   
      
   What the OP has installed is malware. It uses a number of tricks to   
   prevent uninstallation, including, but not limited to, multiple copies   
   of itself hidden using random names in many folders on the HD, RAM   
   resident copies which activate when the original process is stopped, and   
   hidden, randomly named keys in the registry. Some success can be had by   
   using Malwarebytes and similar programs, and some malware removal suites   
   can remove it. On a number of occasions, these programs have used hidden   
   code which can even survive a re-install.   
      
   It is highly unlikely that there is an uninstall program on the infected   
   machine, as the objective is to get the user to pay the author money to   
   remove the infection. Then pay more money to remove it again, when that   
   "attempt" fails, and so on. It has also been known for programs in this   
   class to encrypt the entire contents of the Hard Drive, and require a   
   ransom payment to unencrypt them, at least on a temporary basis. There   
   are kits available to build these programs using a simple script, should   
   you wish to do so.   
      
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   Tciao for Now!   
      
   John.   
      
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