Getting rid of adobe reader.

prettypennies

My computer is generally rather poorly atm. switching itself off, shutting off the antivirus, IE not responding etc. When I run a scan it shuts down and reboots Probably best option would be to scrap it and start again.

Anyhow, one of the problems I am having that could really do with sorting for the timebeing is with adobe reader. there are remants of adobe 6.0 and adobe 9.0 dotted about by computer. I can uninstall them through the add/remove function as they don't show up. I can re-install as when I try to download a new version it just stops after about 50 odd percent.

I am running windows XP and Kaspersky Antivirus/Firewall.

alanrowell

Sounds as if you have some serious infections and bits of Adobe Reader lying around are the least of your worries.

So start by following the advice in the Malware/Spyware Removal Guide

Banacek

Try using Microsoft Clean Up Utility read more here.

kwikbreaks

or as a last resort

prettypennies

Banacek wrote: »

Try using Microsoft Clean Up Utility read more here.

Tried downloading this, but when I ran it, Adobe wasn't listed!

prettypennies

alanrowell wrote: »

Sounds as if you have some serious infections and bits of Adobe Reader lying around are the least of your worries.

So start by following the advice in the Malware/Spyware Removal Guide

I have downloaded the Malwarebytes anti malware but when I started the scan, within two minutes, the computer shut itself down and rebooted

Reluctant_spender

does the computer shut down if you enter safe mode?

prettypennies

prettypennies wrote: »

I have downloaded the Malwarebytes anti malware but when I started the scan, within two minutes, the computer shut itself down and rebooted

Right, I tried running the scan again and this time it completed without turning itself off and found no malicious items.

Reluctant_spender

What anti virus software are you running at the moment?

prettypennies

Reluctant_spender wrote: »

What anti virus software are you running at the moment?

I am running Kaspersky Internet security at present. Before that, I was running Avast but kept having problems with it not updating propery

SunnySusie

Stick to http://www.foxitsoftware.com/pdf/reader/