Da Vinci Planet » spyware http://www.davinciplanet.com A blog on productivity tools, tips and hacks for Web professionals, including topics on search marketing (SEO and SEM), Web analytics and on-line trends Thu, 04 Aug 2011 19:01:44 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 Remove Unwanted Programs with Revo Uninstaller Portable App http://www.davinciplanet.com/remove-unwanted-programs-with-revo-uninstaller-portable-app/ http://www.davinciplanet.com/remove-unwanted-programs-with-revo-uninstaller-portable-app/#comments Wed, 05 Dec 2007 02:40:57 +0000 Da Vinci http://www.davinciplanet.com/remove-unwanted-programs-with-revo-uninstaller-portable-app/ Revo Uninstaller Portable AppIf your system is suffering with performance issues or is simply cluttered with old applications then Revo Uninstaller could save you time vs. a full Windows reinstall. Revo Uninstaller shows you all applications and components installed on your PC and allows you to remove unwanted apps. It does a scan before and after the uninstall to find files, folders and registry keys that may have been missed during the uninstall process. In Hunter Mode, you can uninstall programs with one click or by simply dragging application shortcuts on your desktop or quick launch bar to the Revo Uninstaller system tray icon. A portable app version is now available so you can now run it from a USB drive without installing it.

In addition, Revo Uninstaller also comes bundled with other useful utilities like the Autorun Manager which let’s you enable or disable programs that autostart at Windows startup and the Junk Files Cleaner which scans and deletes temporary files that should have been deleted.

Revo Uninstaller is portable, free and with no spyware or tricks – a great productivity tool just the way we like it.

Revo Uninstaller (Look for the Portable version download link)

]]> http://www.davinciplanet.com/remove-unwanted-programs-with-revo-uninstaller-portable-app/feed/ 0 How to remove popcorn.net from computer http://www.davinciplanet.com/how-to-remove-popcornnet-from-computer/ http://www.davinciplanet.com/how-to-remove-popcornnet-from-computer/#comments Fri, 27 Oct 2006 02:14:22 +0000 Da Vinci http://www.davinciplanet.com/2006/10/26/how-to-remove-popcornnet-from-computer/ A 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.

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