Windows Live family safety filter Trojan horse!

[JethroUK©]

How do i get rid of this Trojan horse that installed itself surreptitiously
on my machine today?

[StephenB]

JethroUK� <re...@the.board> wrote:

>How do i get rid of this Trojan horse that installed itself surreptitiously
>on my machine today?
>
>

For a start, stop spamming the newsgroups.
Secondly, the Windows Live Family Safety program is not an antimalware program.

For help with virus removal, contact the maker of your Antivirus program.
If you are in North America, you can call 866-727-2338 for help with virus and
spyware infections. See http://www.microsoft.com/protect/support/default.mspx
for details. For international information, see your local subsidiary Support
site.

-steve
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[Jonathan Kay [MVP]]

Hi,

Just to add to Stephen's reply, if what you're referring to is that the Windows Live Family
Safety installed on your machine (probably as you installed Messenger or something else), you
can just uninstall it by heading over to the Add or Remove Programs/Programs and Features in
the Control Panel, choosing Windows Live Essentials and then Change/Uninstall (or
Change/Remove).

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"StephenB" <sbo...@mvps.org> wrote in message
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[Shopan.]

Hi Jonathan,
I'm a Windows Vista user, and having difficulties
uninstalling 'Windows live family safety filter' . I don't even know how did
i end up installing this in my computer.I have been trying to do in the way
you mentioned ,from control panel--windows live
essential--uninstall/change.But when i click uninstall/change it just doesn't
work. Can you pls. help me finding any other way to uninstall it. I would be
grateful if you could help me out. Thanks.

[support@discussions.microsoft.com needing support]

Did you ever get an answer for this question? I had the same experience and
it filled up my little hard drive. The whole experience tipped me over the
edge. I'm going to buy a MAC...unless I can remove one care from my system.
At one point it showed up in add/remove hardware. It doesn't anymore. But my
hard drive sure is full.

I'd also like to uninstall - remove Outlook Express. Thanks.