On my desktop i had an icon for the program, spybot. i never used it and it never found anything so i removed the program. its now gone but on start up i still get this icon there. it used to be there over the top of the spybot icon. if i click the little X it goes away and wont come back till i restart. i guess its in the start up but i don't know what it is called.

anyone else have this with their spybot. it was always with it since i originally downloaded it.

I'll restart and take a snapshot.

 

Try this:

Re-install Spybot and use it.

 

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Click start>programs>startup and see if its in there.

If not it may be in the

start>run>type msconfig. when that opens click on the startup tab.

Good luck. Its in there somewhere.

 

Well, beyond the sarcasm, yeah, Spybot is actually a good thing. You can't just delete the icon? right click, delete. You could also try reinstalling spybot and then uninstalling it again.

 

i think it was something attached to spybot.

in the msconfig there is a list of stuff but i don't know what is what...

here is the icon I'm talking about.

 

I dont know what that is. Right click it and go to properties see if there is an executable (.exe) in its path.

Nice glock too. I used to have the 21. Traded up for the 30. Packs a .45 acp punch in the palm of your hand

I dont think that icon is spybot. Let us know what you find in its properties. Its somekind of toolbar

 

i figured it out. it was Microsoft Works Portfolio. i removed it from the start up. its only been bugging me for over a year.

 

Flippin MS works. It probably came with your PC. Works is a VIRUS! I dont know why they keep the works product with word being part of their office suite.

Glad you found it!!!

 

I have the same thing, it is some sort of picture program or viewer. I just click it and alt+f4 and it goes away until restart.

 

i wanted to make it go away permanently.

 

That's why I build my own machine, install everything myself, and don't let anyone touch it. If something goes wrong, I know it's my fault and can usually find the problem very quickly.

 

yep +1

 

been there done that....

Now I let Dell build it and I blame it on Dell. I still fix it but it is nice to blame someone else...