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Uninstalling Previous Versions of IE-SPYAD
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Previous versions of IE-SPYAD shipped with two uninstallers: an IE-ADS-UNINST.REG in the main directory for the current version of IE-SPYAD, and an IE-ADS-UNINST.REG in the \OLD directory for the previous version of IE-SPYAD. 

Those uninstallers have now been consolidated into a single uninstaller named IE-ADS-UNINST.REG, which you can find in the main directory. IE-ADS-UNINST.REG can be used to uninstall both the current and previous versions of IE-SPYAD.

The IE-SPYAD Install/Uninstall Utility (discussed below) can also be used to uninstall current and previous versions of IE-SPYAD.

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IE-SPYAD Install/Uninstall Utility
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On 29 Sep. 2003 IE-SPYAD began shipping with a simple batch file install/uninstall utility named INSTALL.BAT. This install/uninstall utility can be used to perform the following tasks:

     [1] UNINSTALL the Current IE-SPYAD List
     
         Uninstall the current IE-SPYAD list of Restricted sites. This
         is recommended before installing a new version of IE-SPYAD.
     
     [2] INSTALL the New IE-SPYAD List
     
         Install the new IE-SPYAD list of Restricted sites.
     
     [3] REMOVE the Old Porn Site Domains
     
         Remove the 930+ porn domains that were dropped on 26 Apr. 2003.
     
     [4] ADD the Old Porn Site Domains
     
         Add the 930+ porn domains that were dropped on 26 Apr. 2003. 

You do not need to use INSTALL.BAT to perform any of the above tasks. You can manually merge .REG files just as before to install and uninstall either IE-SPYAD or the porn site list found in the \ADULT directory.

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Uninstalling Dropped Porn Sites
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The 4/26/03 update to IE-SPYAD moved about 930 porn sites from the main IE-SPYAD installation file (IE-ADS.REG) to a separate file in the \ADULT sub-directory. Consequently, uninstallers in later versions of IE-SPYAD do not uninstall those adult sites and domains. 

If you missed the 4/26/03 update (with the last regular uninstaller that did remove those adult domains), you may still have hundreds of adult (porn) related sites in your Registry after using the standard uninstaller, IE-ADS-UNINST.REG. 

To remove the remaining adult web sites, you can use the ADULT-UNINST.REG uninstaller in the \ADULT sub-directory. Simply double-click on ADULT-UNINST.REG to merge the changes into your Registry.

If you'd prefer to keep those misc. adult sites in your Restricted sites zone, then don't use the ADULT-UNINST.REG. Those sites will remain untouched. Furthermore, because the main IE-SPYAD uninstaller doesn't remove the misc. adult sites, they'll be preserved across future installations and uninstallations of IE-SPYAD. 

The IE-SPYAD Install/Uninstall Utility (discussed above) can also be used to add and remove that list of dropped porn sites from your Restricted sites zone.

For more information on the removal of most "run-of-the-mill" porn sites from IE-SPYAD, see the file ADULT-NOTE.TXT in the \ADULT sub-directory.

