On 03/19/2014 01:27 PM, Bernie H wrote:
It seems Apache OpenOffice has "deposited" this search engine on my computer, along with Mysearchdial. I don't want or need either one of these annoyances. Please advise how I can kill them both, as I've tried to delete Mysearchdial from Internet Options (where it highjacked my home page!), but can't find either program listed so I can uninstall them. Thanks.
You must be running Windows. Altho Conduit says it's not a virus, it really is, and it's a bitch to get rid of. Your best bet is to Google it. In your browser, if it's Firefox, *after* you delete it from every other place you can find, then reset Firefox. (You will lose any special setting you have.) Don't forget to follow the removal instructions about the registry--you have to get it off there too. The instructions I found did *not* clean the Microsoft Browser (the "e" browser). Since I never use that, i didn't care. I also do not use Windows very often, for those reasons and others. You might consider installing a Linux distro on a partition on your machine. Then you won't see things like Conduit and other crap like it (and worse)! OpenOffice and LibreOffice are both available on a Linux system. You may find you want to use the kde desktop, since it works and looks a lot like Windows. PCLinuxOS uses KDE normally, as does Kubuntu-- note the K--and Fedora, and a few others. I like PCLinuxOS (PCLOS) myself. All of these are available in 32- or 64-bit versions. A great many programs you use in Windows have counterparts in Linux, and they're almost all completely free! Only two programs that i use--AutoCAD and WordPerfect --are not available, and if you are comfortable with OO you probably won't be using WordPerfect. (There are also cad programs, but they are not AutoCAD clones.) If you are into games, a great many of them will run under an emulator called WINE. All Linux distros that I know of have a forum or a mailing list, or both, so if you need help, it's available. The folks on the PCLOS forum are very helpful, and the turnaround is quite fast--from a couple of hours to maybe a day. --doug ------------------------------------------- List Conduct Guidelines: http://openoffice.apache.org/list-conduct.html To unsubscribe, e-mail: users-unsubscr...@openoffice.apache.org For additional commands, e-mail: users-h...@openoffice.apache.org
