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Sat Nov-22-03 10:17 PM
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| I am on windows XP and I need advise |
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I was playing with a friend and tried to start a web cam and now it won't go away. What can I do? Every time I try to go to my yahoo now it goes to this web cam. I have tried to delete everything it downloaded and even restore it to a previous time to this morning and it still comes back..can anyone help me get rid of this nusiance?
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| Noordam
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Sat Nov-22-03 10:21 PM
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| 1. Sounds like you have a virus... |
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If you can get to the net, google on the web cam name and see if you get any hits. There may be instructions on how to delete.
The other thing is to go to norton's site and the have a online virus check and a lot of programs to get rid of them.
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| Lady Freedom
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Sat Nov-22-03 10:22 PM
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| 2. Have you trid to shut off the computer? |
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Sometimes if you do that it will stop the conection(sp).
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| ProudGerman
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Sat Nov-22-03 10:22 PM
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| 3. This is on yahoo messenger? |
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At least that's what I get from your post. If that is the case, it seems like the webcam is set to start up whenever Yahoo messenger is started. There should be on option in preferences or other similiarly labled option list about how the webcam is started (automatically or manually).
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| short bus president
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Sat Nov-22-03 10:23 PM
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| 4. are you unable to uninstall the webcam software? |
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I had that problem with a logitech quickcam under windows 2000. The uninstall program would start, but go nowhere. Had to manually shut down the running processes associated with the webcam software before the uninstall would work.
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| Abe Linkman
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Sat Nov-22-03 10:41 PM
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| 5. Advise? or Advice? There, their, there's, theirs |
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You, your, you're, yours.
"Can you?" "Yes, I can." "No, I mean will you, or would you."
Can = ability to
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| RC
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Sat Nov-22-03 11:23 PM
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| 10. That would make it too easy |
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If we knew what they meant. :P
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| foxy
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Sat Nov-22-03 10:49 PM
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| 6. Tried some of these please keep more options coming... |
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I appreciate them. I just need to find the program causing this.
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| madfloridian
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Sat Nov-22-03 11:18 PM
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| 7. Run Spybot or Adaware. |
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Sounds like you were hijacked, and that might catch it.
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Sat Nov-22-03 11:18 PM
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| 8. immediately go to the Apple Store |
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and buy a Mac with OS X.
glad I could be of help.
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| Don_G
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Sat Nov-22-03 11:21 PM
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| 9. Browser Hijack Blaster |
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A free download to check to see if your home page has changed. Also run a scan with Ad-Aware. Link: http://www.wilderssecurity.com/bhblaster.html |
| eileen from OH
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Sat Nov-22-03 11:24 PM
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| 11. try a system restore earlier than this morning |
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Also, are you using a pop up killer? Try turning that off.
eileen from OH
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