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How do I get rid of my-search.com?

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Mysearch.com is apparently spyware that's very difficult to get rid of.

by , © 2004

I found a good overview of my-search along with some of its variants, and removal instructions here on this page at doxdesk.com.

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Article C1968 - May 31, 2004

Leo Leo A. Notenboom has been playing with computers since he was required to take a programming class in 1976. An 18 year career as a programmer at Microsoft soon followed. After "retiring" in 2001, Leo started Ask Leo! in 2003 as a place for answers to common computer and technical questions. More about Leo.

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how do i get rid of the history of some of the sites i have been on before my wife gets back

Posted by: edward corbett at May 23, 2008 12:50 AM

I'm running on Windows XP and when the computer starts up, I get the message: "checking system file on D: NTFS. I've let the computer finish the chkdsk, but the message still comes up every time I start up.
Thank you so much.

Posted by: Tammy Lundy at June 27, 2008 5:24 AM

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Posted by: Leo at June 27, 2008 10:23 AM

How do I know how many browsers I have and how many search engines I have that are hidden?

Posted by: Rhonda at October 20, 2008 9:36 AM

How can i print the above info, i lose it everytime i try to save it. Herb

Posted by: Herb Foxman at November 15, 2009 7:04 AM
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