weather bug removal help needed please

Discussion in 'Malware Help - MG (A Specialist Will Reply)' started by MOUMANTAI, Sep 30, 2005.

  1. MOUMANTAI

    MOUMANTAI Specialist

    i have weather bug i dont know how i got it ive never used it and its only in the folder and doesnt seem to have been installed since its never on

    anyway can i remove it its in my program files in a folder called aws then theres a folder inside it called weatherbug and i got it on the day i got my computer so im guessing it got on here when i downloaded aol instant messenger

    im afraid its spyware

    i need to know if i can remove this without harming my computer in any way
     
  2. chaslang

    chaslang MajorGeeks Admin - Master Malware Expert Staff Member

    AOL does deposit lot's of un-necessary stuff on PCs. I'm not sure if they have add WeatherBug to there list or not. But if it is not in Add/Remove programs, just delete the C:\Program Files\AWS folder.

    You should also look for the below and uninstall them (more stuff from AOL that is not needed):
    Viewpoint or ViewpointManager etc
    WildTangent
     
  3. MOUMANTAI

    MOUMANTAI Specialist

    i got two wild tangent exacutable jar files i thought i got rid of everything that had to do with wild tangent

    c program files\java\j2re1.4.0\lib\ext

    and c program files\java\jre1.5.0_02\lib\ext

    oh i removed the old java from my add/remove list and downloaded update 5 but i forgot to remove the old jjava files from my c program files should i remove them
     
  4. chaslang

    chaslang MajorGeeks Admin - Master Malware Expert Staff Member

    If you installed the latest version of SunJava you do not need the old version.
     
  5. MOUMANTAI

    MOUMANTAI Specialist

    ok but how do i know what to delete in the java folder cause all the java folders are in there
     
  6. chaslang

    chaslang MajorGeeks Admin - Master Malware Expert Staff Member

    You should just be uninstalling the older Java version (1.4) using Add/Remove programs and then install the new version. This is a topic for the Software Forum not for the Spyware Forum.
     

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