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Message: [QUOTE="KineticPoet, post: 762285, member: 36075"] That file is part of an adware application, and it wasn't completely removed. First, check for ShopAtHome or ShopAtHomeSelect in Add/Remove Programs. If it's listed, click to highlight and choose Remove. Reboot. Then follow these other instructions. There's also probably going to be an ActiveX Control installed. (this is what keeps it coming back) Clear out your TIF, other temp files and ActiveX Controls. Open the Control Panel - Internet Options. Under the General tab click the Delete temporary internet files, choose to delete all Offline content. In Settings, set the size of your TIF folder between 5 - 10 MB. Choose View Objects tab. On the toolbar, choose View Details. If any of those ActiveX Controls are marked "damaged", remove them. Any and all ActiveX Controls, can be safely removed. They'll be downloaded again as needed. To uninstall, right click and Remove. You may want to keep those by MS, Macromedia or Apple. Also, go to Start - Find - Files or folders - in the named box, type: *.tmp and choose: Edit - select all - File - delete. Empty the contents of the C:\Windows\temp folder and C:\temp folder, if you have one. Empty Recycle bin. Next.... Download Spybot S&D here [url]http://www.safer-networking.org/[/url] Close all running programs, install then reboot. Start it and go online and press 'search for updates' tab. (NOTE: if you have problems, select the US or Australian mirror site to download updates from). Download all updates that aren't optional. Close all browser windows and run the scan. When it's finished, 'Check All', and fix everything SpybotSD labels in RED. Reboot. Download 'Hijack This' here [url]http://www.spywareinfo.com/~merijn/downloads.html[/url] Unzip 'HT' into a new folder. Close all browser windows and run it offline. Double click the .Exe file to run it. Choose Scan. It'll display a list. Most of the things you see listed are necessary or required entries, so don't fix anything, until you know which items to fix. First, check the description of the entries in the log, check here: HijackThisTutorial [url]http://www.spywareinfo.com/~merijn/htlogtutorial.html[/url] After the scan is finished, the Scan button will turn into Save Log. Press that and copy/paste the contents in a post. Before you post it, please be sure to check this below: Check this box to preserve your spacing.... To help prevent further problems, I recommend SpywareBlaster. Be sure to check for updates often and after you install it. SpywareGuard works well in conjuntion with it and is available here also. They're both freeware and available here: [url]http://www.javacoolsoftware.com/spywareblaster.html[/url] [/QUOTE]

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