How do I remove Bearshare from my PC? I cannot seem to be able to delete it and my pc is acting up..?

Question

I haven't used any p2p programs or anything remotely like it yet my spybot S&D finds it when it scans but can't remove it. I googled it, and found a registry file listed that the site claims must be removed to rid it from PC my but when I try to do this it says the file is in use and denies access to deleting it. My pc is running really slowly and not performing well at all - I'm sure it's connected to this Bearshare. What can I do? I'm a complete novice when it comes to computers - but I need it working as I'm a student and rely on it! Thanks.

Answer 1

go to www.ewido and use the free version to remove it.
Here are more free ones.
Spybots search and Destroy http://www.download.com/3000-8022-10122137.html?tag=pao
adaware se> http://www.download.com/Ad-Aware-SE-Personal-Edition/3000-8022_4-10399602.html?tag=lst-0-1
http://www.webroot.com/land/freescan.php
a-squared Free> http://www.emsisoft.com/en/software/free/
http://housecall.antivirus.com/housecall/start_frame.asp
http://housecall65.trendmicro.com/
X -Cleaner Micro Edition scan http://www.spywareguide.com/onlinescan.php
http://www.kaspersky.com/virusscanner
http://www.windowsecurity.com/trojanscan/
http://www.bitdefender.com/scan8/ie.html
http://www.pandasoftware.com/products/activescan/com/activescan_principal.htm

http://www3.ca.com/securityadvisor/virusinfo/scan.aspx
http://www.javacoolsoftware.com/spywareblaster.html
Spywareguard too.
http://www.javacoolsoftware.com/spywareguard.html
http://www.ewido.net/en/onlinescan/

Answer 2

If you have windows XP: Go to the [start] menu on the lower, left hand corner of your screen. When the menu comes up find the option [run] and click it. When the prompt appears type in [msconfig] This will bring up a number of tabs. Go to the tab [startup]. There you will find a list of programs that will run when windows is booted. Find the ones that you know shouldn't be ran and deselect them. Then go to the [general] tabe and select [diagnostic start up]. click [ok] and then it should ask you to restart you computer. Do so and if it doesn't restart it anyways. If this doesn't help I have no idea.

Answer 3

Try Add/Remove Programs. B.S. may be running in the background so Ctrl + Alt + Delete and check task manager for it and shut it down before trying to delete.

Answer 4

you hit Control + alt + delete

then you go into the task manager and hit the processes tab

then you select the bearshare.exe program running, and hit end proccess

you can delete it now

Answer 5

here's what you do.....go to download.com and type in ewido and see what comes up....a virus scanner should come up....download that then run it in safe mode... look thorugh download.com and you can find all kinds of things to download that will take spyware and malware and virus' out of your computer.... my best advice for you is when you get all that done to download a virus scanner that runs at all times and is better than anything i have ever seen. It's called AVAST....look it up...its great and your computer will thank you

Answer 6

You need to go to your control panel. Click on add/delete programs and follow instructions from there.

Answer 7

Click START, then SETTINGS, then CONTROL PANEL. Select ADD/REMOVE PROGRAMS. Select Bearshare. Click ADD/REMOVE.

Answer 8

Try using Windows Defender to scan for it.

http://www.microsoft.com/athome/security/spyware/software/default.mspx

Answer 9

go in to control pannel and go to add / remove programmes and remove it there then restart your computer to finalise it

Answer 10

You could try 'Hijack this!', or Trend Micro's Housecall. Either one should solve your problem.