OT. More PC Help Please

[Taywood]

When I got this new PC I ran a slideshow and found porno objects, which scared the **** out of me.
You guys explained that after looking at that sort of page I should remove URL's, TIF's and so on,
which I did. (well I'm old and looking is all I can do these days...aaaah)

Before the PC is about to go in for a mod I did a search for porno words in the Registry, and found
them, lots of them. I remember there was a cascade of sites very fast, an avalanche of ****, until I
finally got the sense to panic switch off. This lot is in H Key Users...Internet Settings...Zone
Map... Domains. I dont recognise any of them!!

My question is Can I safely Delete them and Can I do a bulk Delete or do I have to delete each one
singly- and miss two days riding. (well I did say there was a lot) Plus is there anywhere else in
the Registry I should be looking for nasties before it goes in for its spring clean. Thanks Mike

 

[Bomba]

Taywood wrote:
> When I got this new PC I ran a slideshow and found porno objects, which scared the **** out of me.
> You guys explained that after looking at that sort of page I should remove URL's, TIF's and so on,
> which I did. (well I'm old and looking is all I can do these days...aaaah)
>
> Before the PC is about to go in for a mod I did a search for porno words in the Registry, and
> found them, lots of them. I remember there was a cascade of sites very fast, an avalanche of ****,
> until I finally got the sense to panic switch off. This lot is in H Key Users...Internet
> Settings...Zone Map... Domains. I dont recognise any of them!!
>
> My question is Can I safely Delete them and Can I do a bulk Delete or do I have to delete each one
> singly- and miss two days riding. (well I did say there was a lot) Plus is there anywhere else in
> the Registry I should be looking for nasties before it goes in for its spring clean.

As long as it's not Gary Glitter stuff, who cares?

Anyway, mucking around with the registry when you don't know what you're doing is a bad idea. You
have the potential to totally ruin the OS.

If you're really that bothered, try Window Washer:
http://webroot.com/wb/products/windowwasher/index.php

 

[Pete]

"Taywood" <[email protected]> wrote in message news:[email protected]...
> When I got this new PC I ran a slideshow and found porno objects, which scared the **** out of me.
> You guys explained that after looking at that sort of page I should remove URL's, TIF's and so on,
> which I did. (well I'm old and looking is all I can do these days...aaaah)

New, or new to you?

>
> Before the PC is about to go in for a mod I did a search for porno words in the Registry, and
> found them, lots of them. I remember there was a cascade of sites very fast, an avalanche of ****,
> until I finally got the sense to panic switch off. This lot is in H Key Users...Internet
> Settings...Zone Map... Domains. I dont recognise any of them!!

Spybot. http://spybot.safer-networking.de/ Follow the directions to remove all the ****.

Then: Delete IE temp files Delete IE History

> My question is Can I safely Delete them and Can I do a bulk Delete or do I have to delete each one
> singly- and miss two days riding. (well I did say there was a lot) Plus is there anywhere else in
> the Registry I should be looking for nasties before it goes in for its spring clean. Thanks Mike

The final option is to save all your personal documents and files to CD, and then fdisk and
reinstall the OS (and everything else). Which may not be a bad idea anyway if the PC is not 'new'.

Pete

 

[Taywood]

Pete wrote:
> "Taywood" <[email protected]> wrote in message news:[email protected]...
>> When I got this new PC I ran a slideshow and found porno objects, which scared the **** out of
>> me. You guys explained that after looking at that sort of page I should remove URL's, TIF's and
>> so on, which I did. (well I'm old and looking is all I can do these days...aaaah)
>
> New, or new to you?

New product, one careful owner, I purchased it 12 months ago. I bought this with funds I'd
ringfenced for a new bike. Needs more RAM or something.

 

[Taywood]

bomba wrote:
> Anyway, mucking around with the registry when you don't know what you're doing is a bad idea. You
> have the potential to totally ruin the OS.
>
> If you're really that bothered, try Window Washer:
> http://webroot.com/wb/products/windowwasher/index.php

Thanks Mate I dont have the nous to muck around with the Registry Its just the entries on this one
file that bothers me. Mike