mike248

Thanks Pingv. Your method of removing TV Media files...Tvm.exe, etc. worked for me. System: Windows xp SP1 Note: In Addition to Pingv's method, you may also want to remove the TV Media entries from Windows Registry, although they are probably no big deal since the Tvm.exe is now deleted. I used "Vilme Registry Explorer", downloaded from http://www.vsft.com. It's pretty good, I think. Delete The Following (or similar entries) which launch Tvm.exe at the boot of your computer (you can't delete them until after Tvm.exe is deleted using Pingv's method): HKEY_CURRENT_USER\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run\TV Media\C:\Program Files\TV Media\Tvm.exe HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run\TV Media\C:\Program Files\TV Media\Tvm.exe HKEY_USERS\S-(a very big number, I omitted)\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run\TV Media\C:\Program Files\TV Media\Tvm.exe Sept 10, 2004, about 12 days, Since I Removed TV Media, Still fine. Some Investigation: How did this TV Media app get installed on our computers? If anyone has any info, please post. I am a programmer and I studied the .exe and .dll's and found they are online apps, theoretically capable of reading or writing to any file on your computer, transferring data online using MS winsock TCP functions, and could download and install and run other apps, invisibly. It should be a crime. I also found these links: http: // ads.centralmedia.ws/runner.htm www .totalvelocity.com centralmedia.ws is registered to: Central Media 11301 West Olympic Blvd, #554 Los Angeles, CA 90064 Phone: +1.0000000000 Email: postmaster @ centralmedia.ws totalvelocity.com is registered to: Total Velocity 11301 West Olympic Blvd, #554 Los Angeles, California 90064 Phone: 213-947-1000 I am not sure if this address is for real.