How to remove popcorn.net from computer
October 26th, 2006A friend of mine asked me to help because he had a very annoying “popcorn.net” popup. I suggested that he install Ad-Aware and Windows Defender, but he called back saying it didn’t help. So I had to try harder and I was surprised to see how much of a problem it is. Popcorn.net is not simple spyware and the removal process can be tough for non-technical people. PopCorn.net, also known as Movieland and MoviePass, is a P2P program that offers a free trial download for online users. PopCorn.net takes displays pop-ups to keep reminding you that payment is due. Anyway, we were able to remove it using a few free tools.
There are a few Web sites that offer tools for download to remove popcorn.net, but how can you trust them? The best advice I found (and trusted) was here.
October 27th, 2006 at 4:47 pm
Since you didn’t mention it, I’ll assume you haven’t heard of a new free anti-spyware product from Grisoft. You can download it from here: http://free.grisoft.com/doc/20/lng/us/tpl/v5. There’s also a free web-based scan from TrendMicro. Half the time it fails to run, but it might still be worth a try.
The Grisoft product detected a trojan on my machine that Lavasoft’s AdAware didn’t.