@ECHO OFF ECHO ÚÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄ¿ ECHO ³ Portfolioso's AIM Cleanup Batch!!! ³ ECHO ÃÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄ´ ECHO ³ This batch file is excellent. It cleans up ³ ECHO ³ all the junk that gets installed with AIM. ³ ECHO ³ For this to work properly, read on... ³ Echo ³ ³ ECHO ³ When you installed AIM, this file assumes ³ ECHO ³ you did NOT install Wildtangent, Weatherbug ³ ECHO ³ or the AIM toolbar. This batch will NOT ³ ECHO ³ remove these. You must run AdAware, Spybot ³ ECHO ³ or MS Antispyware. This file DOES remove the ³ ECHO ³ excess files installed with AIM that are ³ ECHO ³ potential threats/ useless wastes of space ³ Echo ³ ³ Echo ³ ³ Echo ³ AIM must be installed to C:\Program Files\AIM ³ Echo ³ If you installed it elsewhere, close this now ³ Echo ³ ³ ECHO ³ You MUST have Windows XP ³ ECHO ÀÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÙ ECHO. ECHO First, let's enter your Windows XP SET /p user=username (case sensitive): cd c:\ cd Documents and Settings cd %user% cd Local Settings cd Temp del /q *.* cls ECHO **************************************************** ECHO ** I will now remove the shit AIM installs by ** ECHO ** default. AIM MUST be installed to ** ECHO ** C:\Program Files\AIM or the next section will ** ECHO ** not work. ** ECHO **************************************************** ECHO. ECHO **************************** ECHO ** Step 1: Remove AOD ** ECHO **************************** ECHO. ECHO If the batch reports that it could not find a file or path, ECHO that means it does not exist. Don't worry - nothing ECHO else will be deleted. ECHO. ECHO. PAUSE cls ECHO Part 1. Remove AOD Registry Entries PAUSE ECHO Windows Registry Editor Version 5.00 > %SystemDrive%\remove.reg ECHO. >> %SystemDrive%\remove.reg ECHO [-HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\America Online\AOD\]>> %SystemDrive%\remove.reg REGEDIT /s %SystemDrive%\remove.reg DEL %SystemDrive%\remove.reg cls ECHO. ECHO Part 2. Removing the AOD Files ECHO. PAUSE ECHO cd c:\Program Files\AOD\aol attrib -r -a -s -h Thumbs.db del /q *.* cd c:\Program Files\AOD\netscape attrib -r -a -s -h Thumbs.db del /q *.* cd c:\Program Files\AOD\ rd netscape rd aol cd c:\Program Files\AOD\ del /q *.* cd c:\Program Files\ rd AOD cd c:\ cd Documents and Settings cd %user% cd Local Settings cd Temp del /q *.* cls ECHO ********************** ECHO ** AOD REMOVED ** ECHO ********************** ECHO. ECHO. PAUSE cls ECHO ******************************************** ECHO ** Step 2: Remove WeatherBug Fragments ** ECHO ******************************************** ECHO. ECHO Note, If you have Weatherbug Installed, this will not remove it. ECHO This only removes a trace of Weatherbug if you chose not to install ECHO it during the AIM install. ECHO. ECHO IF the batch reports that it could not find a file or path, ECHO that means it does not exist. Don't worry - nothing ECHO else will be deleted. ECHO. ECHO. PAUSE cd c:\Program Files\AWS\WeatherBug\ del /q *.* cd C:\Program Files\AWS\ rd WeatherBug cd C:\Program Files\ rd AWS cls ECHO ********************************** ECHO ** WeatherBug Junk REMOVED ** ECHO ********************************** ECHO. ECHO. PAUSE cls ECHO ********************************************** ECHO ** Step 3: Remove AIM Spyware installers ** ECHO ********************************************** ECHO. ECHO The next set of files to be deleted are only installers. ECHO They are not spyware (unless you click them) so they are useless! ECHO. ECHO If the batch reports that it could not find a file or path, ECHO that means it does not exist. Don't worry - nothing ECHO else will be deleted. ECHO. PAUSE cd C:\Program Files\AIM\Sysfiles del /q AIMWDInstall.exe del /q AIMBarInstall.exe del /q AolOnDesktop.exe del /q AOLToolbar.exe del /q viewpoint.exe del /q WxBug.EXE cls ECHO ************************************* ECHO ** Spyware installers REMOVED ** ECHO ************************************* ECHO. ECHO. PAUSE cls ECHO **************************************** ECHO ** Step 4: Remove SENDTO Links ** ECHO **************************************** ECHO. ECHO If the batch reports that it could not find a file or path, ECHO that means it does not exist. Don't worry - nothing ECHO else will be deleted. ECHO. PAUSE cd C:\Documents and Settings\%user%\SendTo\ DEL AIMBUD~1.lnk DEL AIMSHA~1.lnk PAUSE cls ECHO ********************************** ECHO ** SENDTO Entries REMOVED ** ECHO ********************************** ECHO. ECHO Congrats. All clean! Press any key to terminate. ECHO. ECHO. ECHO. ECHO. PAUSE