popcorn pain

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    elfy1960 is offline Junior Member

    Unhappy popcorn pain

    someone in our household clicked on a moviepass free trial offer with a popcorn.net.Unknown to meif it was,nt cancelled in the 3 days you are agreeing to purchase. How can i get rid of these annoying payment reminders and is there any way it was downloaded automatically as my sons both insist they know nowt about it thanks.Elfy


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    jephree is offline ¨*·.¸ «.·°·..·°·.» ¸.·*¨
    Is it listed under Add/Remove programs?

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    elfy1960 is offline Junior Member
    yes but when you try to remove it ,it says redirecting you to website but it doesnt. Have also tried in recycle bin but that doesnt work either

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    jephree is offline ¨*·.¸ «.·°·..·°·.» ¸.·*¨
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    You can try to manually delete it as seen here:
    Uninstall Programs Manually

    Just because Windows XP has the Add/Remove Programs feature it doesn't mean your application will appear in the list. Furthermore, even if it does appear, it's no guarantee that the uninstall feature will work. When you run across one of these situations the items listed below will help in getting rid of the application. Be aware that these steps may not remove everything associated with the application and can impact other applications on the computer. Have a backup or restore point and use caution.

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    Find the directory for the application and delete all the files in the directory. Delete the directory. e.g. click C: under My Computer then Program Files etc.
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    Open regedit (start/run regedit) and navigate to HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE and find the folder for the application. Delete the folder.
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    Open regedit and navigate to HKEY_CURRENT_USER\SOFTWARE and find the folder for the application. Delete the folder.
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    To remove the application entry from Add/Remove Programs (if present) open regedit and navigate to HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\Curr entVersion\Uninstall and find the folder for the application. Delete the folder.
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    Some applications have Services attached to them. If this is the case, navigate to HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\System\CurrentControlSet\Servic es, locate and delete the service.
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    In Windows Explorer, navigate to the individual user settings and delete program references. Common places to check would be:

    C:\Documents and Settings\All Users\Start Menu\Programs and delete relevant entries.
    C:\Documents and Settings\All Users\Start Menu\Programs\Startup and delete relevant entries.
    C:\Documents and Settings\%YourUserID%\Start Menu\Programs and delete relevant entries.
    [Do this for each User ID listed]
    C:\Documents and Settings\%YourUserID%\Start Menu\Programs\Startup and delete relevant entries.
    [Do this for each User ID listed]

    If no entries were found in the previous step and the application launches automatically, navigate to
    HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows NT\CurrentVersion\Windows
    and delete the entry.


    A good free Registry Cleaner here: RegSeeker

    It is a good idea to backup your Registry before cleaning. This is a good free tool for that:

    [ERUNT] Registry Backup and Restore for Windows
    http://www.larshederer.homepage.t-online.de/erunt/


    [ERUNT Download URLs]
    http://www.aumha.org/downloads/erunt.zip
    http://www.aumha.org/downloads/erunt-setup.exe


    [Installing & Using ERUNT]
    http://www.winxptutor.com/regback.htm
    http://www.silentrunners.org/sr_eruntuse.html
    http://www.larshederer.homepage.t-o...erunt/erunt.txt


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    Another approach would be this:

    As a first response you might want to post a HijackThis log for review by our Pros in that section:

    Please follow the instructions HERE & then post your log in a new thread in the Spyware, Adware, Viruses and HijackThis Logs section.

    (Not in this section please).

    Please specify what issues you appear to be experiencing along with your log.

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