MSN may swamp your computer with pestering popup ads, even when you're not connected to the Internet, while secretly tracking your browsing habits and gathering your personal information. Annoying popups keep appearing on your PC MSN may even add new shortcuts to your PC desktop. MSN can tamper with your Internet settings or redirect your default home page to unwanted web sites. New desktop shortcuts have appeared or the home page has changed If your PC takes a lot longer than normal to restart or your Internet connection is extremely slow, your computer may well be infected with MSN. MSN can seriously slow down your computer. The following symptoms signal that your computer is very likely to be infected with MSN: PC is working very slowly When you visit sites with dubious or objectionable content, trojans-including MSN, spyware and adware, may well be automatically downloaded and installed onto your computer. The use of peer-to-peer (P2P) programs or other applications using a shared network exposes your system to the risk of unwittingly downloading infected files, including malicious programs like MSN.
Spyware frequently piggybacks on free software into your computer to damage it and steal valuable private information. Sometimes adware is attached to free software to enable the developers to cover the overhead involved in created the software. Small-charge or free software applications may come bundled with spyware, adware, or programs like MSN. You are not following safe Internet surfing and PC practices.ĭownloading and Installing Freeware or Shareware.Your operating system and Web browser's security settings are too lax.The following are the most likely reasons why your computer got infected with MSN: Using your file explorer, browse to each file and folder listed in the Folders and Files sections.Ĭrash.cmp, MailSpam.Liame.10b4,, Net.Spider, Win95.Zexam.The files and folders associated with MSN are listed in the Files and Folders sections on this page.
dll, etc.) How to Delete MSN Files (.exe. See How to Remove MSN from the Windows Registry.įor instructions on deleting the MSN files and folders, These files, folders and registry elements are respectively listed in the Files, Folders, Registry Keys and Registry Values sections on this page.įor instructions on deleting the MSN registry keys and registry values, To completely purge MSN from your computer, you need to delete the files, folders, Windows registry keys and registry values associated with MSN.