How do you delete Internet Explorer?

I don't use IE anymore either, but everything runs much faster now that I got rid of all the spyware that IE let in...

OP

You have spyware the spyware is targetting IE rather than your default browser, firefox, get rid of it with:

Adaware, Spybot Search and Destroy, Microsoft Antispyware, CWshredder

Make sure you have applied all windows updates and service pack 2 if you have XP

Alo ensure you have a uptodate virus checker such as the free AVG, there are trojans specifically designed to drop spyware on your machine.

People are cunts, spyware is the proof.

(xxpost) I've already got some anti-ad software (Adware and Spybot), but I'll give Ad-Aware aswell - ta.

AVG won't install on my PC. SP2 crashed my entire hard drive and I had to reinstall everything.

Either way, isn't it fucking bizarre that's it's really really difficult to get rid of IE?

http://forums.techguy.org/showthread.php?p=1802633#post1802633

Anyway, Internet Explorer uses a library called shdocvw.dll to do all the HTML rendering, equivalent to the Gecko engine that Mozilla/Firefox uses. However, shdocvw.dll is shared by Windows Explorer, which in itself is used all over the place (every save as... dialog), so you wouldn't want to remove it completely.

It is possible to remove it I believe, as the MS court case a number of years ago prove, but not without great difficulty.

By removing it, would it suffice to simply change the default browser to Firefox, so that it kicks off when you click links etc?

I've wound up having to wipe and reformat my hard drive before because I was trying to get rid of IE. It's not just hard to get rid of, it's apparently so fundamental that THE OS WILL NOT WORK WITHOUT IT.

xxpost -- Yeah, it's not just a browser, it's kinda fundamental to windows somehow. Just don't use it, is all.

So, if the hope is to reduce exposure to any potential security problems then I'm not sure that this will achieve that, since it states it'll leave shdocvw.dll and mshtml.dll on the machine, which indeed it should.

Deleting IE is like breaking wour Windows (literally) to avoid washing them.

If you delete the Linux shell you'll screw it up too.

If you use XTree as an explorer on windows and then delete it then it won't screw up Windows...

Sorry... I'm sure you weren't being entirely serious; I just think there's just a lot of funny stuff talked about Windows on the intenet you know :)

Linux P - P Windows

-- caitlin (wpsal...), January 14th, 2005. (caitlin)

actually you can replace explorer too. It's kind of involved, and none of the alternatives are very popular or really as full-featured, but it IS possible.
Just like how you can replace the windows shell with any number of things (I used to run geoshell and object desktop a long time ago).

You should keep IE on your system anyway. I am a devout and loyal Firefox user, but I find there are some websites that don't display properly in Firefox. Some of these are caused by the page designer putting code in that only recognizes IE (this is annoying) and can be fixed by going into Firefox's registry and telling it to tell websites that it's Internet Explorer (I have friends that have done this). As often as it occurs I usually just use IE, grumbling all the while, and close it up again after purchases are made.

Something tells me this might not happen though!

If you want to get the icon off the desktop go to control panel--> Internet options/properties---> Advanced---> uncheck 'show internet explorer on desktop'

then also change the file associations by going to My Computer--> View---> Folder Options---> File Type---> and then you can just remove the association with IE for any file types that call for it and next time it opens one of those files, it will ask you what program you want to associate it with.

Hi guys,

Day before yesterday, I made the mistake of allowing e-greetings to install a stupid toolbar on my computer so I could send an ecard to my friends & relatives but it shows pop-ups as some new e-cards launched by them.. so I was trying to erase the .dll files associated with it..is this possible..u guys know how to do it..??

i appreciate any advice.

Thanks :)

get a mac

aw that's not friendly

couldn't resist

i remember trying to do this some time ago, couldn't do it. isn't it somehow integrated with, or at least just a sub class of, the normal Explorer program?

anyway these toolbar things are usually evil so try

http://www.malwarebytes.org/

IIRC you can 'turn off' IE in windows 7

I use malwarebytes among other things, but yr best bet is probably to Google "remove + whatever the name of the toolbar is" tbh

Hi,

IF u want to clean any ext files ...there is a application that can help u in it.. U can try "Advanced System Optimizer"..
Its tool System Cleaner can remove all the temp files from the all users profile and here u can even choose the desired ext to be removed.
You should try this as this is what you want :)

Works gr8 ..!& its also got some other best optimizers & not so expensive..

Source : Cnet.

The US and UK GUV'MINTS today SAY STOP

The U.S. and UK governments on Monday advised computer users to consider using alternatives to Microsoft Corp's Internet Explorer browser until the company fixes a security flaw that hackers used to launch attacks. The Internet Explorer bug, disclosed over the weekend, is the first high-profile computer threat to emerge since Microsoft stopped providing security updates for Windows XP earlier this month. That means PCs running the 13-year-old operating system will remain unprotected, even after Microsoft releases updates to defend against it.The Department of Homeland Security's U.S. Computer Emergency Readiness Team said in an advisory released on Monday that the vulnerability in versions 6 to 11 of Internet Explorer could lead to "the complete compromise" of an affected system.

http://news.yahoo.com/u-government-advises-using-alternatives-microsoft-internet-explorer-133750375--sector.html

lol

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I'm currently working a temporary IT support job for a company that uses XP on all it's desktop computers and about half it's laptops. Luckily for me, it ends next week.
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