Recently, a friend stayed at my home and put his Yahoo IM messaging on my computer. How do I get it off?
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start > control panel > add remove programmes and select all of yahoo
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uninstall messenger.. yahoo can be yahell so.. redo it then  watch step by step how u customize it check settings and preferences.. some have just who is on the list set up in their list to see -if you share this comp with someone they may have done that..
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Un-install Yahoo IM,  switch off and on your PC, and re-install IM.
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Go the the Yahoo Help page, under security heading. Follow the steps.
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go to your control panel and then click on the Add/Remove Programs icon and then click on the Add/Remove Windows Components tab on the left side of the screen and there will be a list of programs. Uncheck the box next to the Windows messenger icon click next and that should take care of it. \nbbug
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Uninstall your yahoo messenger and delete folder of Yahoo! from the program files. Install messenger online from http://messenger.yahoo.com/\n\nMake sure you remove old version and delete all files from yr pc
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Well what it sounds like is a browser hijack. Go on your internet explorer and go into tools then go into options. Then that will show you what is set as your default home page. Type in a standard webpage like www.google.com/ or www.yahoo.com/ apply setting close out of the internet explorer and see if it still redirects you to the other site. If so you have a browser hijack.\n\nNow to remove it. Try hitting it with a virus scanner. I wouldnt suggest using a spyware remover since it sounds like its a browser hijack and they are really poor at removing dll.s and the files that are associated with the virus.\n\nIf the virus freezes when you scan it then down load a program called " hijack this" run it and it will tell you the process that are eunning that are connected with the hijack. Terminate and delete the process using hijack this.\n\nDo not reformat your hard drive for you will loose all your information and the virus that you have is not a bad one, the person that told you to reformat is a complete idiot and probably has no real computer experience.
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uncheck remember me and my password on this computer or check preferences in yahoo messenger option.
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Removing MSN Messenger in Win XP\n\nThere are some programs we just don't want, specially when Microsoft force them upon us, one such as the damn Messenger program that sticks to the system try, waiting to catch unwanted calls and virus.\n\nThat's right: MSN Messenger got it's own load of virus. There are ways to remove them, but better still is to delete the whole problem, Messenger itself.\n\nMicrosoft has made it as hard as possible to remove it from your system. Both MSN Messenger and MSN Explorer not only take up space on the system, but Messenger also runs in the background at startup, stealing precious RAM and resources.\n\nMessenger does not appear in the Add/Remove Programs applet in the Control Panel.  In order for it to show up there, you must first edit the file named sysoc.inf.  This file can be found in a folder named INF, which is a subfolder of the Windows folder (or in some cases the winnt folder, depending on how your OS was installed).  You can open that file in notepad.  Look for the following line:\nmsmsgs=msgrocm.dll,OcEntry,\nmsmsgs.inf,hide,7\nand remove the word "hide" while leaving the commas on place. Close and save the file, and then open the Add/Remove Programs applet in the Control Panel, so that you can remove it like any other program.\n\nEven more Win XP to tweak
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You need to reinstall Yahoo messenger on your computer--download and instal it off the internet.
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goto control panels > add or remove programs > click on add/remove windows componets > scroll down and unselect windows messenger > click next
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right click on the yahoo im icon on taskbar and untick auto sign in. If you still want to remove from task bar and to activate only when you want remove from startup also.
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Many of my friends' PCs are now infected with this. I searched online and found a cure which I think worked for many who tried it. Here's the solution from sureshkumar.net forums.\n\nSo how to remove this manually from your computer ?\n\n1: Close the IE browser. Log out messenger / Remove Internet Cable.\n\n2: To enable Regedit\n\nClick Start, Run and type this command exactly as given below: (better - Copy and paste)\n\nREG add HKCU&#92;Software&#92;Microsoft&#92;Windows&#92;CurrentVersion&#92;Policies&#92;System /v DisableRegistryTools /t REG_DWORD /d 0 /f\n\n3: To enable task manager : (To kill the process we need to enable task manager)\n\nClick Start, Run and type this command exactly as given below: (better - Copy and paste)\n\nREG add HKCU&#92;Software&#92;Microsoft&#92;Windows&#92;CurrentVersion&#92;Policies&#92;System /v DisableTaskMgr /t REG_DWORD /d 0 /f\n\n4: Now we need to change the default page of IE though regedit.\n\nStart>Run>Regedit\n\nFrom the below locations in Regedit chage your default home page to google.com or other.\n\nHKEY_CURRENT_USER&#92;SOFTWARE&#92;Microsoft&#92;Internet Explorer&#92;Main\n\nHKEY_ LOCAL_MACHINE&#92;SOFTWARE&#92;Microsoft&#92;Internet Explorer&#92;Main\n\nHKEY_USERS&#92;Default&#92;Software&#92;Microsoft&#92;Internet Explorer&#92;Main\n\nJust replace the attacker site with google.com or set it to blank page.\n\n5: Now we need to kill the process from back end. Press Ctrl + Alt + Del\n\nKill the process svhost32.exe . ( may be more than one process is running.. check properly)\n\n6: Delete svhost32.exe , svhost.exe files from Windows/ & temp/ directories. Or just search for svhost in your comp.. delete those files.\n\n7: Go to regedit search for svhost and delete all the results you get.\n\nStart menu > Run > Regedit >\n\n8: Restart the computer. That’s it now you are virus free.
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log in to your yahoo account using your browser and go to your address book.  Go to the buddy you want to remove and click edit beside his name.\n\nUnder the Primary Information section it shows his messenger name and right beside that it says remove from messenger list.  Click that and you're good to go.\n\nEvery time you start messenger it syncs up with the yahoo servers.  If you just delete them from messenger, there's a chance they'll come back next time you log in.  The above way is permanent.
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if he is in fact doing this you should go to your local police department and make a complaint....He is stalking you and thats illegal. there are programs like pc anywhere that would let him log into your computer when you are on it and see what you are doing. if you have windows xp, go to control panel, system and under the remote tab, make sure everything is UNCHECKED. You can text message from a computer to a cell phone, and make it look like it came from anyone as long as you logged into an im client under that persons name. I used to text message an old girlfriend from aol instant messenger to her T-mobil cell phone a while back. As for the cell phone if he has a compatable chip that was copied from yours I think it would be possable for him to make calls and have it look like you did. Maybe you should get a new cell phone?
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Just go to start then in programs there is Y. messenger thingy then there is uninstall option!!
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Private messages in what?  IM?