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Old 12-09-2012, 12:18 PM
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Originally Posted by eskimo View Post
they all look strange....best to write down and check out on google first is what I do
It is a bit hard to discern if you're not too familiar, but the legitimate ones usually have one or to characters relevant to the program.
eg.
Java - javaw.exe
firefox - firefox.exe
Mcafee - mcshield.exe
VNC - winvnc.exe
and so on.

do you use windows 7 or windows xp?
if windows 7, use the method described here and sort by program location.
that will give you an idea of what the program is.

start with add/remove programs first and then go through the above.
Else use system restore to go back to how it was just before you went to the website.
All software installs will invoke a system restore point, so you may or may not have a restore point.
don't go back too far though. you might have to re-install anything installed after that.
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