Imesh removal

[highflier 3]

When I went to remove this, which is a music download program, it wouldn't allow me to. Any suggestions? I am running Windows XP.

[joekicker 53]

This is a real POS program, in my opinion just malware/spyware. You'll need some help. But for one thing make sure the entire installation folder gets taken out, among other things. This horrible program may track you for days before you succeed.

 

Step 1, have a look here.

 

Step 2, google "imesh remove" for further hints. Or "imesh remove XP" of course.

 

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Edited January 8, 2011 by joekicker

[highflier 3]

This is a real POS program, in my opinion just malware/spyware. You'll need some help. But for one thing make sure the entire installation folder gets taken out, among other things. This horrible program may track you for days before you succeed.

 

Step 1, have a look here.

 

Step 2, google "imesh remove" for further hints. Or "imesh remove XP" of course.

 

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Thanks for this Joe. Right after I posted this I ran a malwarebytes and my AVG scan. Both came back clean. I then went back to my control panel and tried again to remove it and was surprised to find I was able to remove it.

 

Is it completely out of the system?

[joekicker 53]

Is it completely out of the system?

 

Quite possibly. But keep a close eye for a few days.

 

Also, check to see that it is not auto-starting. Hit Ctrl-R (run) and run "MSCONFIG". Click the Startup Tab. Look very carefully through all the ticked boxes to see if one of them is iMesh or something suspicious.

 

Also, for fun, hit Ctrl-R and run REGEDIT. Click Edit, then Find, and search for imesh, just to see if it comes up with anything. If it does, just delete (yes, delete) that key.

 

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[highflier 3]

Quite possibly. But keep a close eye for a few days.

 

Also, check to see that it is not auto-starting. Hit Ctrl-R (run) and run "MSCONFIG". Click the Startup Tab. Look very carefully through all the ticked boxes to see if one of them is iMesh or something suspicious.

 

Also, for fun, hit Ctrl-R and run REGEDIT. Click Edit, then Find, and search for imesh, just to see if it comes up with anything. If it does, just delete (yes, delete) that key.

 

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Joe, when I checked msconfig on the startup tab, sure enough it was there. I then went to regedit and in the edit tab searched for imesh, and after doing a bunch of "find next" it kept coming up with different stuff in the registry and I deleted a shitload of things in there. I went back and checked msconfig again, startup, and it was gone.

[joekicker 53]

There are a bunch of programs like this scum. Quick death to their developers and spreaders is too kind. I hope a few million more people do as well as you, good on ya!

 

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[highflier 3]

There are a bunch of programs like this scum. Quick death to their developers and spreaders is too kind. I hope a few million more people do as well as you, good on ya!

 

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Joe, one last question. I went to do a search for any files or folders with the name imesh and it came up with 9. I was able to delete 8 of them and one I could not. The folder name is iMesh Applications, C:\Program Files. When I went to delete it, an error message came up saying "Cannot delete file: Cannot read from the source file or disc".

[highflier 3]

Joe, one last question. I went to do a search for any files or folders with the name imesh and it came up with 9. I was able to delete 8 of them and one I could not. The folder name is iMesh Applications, C:\Program Files. When I went to delete it, an error message came up saying "Cannot delete file: Cannot read from the source file or disc".

 

I was a little quick on the trigger here. For some reason, this morning I went to do another search and this file did not reappear. Another did, a dll file and was able to delete.

Edited January 9, 2011 by highflier

[joekicker 53]

I was a little quick on the trigger here. For some reason, this morning I went to do another search and this file did not reappear. Another did, a dll file and was able to delete.

 

Not unusual. They're hiding it perhaps - OR maybe it's in your prefetch. You can safely do this - it won't do any harm and once in a while it's a good thing to do anyhow:

 

Go to C:\Windows\prefetch

 

Delete everything. Yep, everything.

 

Windows will put back the stuff that should be there. A little housecleaning of prefetch is a Good Thing every so often, and it will certainly get rid of any iMesh stuff that's lingering on.

 

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[highflier 3]

Not unusual. They're hiding it perhaps - OR maybe it's in your prefetch. You can safely do this - it won't do any harm and once in a while it's a good thing to do anyhow:

 

Go to C:\Windows\prefetch

 

Delete everything. Yep, everything.

 

Windows will put back the stuff that should be there. A little housecleaning of prefetch is a Good Thing every so often, and it will certainly get rid of any iMesh stuff that's lingering on.

 

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Edited January 10, 2011 by highflier