thanks it s not a virusI installed pigin and then removed pigin and it has gone jon > Date: Sun, 24 Jun 2012 12:50:17 +0100 > From: [email protected] > To: [email protected] > CC: [email protected] > Subject: Re: chat messenger > > jon peterhouse wrote: > > > somehow chat messenger application has installed on my computer i would > > like to remove it but as it is not a program it doesnt appear in > > programs to remove. how can it be removed without reformatting. I am > > relatively new so words of one syllable would help! > > > > How does "chat messenger" related to "pidgin", except in as much as > "chat messenger" might be used as a generic name for programs like MSN > Messenger, AIM, and Pidgin. If you have a program that is branding > itself as "Chat Messenger", it isn't Pidgin, or it is a hacked version > of Pidgin. > > On Windows XP Pidgin does appear in Control Panel | Add/Remove Programs. > It will appear in a similar place on other versions of Windows. > > A program is still a program, even if it doesn't appear there. > > Pidgin does not install, unless you explicitly install it. On Windows, > at least, it installs in a way that makes it available to uninstall by > the normal methods for the OS. The only problem with uninstallation is > that it must be completely stopped (use the system tray icon in Windows > XP), but you still remove it using Add/Remove programs. > > On the information provided, you need to go to a computer shop that > provides virus removal services, as you have an unidentified, > maliciously installed program and don't have the skills to disinfect the > system. > > -- > David Woolley > Emails are not formal business letters, whatever businesses may want. > RFC1855 says there should be an address here, but, in a world of spam, > that is no longer good advice, as archive address hiding may not work.
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