Forgot pcpitstop. I find it useful. It is free. Go in and let it scan your
pc. It tells you how well your pc is running, identifies problems and how to
fix them,tips about speeding up the pc, etc It is an easy delete if you want
to remove it.
----- Original Message -----
From: "James Dicomes" <[log in to unmask]>
To: <[log in to unmask]>
Sent: Thursday, July 26, 2007 8:46 AM
Subject: Re: [PCSOFT] PC ScanandSweep + PCPitstop
> In the past a couple of these things invaded my pc. They were scare
> tactics to get one to buy their products.Very pesky things to uninstall.
> You may try going to the company and look for an uninstall program but I
> had no luck with that. I looked everywhere in my pc that I could think to
> look without going into the registry. Try going into control panel and Add
> Or Remove. If it is listed delete it. Do a search for it and delete all
> you find . Go into windows explorer and under Programs delete all you
> find. After doing all that there were some thing that would not delete but
> the cleaning was good enough to prevent it from popping up all the time
> and it appeared not to affect anything on the pc so I just ignored it. All
> of it was gone after my next reformat. Almost forgot, You can try a
> Restore. Pick a restore date that is prior to the day that thing popped
> up.
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "[log in to unmask]" <[log in to unmask]>
> To: <[log in to unmask]>
> Sent: Tuesday, July 24, 2007 10:51 AM
> Subject: [PCSOFT] PC ScanandSweep + PCPitstop
>
>
> Folks,
> About a week ago something called PC ScanandSweep invaded my computer and
> I don't know how it got there - except that I must have done something
> wrong. Anyway, there are its numerous icons on the desktop and every time
> it boots all kind of messages come up warning me about over 7000 junk
> items in my machine.
> What is this "thing"? Is it dangerous? What do I do to kill it? Or
> should I kill it? Are they trying to sell me something? If so, is it
> worthwhile? etc.
> If the machine is really full of junk, is this or another one called PC
> Pitstop worthwhile? I feel OK about virus protection as my ISP came with
> McAfee as part of the service.
> Thanks in advance,
> Lewis E.
>
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