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Old August 16th 13, 01:51 PM posted to microsoft.public.windowsxp.general
Andy[_16_]
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How in the blankety blank blank do you remove COMCAST's Constant guard program ?

It only pops up in a browser.

Thanks.


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Old August 16th 13, 02:20 PM posted to microsoft.public.windowsxp.general
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"Andy" wrote in message
...
How in the blankety blank blank do you remove COMCAST's Constant guard
program ?

It only pops up in a browser.

Thanks.

Hi Andy go into Google and type in Remove COMCAST's Constant guard .
You should find something to help you.
It will probably need to be removed in SAFE mode.


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Old August 16th 13, 02:43 PM posted to microsoft.public.windowsxp.general
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On Friday, August 16, 2013 8:20:04 AM UTC-5, meerkat wrote:
"Andy" wrote in message

...

How in the blankety blank blank do you remove COMCAST's Constant guard


program ?




It only pops up in a browser.




Thanks.




Hi Andy go into Google and type in Remove COMCAST's Constant guard .

You should find something to help you.

It will probably need to be removed in SAFE mode.


I already did that.

If I knew the name of the executable, I could delete it.

Andy
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Old August 16th 13, 03:06 PM posted to microsoft.public.windowsxp.general
David H. Lipman
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Default Remove Comcast Constant Guard

From: "Andy"

How in the blankety blank blank do you remove COMCAST's Constant guard
program ?

It only pops up in a browser.

Thanks.


http://customer.comcast.com/help-and...--DaveMulti-AV Scanning Tool - http://multi-av.thespykiller.co.ukht...s/dl/35905.asp
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Old August 16th 13, 04:35 PM posted to microsoft.public.windowsxp.general
Andy[_16_]
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Default Remove Comcast Constant Guard

On Friday, August 16, 2013 9:06:29 AM UTC-5, David H. Lipman wrote:
From: "Andy"



How in the blankety blank blank do you remove COMCAST's Constant guard


program ?




It only pops up in a browser.




Thanks.






http://customer.comcast.com/help-and...--DaveMulti-AV Scanning Tool - http://multi-av.thespykiller.co.ukht...s/dl/35905.asp


All I found at comcast is to use windows un-installer.


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Old August 16th 13, 04:46 PM posted to microsoft.public.windowsxp.general
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"Andy" wrote in message
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On Friday, August 16, 2013 9:06:29 AM UTC-5, David H. Lipman wrote:
From: "Andy"



How in the blankety blank blank do you remove COMCAST's Constant guard


program ?




It only pops up in a browser.




Thanks.







http://customer.comcast.com/help-and...--DaveMulti-AV
Scanning Tool -
http://multi-av.thespykiller.co.ukht...s/dl/35905.asp


All I found at comcast is to use windows un-installer.

OK. Andy. restart your machine in SAFE mode, then go to Add/Remove programs
and delete it.
Then restart your machine as normal. Best wishes..meerkat


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Old August 16th 13, 06:50 PM posted to microsoft.public.windowsxp.general
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Default Remove Comcast Constant Guard

David H. Lipman wrote:
From: "Andy"

How in the blankety blank blank do you remove COMCAST's Constant guard
program ?

It only pops up in a browser.

Thanks.


http://customer.comcast.com/help-and...uite-software/

Multi-AV Scanning Tool -
http://multi-av.thespykiller.co.ukht...s/dl/35905.asp


http://customer.comcast.com/help-and...uite-software/

I love how, on the one hand, Comcast give away a "security suite".
Then on the other, offer...

"XFINITY Signature Support. Subscribers to our affordable,
premium support service..."

In other words, *pay* to remove the product they trapped
you into accepting.

Good business.

It's like the door to door vacuum salesman, who dumps
a can of dirt on your carpet as part of a vacuum cleaner
demonstration.

And that Comcast web page, only recommends the standard "Add/Remove" path.

There is a reference to a removal tool here, but the original poster
doesn't comment on it. So we don't know whether you run this instead
of using Add/Remove, or after running Add/Remove. (The tool is either
a full uninstaller, or it's a cleanup afterwards tool.)

http://forums.comcast.com/t5/Securit...m/td-p/1446351

This is the tool.

http://downloads.idvault.com/comcast...eaninstall.exe

That also suggests the company that sources the software (IDVault?).
One of those dead-end style support pages. Typically, an OEM software
product, the company "giving it away" provides support. So IDVault would
say "it's Comcast's problem".

http://cgps.idvault.com/support/contactus.html

Help is as near as... traversing the entire web, looking for it...
This is a Comcast customer, with Constant Guard installed...

http://www.clipartguide.com/_named_c...rt_image .jpg

Paul
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Old August 16th 13, 09:40 PM posted to microsoft.public.windowsxp.general
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Default Remove Comcast Constant Guard

On Friday, August 16, 2013 7:51:35 AM UTC-5, Andy wrote:
How in the blankety blank blank do you remove COMCAST's Constant guard program ?



It only pops up in a browser.



Thanks.


I installed No Script again and the problem has not returned so far.

Andy
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Old August 17th 13, 03:27 AM posted to microsoft.public.windowsxp.general
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Default Remove Comcast Constant Guard

It happens that Andy formulated :
How in the blankety blank blank do you remove COMCAST's Constant guard
program ?

It only pops up in a browser.

Thanks.


"Word to the wise - if you have issues removing a piece of software -
like this - and the chances are good that something has corrupted the
uninstaller - or a registry corruption is keeping the uninstall from
working - go to control panel to Administrative Tools to Services and
stop the service for that application, then go to the control panel to
uninstall/remove."

The above answer worked for an individual who asked about the same
situation as you are having in the below forum or as another replied
stopping the service and then using the uninstall tool worked.

http://forums.comcast.com/t5/Securit...d/td-p/1290297

--
Zo

"Specialist in women and other diseases." -- A sign outside of Roman
doctor's office.


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Old August 17th 13, 01:35 PM posted to microsoft.public.windowsxp.general
J. P. Gilliver (John)
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Default Remove Comcast Constant Guard

In message , Andy
writes:
On Friday, August 16, 2013 9:06:29 AM UTC-5, David H. Lipman wrote:
From: "Andy"



How in the blankety blank blank do you remove COMCAST's Constant guard


program ?




It only pops up in a browser.


(If it's a browser add-on, check the browser's add-on controls; in
Firefox they're under Tools [or Ctrl-Shift-A] and each one has a disable
button. I can't speak for other browsers.)


Thanks.







http://customer.comcast.com/help-and...nstall-constan
t-guard-protection-suite-sofAlltware/--DaveMulti-AV Scanning Tool -
http://multi-av.thespykiller.co.ukhttp://www.pctipp.ch/downloads/dl/35905.asp


All I found at comcast is to use windows un-installer.


From that I take it that it isn't in the add/remove list. This probably
means that the uninstaller didn't complete for whatever reason. One
solution to this often suggested (I don't know for this ComCast thing,
but in general) is to reinstall the offending software (yes, however
much it grates to do so!), after which its entry in add/remove may
reappear, and can be invoked and will work.
--
J. P. Gilliver. UMRA: 1960/1985 MB++G()AL-IS-Ch++(p)Ar@T+H+Sh0!:`)DNAf

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squeeze her tight enough and she'll fart - Joe Barron, quoted by son Fred ("My
Family" creator), RT, 15-21 March 2003
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Old February 17th 18, 05:58 PM posted to microsoft.public.windowsxp.general
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Default Remove Comcast Constant Guard

On Friday, August 16, 2013 at 8:51:35 AM UTC-4, Andy wrote:
How in the blankety blank blank do you remove COMCAST's Constant guard program ?

It only pops up in a browser.

Thanks.


I see this is quite old but though I'd add some helpful info..
I added 'https://constantguard.comcast.net' to my firewall rules (blocked keywords) and no more constant guard popups.
I don't think it is an executable or plugin on your system. Comcast injects the popup into the results of your page request so that when you receive a response from whatever server you also get the popup.

I run my own web socket server so that my mobile app (self designed) can interact with my server without the overhead of a web server (it's very fast)..
Comcast probably notices the non-standard ports in use and flags my connection as having a bot on a local machine so they inject the popup.

I also use a store bought modem instead of theirs and a firewall so that all they can see is the name of the modem and no further ( I set a special name just for them ). They can't even send a reset signal (which they used to do periodically when I was using their hardware.

I hope this helps some folks out there plagued with this annoyance.



 




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