How to stop Netwatch ?

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flahmeshess

Somebody sent me a program which I executed. THen my ZoneAlarm told
me that Netwatch wants to connect to the internet. I prevented it.
After that, when I reboot, netwatch wanted to connect to the internet
again. How do I stop netwatch (not preventing it using zonealarm) ?
THanks.
 
Hi,

Try to un-install this software in the Control Panel
click Add/Remove Programs, select the soft you want to
remove and click remove.
This should cure your problem.
 
flahmeshess said:
Somebody sent me a program which I executed. THen my ZoneAlarm told
me that Netwatch wants to connect to the internet. I prevented it.
After that, when I reboot, netwatch wanted to connect to the internet
again. How do I stop netwatch (not preventing it using zonealarm) ?
THanks.
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Remove it. For a normal program, click on Add/Remove Programs in the
Control Panel. If it is sneaky malware/spyware, it may not be
visible to XP's Add/Remove Programs panel; if so, try using tools
like AdAware or SpyBot to root it out.

And, shame on you for executing an unknown program -- that's how
virii and the like are spread. At least you had the good sense to
use ZA -- one of my favorite PCcondoms.
 
flahmeshess said:
Well, can't find it in Add Programs. Must be some register settings.
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Some programs don't register their existence with the OS.

Look at the ZoneAlarm logs to get its name. Then, use the OS's Find
function to locate it.

And, as I earlier suggested, fire up AdAware and/or SpyBot to
search for malware/spyware that your AV app does not spot.
You *do* run an AV app, and you do keep its def's updated, right?
 
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