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Funnies.com has taken over my desktop. How can I remove it ...
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Funnies.com has taken over my desktop. How can I remove it from my computer.

 

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OS: Windows XP; Browser: IE

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To look at display. the background and other controls won't work

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April 9 8:22 PM (12 minutes and 35 seconds later)
         
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Hi,

First you should uninstall the program through your add and remove programs list (go to the Control Panel and double click on 'Add or Remove Programs')

Then you need to run some effective spyware detection and removal programs that will remove malware and hijacking spyware from your system. Here are some great free utilities which are all a must have. Install and run all three to ensure that your system gets cleaned.

HijackThis
http://www.spychecker.com/download/download_hijackthis.html

Ad-Aware
http://www.download.com/Ad-Aware-SE-Personal-Edition/3000-8022_4-10045910.html?part=dl-ad-aware&subj=dl&tag=top5

Spybot
http://www.spybot.info/en/download/index.html

 

Hope this helps. Let me know if you have any questions.

 



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