The subject of this thread - which was started by me - sounds somewhat
harsh and unfair, but the ongoing story of annoying popups of phony
messages transported by the Microsoft Internet Explorer - without having
been launched by me in each case - reminds me of the fight between
Microsoft and the EU - the European Union - about forcing Microsoft to
deliver a Windows platform that is not necessarily tied to an embedded
Internet Explorer. At the moment I am not fully clear about the outcome
of the fight. I remember that Microsoft should pay an amount of several
million dollars, but I do not know, whether they have paid this sum and
at the same time have changed their strategy.
At least, from my experience during the last days, they have not yet -
despite all the ongoing automatic updates - implemented the possibility
to disengage their Internet Explorer from WindowsXP.
A virus scan found 3 viruses on my computer, interestingly two of them
with names identical to such of Windows system files.
Removing this trojans did not help. After a while the ads via the
popping-up Internet Explorer continued.
I then thought about deinstalling the Internet Explorer. Using the
Windows-provided de-installer I was informed that about 150 listed
programs were somehow tied to the Internet Explorer and that the removal
of the IE could produce serious damage. Among the programs listed were
such like "TwistAWord" (scripted in RevTalk), "Aquasoft DIASHOW mobile",
"Route 66 Sync", "Lua for Windows", "Mozilla Firefox", "Nokia Ovi System
Utilities", but of course also quite a number of programs which might
indeed been somehow connected to the IE. I therefore discontinued this
approach to remove the IE.
I then tried to move the whole IE folder into the trash can. This is
however impossible!
Next step: I renamed the IE folder. Likewise impossible.
Then: I tried to rename the file "iexplore.exe". This was possible, but
after a few moments a new copy of the IE appeared in the folder ( this
was independent of the fact, whether I was connected to the net or not)
Last resort: I created a new folder (named "Hide") and tried to move the
whole IE folder into that new one. This succeeded to some extent: Most
of the files of the IE folder were moved into the new one, only file
"iexplore.exe" itself along with two other files and an extra
subdirectory refused to be moved.
At least I have now separated IE from a number of accompanying files,
and since then - so far - no new information about having won a new
"Toyota SUV", an iPad, or a journey around the world have appeared via IE.
I hope this state will now remain so, but I am not entirely sure.
Regards,
Wilhelm Sanke
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