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Can't get rid of Freecorder Toolbar

#1 Bleedo

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Posted 21 March 2011 - 08:16 PM

I installed Freecorder and decided to uninstall it. I used the Add/Remove Programs method. Freecorder is uninstalled yet the toolbar remains. In the C:/WINDOWS folder there is a Freecorder folder with an uninstall icon. When I click on it I get an error message of invalid start up: archive filename.

How can I uninstall this toolbar?

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Posted 21 March 2011 - 09:24 PM

Hello and welcome. Try with the free version of Revo Uninstaller:

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Please download the Revo Uninstaller to your desktop.

Note ---> Scroll down the page and be sure to download the "freeware" version not the "30d fully functional free trial, called Proffessional"

Double click Revo.exe to install and run.
Highlight XXXX.
Choose Uninstall.
Are you sure - Yes
Mode - Advanced
Are you sure - Yes
Initial Uninstall - Next
Scanning for leftovers - Next
Check the bolded box only!!!! <--- Important!!
Delete
Yes
Finish

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#3 Bleedo

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Posted 22 March 2011 - 05:36 PM

Hi, boop.

Where exactly do I highlight XXXX?

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Posted 22 March 2011 - 07:06 PM

Once the install is done,a window opens with all the icons for installed Applications. Look thru them for Freecorder and highlight that icon.

#5 Bleedo

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Posted 22 March 2011 - 08:18 PM

Freecorder isn't installed any longer. I uninstalled, yet the toolbar remains. That's the problem.

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Posted 22 March 2011 - 08:38 PM

Hi Bleedo. It looks like an incomplete removal. There's no longer an icon? Doing a search for freecorder produces any files?
If you enter freevorder in the textbar of REVO it should find any leftovers

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#7 Bleedo

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Posted 22 March 2011 - 09:35 PM

No icon and entering freecorder in the revo search doesn't yield any leftovers. The only thing left is the Freecorder folder in the C:/WINDOWS folder that contains an uninstall icon that gives me an "invalid start up: archive filename" error message when I try to open it.

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Posted 22 March 2011 - 10:04 PM

Uggh, my last idea.. reinstall it and then let Revo Uninstall all of it.

#9 Bleedo

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Posted 26 March 2011 - 12:44 PM

No dice. Did that And the toolbar is STILL there. Thanks for your help. This is perplexing.

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Posted 26 March 2011 - 01:23 PM

EDIT I moved this to Am I INfected
Man, well here's what we do. It will take a couple days for them to reply but they will. We need you to post a DDS log and they will see what is stopping us. I never saw one this atubborn.

We need a deeper look. Please go here....
Preparation Guide ,do steps 6 - 9.

Create a DDS log and post it in the new topic explained in step 9,which is here Virus, Trojan, Spyware, and Malware Removal Logs and not in this topic,thanks.
Skip the GMER step.
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Let me know if that went well.

This post has been edited by boopme: 26 March 2011 - 01:25 PM