Uninstalled program attacks!

[tal ormanda]

This has been popping up forever. Recently I have been seeing it everytime I try to install Comodo Firewall Pro.

Once it is installed these will pop up on startup EVERY time:

I uninstalled autocad, and all registry keys are gone ( used jv16 powertools)

I'm lost on how to stop this from coming up. I have no firewall installed now and nothing comes up. But the moment I put comodo on it start up again.

I either hit cancel or let the process go then it just goes away. ANNOYING.

Edited December 6, 2007 by tal ormanda

[j7n]

These MSIs usually leave behind one or more packages in %windir%\Installer. If there is a file mentioning "autocad" in properties, delete it.

[tal ormanda]

Should I search in the installers folder in the WINDOWS folder for autocad and autodesk? I found some things. Should I delete the entire folder? Or the clean out the installers folder?

[eyeball]

re-install autocad and then use windows cleanup utility (free download from MS) to remove it fully, then see if it still happens

[tal ormanda]

I dont think I have autocad 2007 anymore lol..

Now it asks for the acad.msi installation file after I cleared out anything to do with autodesk or autocad from the installers folder:

Edited December 6, 2007 by tal ormanda

[j7n]

Most files in %windir%\Installer have a hexadecimal number as their name, so you can't search for "autocad" and find the right files. A MSI file should display another property page after you rightclick and choose Properties. There you can see what company or program the specific file belongs to.

[tal ormanda]

I found two of the installer files to have the author of "autodesk" and I deleted them. There must be more still in there I need to find then?

[j7n]

I'm sorry I don't have anymore suggestions, other than running an Unicode search for "AutoCAD" and "AutoDesk" over the registry and the whole Windows directory.

[Tarun]

Try this to clean up:

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/290301

[tal ormanda]

I will give that a go right now.