Solve : outlook/spy sweeper?

1.	Solve : outlook/spy sweeper?
Answer» Please can you help me with this error message. Event Type: Error Event Source: ACPI Event Category: None Event ID: 4 Date: 03/12/2005 Time: 13:15:56 User: N/A Computer: MIKE Description: AMLI: ACPI BIOS is attempting to read from an illegal IO port address (0xcfc), which lies in the 0xcf8 - 0xcff protected address range. This could LEAD to system instability. Please contact your system vendor for technical assistance. I am running windows xp pro. My outlook express icon has CHANGED to the spy sweeper icon. When i try to launch outlook express, i get the start of the installation for spy sweeper instead.Nothing to do with spysweeper........ recheck bioss setup acpi.......options....So i hold down delete on start up to access bios and then what am i looking for? Sorry, never had anything like this before.So it sounds like you did not make any BIOS adjustments prior to this. Was it working fine for a while, or has this always been a problem with spysweeper installed? Sometimes the easiest thing to do is UNINSTALL and then reboot to reinstall the program.never touched the bios before. This problem has just happened all of a sudden. My outlook express icon has come back ONTO my desktop now but still whenever i click on it, it begins the spy sweeper set-up.never had a problem with either before. Scans for virus/spyware etc came back ok aswell.If you haven't played with the BIOS,don't start now. Can you uninstall spy sweeper? Quote Scans for virus/spyware etc came back ok aswell. What did you use? Online Virus Scan and Spyware Scans http://housecall.trendmicro.com/ Highly recommended second Online Malware Scan http://www.ewido.net/en/funny you should say that cos i just used ewido and it found "dialer generic" and "appropos". I also uninstalled spy sweeper but the same thing happened with outlook express so i searched all files and folders for spysweeper and it turned up 0 results. I then went into the C drive, program files, outlook express and what should be there but spy sweeper! so i deleted it and now things are working fine. How it got there, i don't understand. Do you think it could be related to the stuff that ewido found?I have no idea, these computers run on magic you know. Thanks for your help. No doubt i will probably speak to you soon. You're welcome, someone will always be here to help.

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Please can you help me with this error message.
Event Type: Error
Event Source: ACPI
Event Category: None
Event ID: 4
Date: 03/12/2005
Time: 13:15:56
User: N/A
Computer: MIKE
Description:
AMLI: ACPI BIOS is attempting to read from an illegal IO port address (0xcfc), which lies in the 0xcf8 - 0xcff protected address range. This could LEAD to system instability. Please contact your system vendor for technical assistance.

I am running windows xp pro. My outlook express icon has CHANGED to the spy sweeper icon. When i try to launch outlook express, i get the start of the installation for spy sweeper instead.Nothing to do with spysweeper........

recheck bioss setup acpi.......options....So i hold down delete on start up to access bios and then what am i looking for? Sorry, never had anything like this before.So it sounds like you did not make any BIOS adjustments prior to this. Was it working fine for a while, or has this always been a problem with spysweeper installed?

Sometimes the easiest thing to do is UNINSTALL and then reboot to reinstall the program.never touched the bios before. This problem has just happened all of a sudden. My outlook express icon has come back ONTO my desktop now but still whenever i click on it, it begins the spy sweeper set-up.never had a problem with either before.
Scans for virus/spyware etc came back ok aswell.If you haven't played with the BIOS,don't start now. Can you uninstall spy sweeper? Quote

Scans for virus/spyware etc came back ok aswell.

What did you use?

Online Virus Scan and Spyware Scans
http://housecall.trendmicro.com/

Highly recommended second Online Malware Scan
http://www.ewido.net/en/funny you should say that cos i just used ewido and it found "dialer generic" and "appropos".
I also uninstalled spy sweeper but the same thing happened with outlook express so i searched all files and folders for spysweeper and it turned up 0 results. I then went into the C drive, program files, outlook express and what should be there but spy sweeper! so i deleted it and now things are working fine. How it got there, i don't understand. Do you think it could be related to the stuff that ewido found?I have no idea, these computers run on magic you know. Thanks for your help. No doubt i will probably speak to you soon.
You're welcome, someone will always be here to help.

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