I switched on my Windows 7 Pro laptop for the first time today. After the normal delay in booting (I need to do a re-install of the OS), I saw a 'Windows Security Alert'. The firewall had blocked part of a program, whose name I did not recognise.
So I looked in Control Panel's uninstall list and saw that the program had been installed today. Yesterday, I had downloaded a free mp3 editor and I guess that it had been placed on my laptop to install at the next switch-on.
Searching the internet I discovered it's function and that it was difficult to remove, without downloading more programs. This I ignored and used Windows normal uninstall, which removed it from the uninstall list.
However it was still in it's program folder, so I deleted it manually and then opened the Recycle Bin and deleted it from there.
Hopefully it's gone.
So I looked in Control Panel's uninstall list and saw that the program had been installed today. Yesterday, I had downloaded a free mp3 editor and I guess that it had been placed on my laptop to install at the next switch-on.
Searching the internet I discovered it's function and that it was difficult to remove, without downloading more programs. This I ignored and used Windows normal uninstall, which removed it from the uninstall list.
However it was still in it's program folder, so I deleted it manually and then opened the Recycle Bin and deleted it from there.
Hopefully it's gone.
My Computer
- Computer type
- Laptop
- Computer Manufacturer/Model Number
- Dell Vostro & Panasonic Toughbook
- OS
- 7 Home 64 & 7 Pro 64
