System Safety Monitor Removal

[WilliamP]

Well its like this , I decided to remove SSM and it won't let me remove [mchooknt.dll]. I was able to remove everything else. How can I do this? I would appreciate the help.

[Bowserman]

Do you mean from the folder you installed it to? If so, then maybe it isn't being unloaded from a process properly? Have you tried reinstalling then uninstalling?

Regards,
Jade.

[WilliamP]

The SSM folder was in My Documents. I couldn't delete the folder because of mchooknt.dll . So I opened the folder and deleted everything else. But it won't let me delete the mchooknt.dll.

[Bowserman]

Ok, then it is probably in use. I would first try reinstalling and then uninstalling it again via SSM, and if that doesn't work then follow the manual removal instructions - see screenshot for both.

Regards,
Jade.

[WilliamP]

Thank you my friend. Ihad tried the Uninstall but not the manual.

[WilliamP]

I have tried everthing but going into the registry. Don't work.

[Bowserman]

I actually just had a similar problem to yours mate: SSM would start and its process would show up in the taskmanager, but there was no icon in my systray ??? - therefore I was unable to use its own uninstaller.

I tried to delete the contents of its folder but guess what......mchooknt.dll could not be deleted :(. So being the resourceful lad that I am ;D, I ran DiamondCS's Advanced Process Manipulation and found that the .dll was loaded into another process......I then tried to unload it with APM, but to no avail >:(.

So I then tried Dellater from DCS and guess what?....






it blooooooooody worked!!! :) ;) ;D 8).

You can get APM here (http://www.diamondcs.com.au/index.php?page=apm) and DelLater here (http://www.diamondcs.com.au/index.php?page=dellater) mate.....good luck!


Regards,
Jade.

[WilliamP]

I tried to use Delater once before and couldn"t get it to work. It is downloaded into My Documents . In fact so is SSM folder.

[Bowserman]

Hmmm, if you had SSM and DelLater each in their own folder within My Documents,....then you would run DelLater as such (of course with your username):

Click START
Click RUN
Type cmd then click OK

In the console window type:
C:\Documents and Settings\Bowserman Jade\My Documents\DelLater\dellater.exe C:\Documents and Settings\Bowserman Jade\My Documents\SSM\mchooknt.dll

Note the space after dellater.exe.

Then reboot and it should be gone.

Hope that is a good enough explanation :).

Regards,
Jade.

[bigc73542]

If all else fails boot in safe mode and then delete it.

[WilliamP]

Thank you Jade .Can I leave out the BrousermanJade's

[Bowserman]

That was an example :)....If you like, can you tell me the exact location (PATH) of dellater.exe and mchooknt.dll? To do so:

Right click on dellater.exe and select PROPERTIES - then under the general tab, write down the LOCATION

then

Right click on the mchooknt.dll and select PROPERTIES - then under the general tab, write down the LOCATION.

Post back the locations for both ;).

Regards,
Jade.

[WilliamP]

Thank you my friend. I will do that when I get home on my home computer. I do appreciate the help.