Re: YOOG - can't get online

You have pretty much screwed the pooch by bumbling about without knowing
what you were doing.

At this point I would turn the computer over to a qualified computer
technician (someone you pay for) and have him get you going.

--

Richard Urban
Microsoft MVP
Windows Desktop Experience


"jellybean" <> wrote in message
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>
> Ok, so I had this malware thing called YOOG installed as my default
> search engine for firefox and IE.
>
> I was (what I thought) eventually able to get rid of the thing by going
> to command prompt, typing in REGEDIT and deleting the two (even though
> there are three files) files that came up after searching for YOOG.
>
> So, YOOG was removed from my computer and I could use the internet just
> fine. No more pop-ups, etc.
>
> But, then I also got rid of AVG cuz I didn't really see the point of
> still having it - I already had Superspywarere remover or whatever it
> was called.
>
> Anywho, I uninstalled AVG and my computer restarts. Well, it appears
> that when my computer rebooted, it restarted to where it was before I
> first downloaded AVG.
>
> By that, I mean programs that I had deleted on my laptop several days
> ago, reappeared back on my computer, including of course, YOOG.
>
> Now, whenever I try and delete YOOG the previous way, by going to
> command prompt, etc, etc., YOOG is not removed from my computer like it
> once was.
>
> What is worse, is that for some reason, I no longer have access to my
> internet for my laptop!
>
> I have no idea how to fix this, and I can't re-download AVG cuz I don't
> have internet access (there was a program of AVG that I found was still
> on my computer, but it needs internet access to connect online for some
> reason).
>
> Anyways, if there are any tech gurus, I could really use your help
> right now. Thanks!
>
>
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