Memory Meter and Speedblaster

[Patty]

>-----Original Message-----
>By accident I downloaded these last Friday Sept 5th and
>all trouble broke loose with IE 6. When I opened a link
>the webpage wouldnt load and I was unable to close it.
>The mouse would freeze up on me. So basically I was
>unable to surf the web. I uninstalled it but, I kept
>getting this green popup in my taskbar and something was
>running in the background and I couldnt find it.
Needless
>to say I finally gave up and took it to get fixed by a
A+
>Certified Technician to find my problem..I was so
>frustrated with trying to figure out how to fix it. but,
>he claimed it was all fixed by just uninstalling aol 8.0
>and reinstalling it..he claims it was a bad install and
>he was able to surf the web. Ok great if that was the
>case but, I knew it wasnt. As I was still unable to surf
>the web even though he claimed he could. In the meantime
>I explained to him I installed this memory meter by
>accident and now I cant surf the web..I didnt have a
>problem with aol 8.0. So I did a system restore. Now
>everything is working fine. But, Im still not sure what
>memory meter actually did to cause my problem and if
this
>crap is still in my computer. I know it had to effect IE
>6. Im running home xp and aol 8.0. Anybody know what
>memory meter could have done to create this mess?
>Patty
>.
>
I forgot to mention before I restore system I did a
search on memory meter and found a prizesurfer.exe I
think was part of what got installed but, when I tried to
delete it told me access denied. Its probably spyware.
But, now Im afraid to download spybot or anything to find
and fix my problems before. So I just restored the system.

[Crusty \(-: Old B@stard :-\)]

Well, if you're afraid to download and update SpyBot to clean your system,
there is not much we can do to help you. You don't even know what else may
be lurking on your hard drives.

"Patty" > wrote in message
...
>
> >-----Original Message-----
> >By accident I downloaded these last Friday Sept 5th and
> >all trouble broke loose with IE 6. When I opened a link
> >the webpage wouldnt load and I was unable to close it.
> >The mouse would freeze up on me. So basically I was
> >unable to surf the web. I uninstalled it but, I kept
> >getting this green popup in my taskbar and something was
> >running in the background and I couldnt find it.
> Needless
> >to say I finally gave up and took it to get fixed by a
> A+
> >Certified Technician to find my problem..I was so
> >frustrated with trying to figure out how to fix it. but,
> >he claimed it was all fixed by just uninstalling aol 8.0
> >and reinstalling it..he claims it was a bad install and
> >he was able to surf the web. Ok great if that was the
> >case but, I knew it wasnt. As I was still unable to surf
> >the web even though he claimed he could. In the meantime
> >I explained to him I installed this memory meter by
> >accident and now I cant surf the web..I didnt have a
> >problem with aol 8.0. So I did a system restore. Now
> >everything is working fine. But, Im still not sure what
> >memory meter actually did to cause my problem and if
> this
> >crap is still in my computer. I know it had to effect IE
> >6. Im running home xp and aol 8.0. Anybody know what
> >memory meter could have done to create this mess?
> >Patty
> >.
> >
> I forgot to mention before I restore system I did a
> search on memory meter and found a prizesurfer.exe I
> think was part of what got installed but, when I tried to
> delete it told me access denied. Its probably spyware.
> But, now Im afraid to download spybot or anything to find
> and fix my problems before. So I just restored the system.
>