Corrupted IE - how do I replace?

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Simon Wigzell - 21 Oct 2003 05:38 GMT

4 day old fancy Dell computer. Something has got into my IE - maybe from
Kazaa. It freezes when links are clicked. It just refuses to go to some
pages - I get that dialog to send an error report to MS then it closes, when
it is working I get these dialogs to download "uninstall.exe" from
poprfwnad.com. with the save or open options and might be a virus warning so
of course I ignore them. I'm running McAfee and it shows no viruses. I run
AdAware and it shows nothing.

I can't uninstall IE - at least not from the Control panel. If I download
the latest patch it just adds stuff to what is there and I have the same
problems. I have service pack 1 that includes the whole IE but it won't
overwrite what I have.

Is there any way to remove IE and reinstall it clean without it remembering
whatever is infecting it or has corrupted it?

Thanks

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Simon Wigzell - 21 Oct 2003 06:00 GMT

> 4 day old fancy Dell computer. Something has got into my IE - maybe from
> Kazaa. It freezes when links are clicked. It just refuses to go to some
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> Thanks

So I fish out my system disk and it say's Add/Remove programs by clicking on
the check bos and I manage to remove outlook express but IE is still there
and still corrupted but never mind, the stupid thing only removes it from
the startup menu. Easy enough to get my outlook express back, it was there
all the time, just not in the menu. What a stupid disk! I need a seperate
disk to remove something form the menu?

Is IE welded to the inside of my computer? Is it hard coded on the bios? Is
there no way of getting rid of it, if only so that I can re-install it?

Thanks

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Sarah - 21 Oct 2003 15:44 GMT

4 days old, I would do a system restore..
and get rid of kazaa, use kazaalite, it is much safer.

also, you can uninstall IE/oe in add/remove programs, then look to the left
side, click on add/remove WINDOWS components, uncheck in there what you want
out, and then after a reboot, go back in and CHECK it and it installs.
you need to get adware, and /or spybot, and get the spyware out of pc too.

Sarah

> > 4 day old fancy Dell computer. Something has got into my IE - maybe from
> > Kazaa. It freezes when links are clicked. It just refuses to go to some
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> Thanks

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Simon Wigzell - 21 Oct 2003 22:06 GMT

> 4 days old, I would do a system restore..
> and get rid of kazaa, use kazaalite, it is much safer.
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> > Thanks

Thanks very much! That should do it for me.

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Corrupted IE - how do I replace?