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What is deinst_qfe002.exe?
[/al_question]Seems to be spyware of some sort. I’d run a spyware scanner and see what turns up.
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I tried to delete the .exe but it came up with access denied.
I therefore went into regedit navigated to HKEY_CURRENT_USER\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run
I found a reference to the .exe
I deleted the reference in regedit then shutdown the pc and then rebooted the pc.
Then went into My Computer and deleted the DEINST_QFE002.exe
Everything seems to be working ok, can connect to the internet ok.
Goodluck its a right swine
Peter