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Solve : deleting WgaTray.exe?

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I have XP Pro. I did a google on WgaTray.exe and The Inquirer came up, with directions on how to delete it permanently, but I wondered if you have an easier way?
The directions are as follows:

There are 2 parts to this spyware popup: WGAtray.exe and wgalogon.dll. Killing the WGAtray.exe process causes it to reappear in 1 second. With it present, WGAlogon cannot be deleted. And you can't delete it while it's running. Seem impossible? Nah.
First, you need to have an Explorer window open and pointing ( ) to the C:windowssystem32 folder, where the spyware resides (interestingly, doing a hard drive search for "wgatray" turns up nothing- clever spyware, this is!). And you have to have Task Manager open, right beside the Explorer window. This is TRICKY, and must be done fast- you kill the process in Task Manager, and before the spyware can reopen itself, you must delete WGAtray.exe in the Explorer window. You only have a split second, but it is possible. Once the spyware .exe is gone, you must reboot your computer.
Yes, now you will see the spyware's nag screen. No problem, it's the last time. When you DO finally get to the desktop, do a search "for WGAlogon.dll" You will find 2 copies, one in system32 and one in the dllcache folder. Without the WGAtray spyware to protect them (did you notice it was gone? YAY!), you can rename and then delete both these spyware .dll's. Your system may hang when you reboot it the first time, but when it is brought back up, THE SPYWARE IS ALL GONE.
Whew. Man, I may have to stop using Windows Update. It installs spyware!WGATray.exe - Genuine Windows Advantage (WGA)

First, it's not spyware. I KNOW anything that monitors your PC is considered spyware by many but let's not go over board and have anybody reading this think their PC is infected.

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wgatray.exe is a process which belongs to the Microsoft Windows Operating System and provides a notification system for Windows Genuine Advantage product validation software. This program is a non-essential process, but should not be terminated unless SUSPECTED to be causing problems.

wgatray.exe - What is wgatray.exe?

How to disable Microsofts new Anti-Piracy Program UpdateAs they say I'm counterfeit anyway, I was just tired of it wasting CPU. It's all the memory usage going out THRU svchosts I need to concentrate on.
Thank you for saving me from further complicating myself!

[recovering space - attachment deleted by admin]Try this > http://www.mlin.net/StartupCPL.shtmlThanks, evilfantasy.
I feel guilty downloading stuff and GETTING info from ppl when I'm too broke to donate for all they've done.


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