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    adware? viruses?

    Discussion in 'Windows OS and Software' started by fishcube, Sep 8, 2004.

  1. fishcube

    fishcube Notebook Evangelist

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    Norton is finding several files that are listed as adware. Should all these be deleted?

    Do I have to worry about deleting the wrong files?

    a few examples:

    bundle.exe
    adware.gator
    wupdator.exe

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    fishcube, Sep 8, 2004
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  2. Underpantman

    Underpantman Notebook Virtuoso

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    These should be fine to delete, infact I would delete them.
    At a guess it looks like you may have installed "gator" software. Maybe a download manager??? If so deleting these files will proably mean that the program will stop running. This aint such a bad thing as there are plenty of good download manangers etc that are ad-free.
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    ps. If your unsure what a process (ie ?.exe) is do a google on it ! Its the quickest way to find out if its good,bad or and ugly virus !
    I also suggest ad-aware (by lavasoft) which is also free and is great for removing unwanted spyware from your pc.

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