-- Posted by emmy350 at 3:36 pm on May 18, 2006 I guess I downloaded and installed this Internet optimizer thing, I don't know what it does or if it's hurting my computer...and it makes pop-ups come up! I don't know what to do...I tried deleting it, but it won't let me...and I can't uninstall it...help! -- Posted by emmy350 at 3:39 pm on May 18, 2006 Quote: from codyswife at 2:38 pm on May 18, 2006 hopefully your parents do not kill you lol It's my computer...and I hope it doesn't wreck it and if it does I hope they don't kill me either! -- Posted by Skip at 3:39 pm on May 18, 2006 pwned by virus -- Posted by masterfultemptation at 3:39 pm on May 18, 2006 download and run Ad-Aware (google it) -- Posted by Brother Ook at 3:42 pm on May 18, 2006 Time to reformat! That solves pretty much everything. -- Posted by L O V E 88 at 3:42 pm on May 18, 2006 should i kill you first and then let your parents resurect you and kill you again ?haha kidding. everything can be redone. Try setting ur computer back to an earlier date. -- Posted by MiltonAdams at 3:44 pm on May 18, 2006 Spyware and anti-virus removal programs. Install those and run them. They will probably what you need. A few ones I recommend that are free or free to try are: spyware: http://www.safer-networking.org/ http://www.lavasoft.de/software/adaware/ http://www.webroot.com/ http://www.pctools.com/spyware-doctor/ anti-virus: http://www.avast.com/ http://www.clamwin.com/ If you can not download any of those problems because your computer won't let you boot into safe mode and then try. To get into safe http://www.computerhope.com/issues/chsafe.htm Hopefully that should help. I wish you luck. Stuff like that can be very nasty. -- Posted by Thuggen at 3:44 pm on May 18, 2006 Sounds like a virus. When your parents kill you can I have your room? Lol. -- Posted by Roy at 1:42 pm on May 20, 2006 If you can't get rid of it from the Add/Remove Programs list in the control panel, try to delete the folder of the program from the Program Files folder in, My Computer, Local Disk (C:\) -- Posted by DeMiGoD at 11:41 pm on May 24, 2006 If you can work in MS-DOS then boot your computer in DOS mode and delete the folder alltogether.This should work. -- Posted by Napster the Hacker at 8:50 am on May 25, 2006 Try Avast anti-virus, Its a Good software.you can get that for free from here > http://www.avast.com/eng/avast_4_home.html First you have to register and get the Activation key [they will Email you the Key#] ,after that download >Install > Run the Avast anti-virus >finally activate it by the Activation key. After the Installation is done Run Avast and scan your PC. -- Posted by raymond08 at 7:46 am on June 5, 2006 The internet optimizer only makes the internet goes bit faster but it lets virus and spyware tough the easy way -- Posted by Squee77 at 12:05 pm on June 5, 2006 shouldn't have been downloading things that you dont really know.