windows installer pop up

blossom30

Good morning , Does anyone know how to get rid of a windows pop up, it says at the top windows installer and in the box "installing "this has just suddenly appeared and seems to be slowing down my access to the internet. I would be grateful for any advice thanks shrewdal

MercilessKiller

Hmmm it depends.. where does it pop up? Is it a little yellow box at the bottom right attached to a shield like icon? This would be Windows Update which auto downloads and installs patches..

Or is it a proper window that opens saying somethings installing?

More info would help

blossom30

MercilessKiller wrote:

Hmmm it depends.. where does it pop up? Is it a little yellow box at the bottom right attached to a shield like icon? This would be Windows Update which auto downloads and installs patches..

Or is it a proper window that opens saying somethings installing?

More info would help

Hi thanks for replying . It is a window that is in the middle of the screen saying preparing for installation and it is slowing down the process of getting on the internet. Any advice appreciated thanks

Browntoa

still not sure what it is, read this

http://www.tomcoyote.org/hjt/

download the hijackthis software and then copy the log it produces back here for me to read and see whats going on

Browntoa

you need to install hijackthis in its own directory

c:\hjackthis

as you are running from a temp directory and any changes we make will not be saved

Browntoa

tick and then fix these when you have hijackthis in its own folder

R3 - URLSearchHook: (no name) - !!00A6FAF6-072E-44cf-8957-5838F569A31D} - C:\Program Files\MyWebSearch\SrchAstt\1.bin\MWSSRCAS.DLL

O2 - BHO: MyWebSearch Search Assistant BHO - !!00A6FAF1-072E-44cf-8957-5838F569A31D} - C:\Program Files\MyWebSearch\SrchAstt\1.bin\MWSSRCAS.DLL

O2 - BHO: (no name) - !!549B5CA7-4A86-11D7-A4DF-000874180BB3} - (no file)

O3 - Toolbar: My &Web Search - !!07B18EA9-A523-4961-B6BB-170DE4475CCA} - C:\Program Files\MyWebSearch\bar\1.bin\MWSBAR.DLL

O4 - HKLM\..\Run: [QuickTime Task] "C:\Program Files\QuickTime\qttask.exe" -atboottime

O8 - Extra context menu item: &Search - http://edits.mywebsearch.com/toolbar...rch.jhtml?p=ZZ

O16 - DPF: !!1D4DB7D2-6EC9-47A3-BD87-1E41684E07BB} - http://ak.exe.imgfarm.com/images/noc...up1.0.0.15.cab

O16 - DPF: {DB893839-10F0-4AF9-92FA-B23528F530AF} - http://205.177.28.163/access/download/1014693.exe

then reboot and see what happens on reboot

Browntoa

no still got hijackthis in a temp folder

C:\DOCUME~1\WILLIAM\LOCALS~1\Temp\Temporary Directory 1 for hijackthis.zip\HijackThis.exe


follow this

Creating the C:\Program Files\HJT folder:

• Click START and select Explore
• Select the drive where Windows is installed (normally drive C)
• Navigate to the C:\Program Files folder and select it.
• Now click the on the top menu where it says File and then select New.
• Then select Folder
• A new folder is created and highlighted
• Just type HJT to overwrite the default name (New Folder)

To extract hijackthis.exe on WinXP systems without WinZip:

• Locate the HijackThis.zip file you downloaded and right click on it
• Select Extract All and click Next
• Browse your way to the C:\Program Files\HJT folder created above
• Select the folder and click Next

Using WinZip(assuming it is installed):

• Locate the HijackThis.zip file you downloaded and right click on it and select Extract to. This will open Winzip.
• Use the Folders/drives navigation pane to locate and select the C:\Program Files\HJT folder you previously created. After selecting it, make sure it shows in the Extract to: box.
• Click the Extract button

copied from here

http://forums.majorgeeks.com/showthread.php?t=74216

Browntoa

then just follow my instructions for the stuff you need to fix in the post further back

might be worth downloading and installing ewido as shown in this thread

http://forums.moneysavingexpert.com/showthread.html?t=133269

and running in safe mode (also tells you how in that thread)