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Originally Posted by Ravenheart
Here's the latest comment I've received on my blog.
From Phormcomsteam
For completeness, Apropos could be uninstalled by the user although it was designed so that competitors could not remove it. And like Sony, which found itself criticised for using rootkit technology to protect its copyrighted material, we offered a tool to uninstall the software ( http://blogs.zdnet.com/Spyware/index.php?p=8200). |
Great they post a dead link as evidence.
I work in IT support in a University and had a HUGE problem removing this from student systems.
Th eprocess was made more complicated by the strange folder and regestery names. The tool that 121 provided at the time could kill the PC to a point of needing a re-install. And if it did work it would leave reg keys and files behind,
So being easy for users to unintall the process went like this
work in safe mode
run a 3rd party fix tool
delete several regestery keys
delete 4 hidden and protected files from 4 directories all with scrambled names
uninstall 2 programs from add remove
Easy to remove - I spent so much time over this that I still get cold sweat ath the thought of it.
There are other removal ways but this is what I remember doing. I do remember the official tool was a bag of crap that was as bad as the infection.
They are lying b**te*ds