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1. wakh said,

   March 9, 2007 @ 10:32 am

   Thanx, but
   i recommend set “Read-only” and “system” attribute to “hosts” file too.

2. a said,

   March 11, 2007 @ 11:48 am

   maybe it is a new version i don’t have any of those ip addresses in “hosts” file

3. Bart said,

   March 11, 2007 @ 8:16 pm

   I don’t have the CID-program in the list.
   And no other suspicious program

4. Bart said,

   March 11, 2007 @ 8:45 pm

   found an unremovable map :
   D:\Documents and Settings\All Users\Application Data\Spamjugsarmywipe
   regarding another forum, this can only be removed when starting in safe mode.
   (to be done)

   In the mean time I stopped the message boxes by clearing the exeption list for the popup filter from IE7

5. Nitin said,

   March 13, 2007 @ 2:19 am

   Yeah, I removed the program but none of the mentioned enries are in the host file. Thank you.

   But any idea how I might have got this adware? Could it be LimeWire?

6. PhDs said,

   March 13, 2007 @ 7:49 am

   I know you can get CiD popup from files downloaded by file sharing programs such as Azureus, eMule, Limewire

7. Meshugge said,

   March 13, 2007 @ 11:37 am

   OK.
   Took off the CID Help program.
   Took out the entries from the HOST file.

   Still getting the obnoxious popups! You’re right that the current spam/ad blockers don’t seem to be stopping this bugger at all.

   Any other suggestions?

8. Jóhann said,

   March 13, 2007 @ 12:00 pm

   Good advice!
   I opened the hosts file in Wordpad an found all the stinky cid’s there

9. Bart said,

   March 13, 2007 @ 3:41 pm

   Meshugge ,

   which browser / version do you use ?

10. federick said,

    March 13, 2007 @ 7:31 pm

    hello…i have this annoying problem and i have windows 98…i search in windows/drivers, but i don’t found “hosts” file…i find a lot of system archives….:S plz help me…

11. Meshugge said,

    March 14, 2007 @ 2:15 pm

    Using Internet Explorer 7.0.

12. Meshugge said,

    March 14, 2007 @ 2:19 pm

    Weird startup file in msconfig list called “corn 2 web”

13. Bart said,

    March 14, 2007 @ 2:36 pm

    Meshugge ,

    In your IE , Go to Extra / Popup-blocking / settings
    and remove all accepted websites.

14. Bart said,

    March 14, 2007 @ 2:42 pm

    federick,

    I just put “host file windows 98″ in the search-field at Google,
    and the following link learned me that the hosts-file for 98 is located directly in \Windows

    http://www.microsoft.com/technet/archive/win98/reskit/part7/wrkappf.mspx?mfr=true

15. Meshugge said,

    March 14, 2007 @ 5:02 pm

    I did delete all accepted websites from my popup blocker … and also rebooted my computer. All was quite for about an hour and then another CID popup. It’s slowed down quite a bit, however! Nasty little booger! Host file looks clean. No CID Help program to remove. Is this a new type of virus that is going around?

16. Bart said,

    March 14, 2007 @ 5:12 pm

    Meshugge

    Did you check your \Documents and Settings\All Users\Application Data\ ?
    Do you have any suspicious map there with only one or two executables in ?

17. Meshugge said,

    March 14, 2007 @ 5:26 pm

    Odd file that I see on the add/remove control list include “my way search assistant”, which does not have any information with this file (no “change/remove” button”, or any information on use frequency. In looking at the Program Files, I don’t see any listing for My Way.

    In C:\DocumentsandSettings\AllUsers\ApplicationData, there is an odd file called ChicBiasViewDate, which has a single exe file called ante surf.exe

    Any of these look odd to you?

18. Bart said,

    March 14, 2007 @ 5:49 pm

    Meshugge

    Google on “ante surf.exe” tells me that we have the source of the problem :

    http://www.superadblocker.com/spywarelop.html

    this one learns me that it is not new
    http://www.informationsarchiv.net/themenarchiv/4/1/1468

    also this seems similar:
    http://www.fileresearchcenter.com/A/ACEAIM.EXE-5446.html

    I gues that you can’t delete the executable.
    You will have reboot in “safe mode”.
    Then you can delete the complete map.
    After normal reboot you should be freed.

19. Jóhann said,

    March 14, 2007 @ 5:54 pm

    First of all I deleted all CiD entries from C:\WINDOWS\system32\drivers\etc\host.file (Open with WordPad) and BTW I use IE7.
    In IE\Tools\Internet Options\Programs, make sure that HTML Editor is Microsoft Word if U use MS Office.
    In IE\Tools\Internet Options\Privacy\Settings, remove all.
    And finally, thanks to Google, I went to C:\Documents and Settings\All Users\Application Data and found this suspicious folder wich name I forgot and I had to login Safe Mode to delete it. This folder contained one .exe file. (You must

    Badabim ….Badaboom!
    Problem solved

20. Bart said,

    March 15, 2007 @ 1:27 pm

    Hi Meshugge,

    Seems that my last post has been removed.
    Try to remove the ChicBiasViewDate map.
    I guess that you won’t be able to.
    Reboot in safe-mode and delete it.
    This should solve your problem.

    The entrie in the hosts-file are only put there to disable all the popupblockers.
    It is necessary to remove them, but this won’t stop the Adware.

21. Martin said,

    March 18, 2007 @ 1:00 pm

    I had exactly the same problem with those CiD popup as Johann described. I followed his instructions and thankfully the buggers have not returned.

22. Aaron Brigatti said,

    March 18, 2007 @ 1:22 pm

    Question - what is this CID thing? A virus, malware, spyware?

    I’ve exerienced too - but cannot recall how I could have “got it”!! Any ideas?

23. noobinator said,

    March 18, 2007 @ 1:30 pm

    i dont have the \Documents and Settings\All Users\ ):>>>>>APPLICATION DATA

24. SavNout said,

    March 18, 2007 @ 3:14 pm

    I too had this little bugger drive me crazy. I can tell you I got it from downloading and partial install of Warez.com filesharing P2P. A program that’s on Download.com and others that prides itself on NOT being infested with spyware ad the such…Ha, not the case at all.

    Anyway, I simply removed the CiD program (which I seemed to never see) in my programs file and checked my host file and it was clean. Haven’t had it back since. I aborted the install of Warez P2P when I got a damn DriveCleaner pop up. I knew something was up seeing this pop up….had that bugger last year and had to do a restore of system after getting that one to go away. Constantly wanting you to buy the drive cleaner program to clean your system…

    Thanks for the info..

    Sav

25. Mike said,

    March 18, 2007 @ 7:26 pm

    I’ve tried everything here and its not worked, any other ideas??
    Anything at all will be helpful, thanks!

26. James said,

    March 19, 2007 @ 4:00 am

    Im having the same problem and tried everything mentioned but it still persists……

27. 'Diz' said,

    March 19, 2007 @ 1:20 pm

    OH GOD THANK YOU! lol did everything just as you said (never had to go into safe mode) found it all exactly where you said it would be (except i never found a exe in application data, but no problem lol) and everything’s working great again! No more CiD! SWEEEET! can ya tell i’m happy? :-p i hate malware.. lol i’ve definitely added this discussion to my favorites into a folder i’ve decided to make.. ‘malware, adware, get the hell out..’ :-p i have a feeling i’ll be adding to that folder again soon unfortunately :-\ :-p lol I’m not running IE 7 either.. i had it for about 5 minutes, hated it, missed my old buttons, and removed it :-p ig that makes me old school at 21??? yikes.. anyway Thanks again for all the help! you saved my bowser and now you rock later lol

28. Bart said,

    March 19, 2007 @ 4:53 pm

    hey noobinator,

    In explorer you have to define that it shows you the hidden files & maps.
    (Extra/map options/View/at the bottom of the list : “display hidden ..)

29. Bart said,

    March 19, 2007 @ 5:00 pm

    Hi Aaron Brigatti,

    CiD is AdWare
    How you get it ? See PhDs comment above

30. Zeith said,

    March 19, 2007 @ 6:58 pm

    I still cant find the Application data thing, i really need help.

31. emily said,

    March 21, 2007 @ 12:37 pm

    CiD help isnt on my programs on the control panel:(

32. emily said,

    March 21, 2007 @ 12:41 pm

    hi
    i dont have CiD on my programs to remove on my control panel but they keep popping up!

33. emily said,

    March 21, 2007 @ 12:47 pm

    hi
    i dont have CiD on my programs when i try to remove it on the control panel but it keeps popping up!
    i ran a McAfee virus scan though and it has found “adware” …could that be it?

34. nia said,

    March 21, 2007 @ 8:50 pm

    who is this CiD GUY I WANT TO KNOW BECAUSE HES GETTING ON MY NERVE

35. Reni said,

    March 22, 2007 @ 4:32 pm

    Hello Noobinator,

    I removed this with AVG anti-spyware 7.5. You can download this and install it from the site of Grisoft.

    Good Luck

36. George said,

    March 23, 2007 @ 12:13 am

    I got the shit when I downloaded and installed TorrentQ

    POS

37. Mike said,

    March 26, 2007 @ 11:52 am

    Hey I was reading these posts and saw that there are maps under the C:\Documents and Settings\All Users\Application Data and I found a folder that looked suspicious but contained no exe file.. the folder name is Meetrealjoyatom. When opened the folder contains only two files, “chin for” an application file and “Debug fast program” a hidden file. Should I leave or should I delete?

38. Mike said,

    March 26, 2007 @ 11:55 am

    Hey I opened the file C:\Documents and Settings\All Users\Application Data and found this suspicious folder named Meetrealjoyatom. It contains two files, “chin for” an application and “debug fast program” a hidden file.. should I delete or should I leave it alone?

39. D said,

    March 28, 2007 @ 10:05 am

    How did I get CiD pop ups on my computer and I dnt understand the above to get it off!! Am soooooooo frustrated!

40. phil said,

    March 28, 2007 @ 12:34 pm

    option 1 seems to have worked for me thanks

41. wayne said,

    March 28, 2007 @ 1:15 pm

    it wont delete the .exe file…says its in use. any suggestions?

42. Irvin said,

    March 30, 2007 @ 12:40 am

    These new Cid popups are very annoying… ive gone to the “application data” folder and i found a strange folder called “mealspamjoywait” with three .exe files in it. I deleted two of them but the third one”ShimMeta.exe” cant be deleted because it is used by another file. The wierd part about this file is it is in my Taskmanager under processes for about 15 seconds after startup, and gives and error message about this program everytime i restart/shutdown my computer.
    Any ideas or suggestions on how to get rid of this file or the CiD popups?

43. Koen Hendrickx said,

    March 31, 2007 @ 9:39 am

    thanks it worked. I had to perform a search of my pc to find the application data folder it was hidden

44. sam said,

    April 7, 2007 @ 2:51 pm

    how do you do the last step?

45. RFdemon said,

    April 8, 2007 @ 3:13 am

    Hi, CID Help doesn’t show up in ADD or REMOVE SOFTWARE. Any other suggestions? TIA!

46. Phill said,

    April 9, 2007 @ 1:37 am

    When i go delete cid help from Add or Remove Programs a pop up comes up saying Please enter the 7 digits above to “verify that you are human not computer”??? what should i do???

47. jaya said,

    April 11, 2007 @ 12:00 am

    dfsf

48. ma--- said,

    April 23, 2007 @ 10:59 am

    If you can’t see application data go to: start-my computer-on the menu bar go tools-folder option-on the folder option menu bar go view-under the ‘hiddn files and folders’ select show hidden files and unselect hide protect operating system files (if selected), then you will be able to find application data.

49. Mark said,

    May 5, 2007 @ 8:51 am

    Ok i go tto the “hosts” file but there was only one file nam in that folder that started with “127.0.0.1″ maybe they updated thier malware but it is gone…FOREVER?

50. Mark E said,

    May 5, 2007 @ 8:58 am

    ok i know that they have updated thier malware but i found the solution

    follow the instructions as listed above

    open the “hosts” with notepad (dont think it matters but it woorked for me

    delete the ONE that has a start of “127.0.0.1″

    then go to C:\Documents and Settings\All Users\Application Data

    look for a folder that is called “Azureus”

    delete the whole folder

    DONE!

    isn’t that easier!!!

    Just did this so it may be a quick fix but ill let you know if they come back

51. TSG said,

    May 22, 2007 @ 12:22 am

    CiD Help is usually bundled with other programs that you may install. I was using PC Tools Spyware Doctor however it could not remove it. I got this malware from WinZix (it was part of the damn install) but successfully removed now. thanks for the tips above

52. Brian Bueller said,

    May 28, 2007 @ 6:58 pm

    You’re brilliant, worked like a charm that has been put in a pot of lucky potion. I saw all that stuff in host and had add CiD at the end. I deleted all of them except for the ones without theCiD. Thank you!!! They were so annoying.

53. PhDs said,

    June 6, 2007 @ 8:53 pm

    Azureus is a P2P program, and you got CiD by downloading another program which contains CiD using Azureus

54. PhDs said,

    June 6, 2007 @ 8:56 pm

    if you can delete “mealspamjoywait” you should try to boot your computer in safe mode, then delete the files using dos command “del”.

55. PhDs said,

    June 6, 2007 @ 8:59 pm

    TorrentQ, like Azureus, is a P2P software. You got CiD by downloading a Cid infected software using TorrentQ or Azureus.

56. hgood said,

    June 7, 2007 @ 5:06 am

    I went through the process and everything was just as you listed - Thanks

57. NoMoreVirus said,

    June 13, 2007 @ 8:37 am

    Usually you got Cid installing Msn Live messenger Add-on like MESSENGER PLUS!
    Take care when installing!! do not flag “with sponsor” checkbox!

58. Distressed said,

    June 13, 2007 @ 3:33 pm

    Seems to be working, however, there was nothing in the Application Data with extension exe and I didn’t need to remove anything from the HOSTS file - there wasn’t anything there? BUT A HUGE HUGE THANK YOU!! The World needs more people like YOU…!

59. epeets said,

    June 17, 2007 @ 1:57 am

    thank you so much! that damn thing was driving me nuts!!!

60. Alberto said,

    June 18, 2007 @ 8:00 pm

    Worked perfect, thanks a lot!!

61. princess said,

    June 22, 2007 @ 3:11 am

    HEEEEEEEELP,,, I NO IF I HAVE “CiD HELP”
    BUT I KNW I HAVE CiD,
    wHAT DO I DO pLS pLS hELP
    EVEYTIME I GO TO A NEW PAGE IT POPS UP
    

62. kevinprov said,

    June 22, 2007 @ 9:55 am

    Could you please explain step number 3 a little better. I don’t see any folders there with an .exe extension in its name. I’ve never come across a FOLDER that has an extension. Are you saying to look for folders whose name includes .exe? Or are we supposed to look in those folders for files with .exe extensions? I don’t see any folders there with an .exe extension in its name.

63. gun16 said,

    June 25, 2007 @ 8:31 pm

    thank you thank thank you

64. Robotak said,

    June 27, 2007 @ 4:43 am

    don’t know if it’s working or not. just did everything step by step, but there is so many positive comments that I believe I finaly got rid of that fucking anoying CiD thing !! :):) If not, I’ll kick you ass ! :):) thanks a lot a lot a lot :):):)

65. CeNcIaK said,

    June 28, 2007 @ 4:31 am

    Thx a lot ! \

    Everything’s just fine right now ! and I’ve finaly menaged to get rid of that fucking CiD thing… my god…. things like that should be illegal… ;/

    

66. xslayer666x said,

    June 28, 2007 @ 5:45 pm

    OMG TY SO MUCH THIS HELPS OUT ALOT

    THE THE BEST

67. hottin roddy todd said,

    June 28, 2007 @ 10:52 pm

    thanks so much bla bla this fuxin cid thing was about to make me commit suicide

68. jim said,

    July 4, 2007 @ 11:57 pm

    thanks a bunch for the help. just a word of advice though, if you have different usernames for different people, check their folders under C:\Documents and Settings. the folder associated with cid help on my computer was ONLY in the folder with my username. it wasn’t present under my wife’s username, or under “all users” or “default user”. it seems everyone gets a different folder but it also seems they all have wierd names. mine was CDROMJOYFORD and contained uploadidolwindow.exe and SEEKGLUE.exe. i didn’t have to start in safe mode to delete anything, but my account has administrator level access, so maybe that has something to do with it. also, if it won’t let you delete the folder, open task manager, click on the processes tab, and the kill the process bearing the name of the .exe in the oddly named folder. maybe that will let you delete it, since the program will no longer be in use by windows. not all of these suggestions have been tested since my removal went perfectly smooth, but i figured i’d throw them out there in case they help. if they don’t, sorry

69. r said,

    August 16, 2007 @ 7:15 pm

    please remove your pop=ups, they are frezing my lap top up.

70. Freddy Colon said,

    August 17, 2007 @ 4:15 pm

    Yes remove this program off my computer

71. Phil WW said,

    August 22, 2007 @ 12:26 am

    Any Idea which C:\Documents and Settings\All Users\Application Data” folder, search for folders have exe extension file. Delete the folder? almost every folder has exe files in them and I know alot are important to keep. Hook me up here please.

72. Mel said,

    August 27, 2007 @ 3:00 am

    OMG I JST READ ALL OF THE COMMENTS AND I STILL CANT DELETE THAT PROGRAM!!

    there are NO exe files in the pro folder but they still keep poping up! and there was no CID help in my add or remove file wat can i do!

73. Mel said,

    August 27, 2007 @ 3:03 am

    OMG i reaLLy NEED HELP! !!!
    there are no exe. files i look in but i have a file called “scr style mp3 glue” BUT IT WONT DELETE!
    it says its in use!

    PLS HELP

74. anderator said,

    August 27, 2007 @ 12:08 pm

    ok..dont panic its very easy..just do what it says on top of this page. i am making clarification where some of you make mistakes:

    when you go to
    C:\WINDOWS\system32\drivers\etc, you should go to a file named “hosts” with no extension. right click and choose to “open with” and select TXT editor. then delet everything in the list that has a CDI in that line.
    close and save it.

    if you dont see the EXE file in step 2 this could be for two reasons: 1. the version of this crap that infested you doesn’t even leave an exe file in Application data. whatTHE IDIOT WHO WROTE THE TOP GUIDE means : GO TO APPLICATION DATA FOLDER, AND IF THERE IS ANY FOLDERS WITH THE CDI NAME IN IT THAT HAS A CDI EXE FILE, DELET IT. THESE MORONS WRITING TECH SUPPORT..ANYWAY…

    so if you dont have it, try thr step 3 and reboot. if no more adds, dont come back here!

    if still you get adds, have to install the damn thing (3wplayer), do this thing properly again and then reboot. (this means maybe when you uninstalled it something went wrong).
    3, Open “C:\Documents and Settings\All Users\Application Data” folder, search for folders have exe extension file. Delete the folder

75. Mel said,

    August 28, 2007 @ 1:03 am

    ok ty !

76. Mel said,

    August 28, 2007 @ 1:05 am

    um i hav a folder in it called: scr style mp3 glue
    and in the folder there is this program called MEDIA WAVE
    do i delete it cause its a exe. program

    BUT THE PROMBLEM IS THAT IT SAYS IT CANNOT BE DELETED!!!

    it says its in use ?!
    but im not using it

77. Noobie said,

    September 3, 2007 @ 10:28 pm

    to uninstall the exe file, u could try this, just go to that folder and rename it, then u delete that stupid exe file, but i still can’t seem to delete that folder, mine was called pure coal bone thunk, what a bunch of shit, but still we have to give him some credit for making alware that so annoying

78. Dave said,

    September 12, 2007 @ 3:04 am

    I did steps 1 and 3 but step 2 I couldnt becuz when I opened C:\Documents and Settings\All Users\Application Data there wasnt any application data folder.. So I hope it doesnt come back.. Now im goin to reboot and see what happens

79. Glenn said,

    September 12, 2007 @ 10:41 am

    I just wanted to say thank you for this information because it really helped! I found that step 2 was slightly off in that I had to go into my folder instead of the “All Users” folder to find the application data.

80. tyfsd said,

    September 14, 2007 @ 8:01 am

    U Truly R my hero!

81. Tianna said,

    September 18, 2007 @ 2:38 pm

    oh my gosh thank u so much! you’ve helped me out big time u really and truly are a lifesaver from this annoying awful malware!!!

82. Rachel said,

    September 24, 2007 @ 7:37 am

    THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR THIS INFORMATION! GOD BLESS YOU!

83. M said,

    September 25, 2007 @ 4:18 pm

    Thank you so much. Nice it works !!!

84. gee said,

    September 30, 2007 @ 8:38 pm

    restore the host backup file by deleting itand renaming the backup

85. gee said,

    September 30, 2007 @ 8:39 pm

    replace the host file with the backup copy which is in the same directory

86. Kaupo said,

    October 1, 2007 @ 8:04 am

    Thank you so much. Who the hell creates such programs? Does somebody really thinks it’s funny? God bless all the ones who battle against this madness!

87. Cravier15 said,

    October 1, 2007 @ 9:48 pm

    cool!!
    no more pop ups!!(hopefully)

    how did i get this stoopid CiD..from the 3wplayer wutever.com (not even sure if dats the rite name)

    moral of story: alweys search the info bout anything u want to download from the web..esp when its FREE..

88. kinghkp said,

    October 2, 2007 @ 4:11 am

    just did it think it works so good so far

89. alex said,

    October 2, 2007 @ 6:34 am

    thanks man good work :D:D

90. ajunk said,

    October 3, 2007 @ 5:46 am

    You are a good man, truly.

91. monkeywhippet said,

    October 4, 2007 @ 7:19 am

    Amazing! Thank you…

92. sickswopperx said,

    October 4, 2007 @ 11:44 am

    thanks! its a life saviour~!! xDDD

93. sickswopperx said,

    October 4, 2007 @ 11:45 am

    thanks!! its a life saviour~!

94. EL_VIP said,

    October 5, 2007 @ 8:32 am

    thanks!! good work

95. EL_VIP said,

    October 5, 2007 @ 8:33 am

    Thanks!! Good Work

96. Dave said,

    October 5, 2007 @ 6:17 pm

    Thanks for this. Awesome!

97. Naveen said,

    October 7, 2007 @ 11:44 am

    Thank you very much.. It worked for me !!

98. Byron said,

    October 10, 2007 @ 9:38 pm

    http://www.superantispyware.com/superantispywarefreevspro.html

    I used this and it removed errorsafe, as well as the pop up i kept getting for winantivirus pro 2007. It removed a load of stuff that 6 other programs wouold not. GOOD LUCK.

99. Byron said,

    October 10, 2007 @ 9:42 pm

    http://www.superantispyware.com/superantispywarefreevspro.html

    I used this and it removed errorsafe, as well as the pop up i kept getting for winantivirus pro 2007. It removed a load of stuff that 6 other programs wouold not. GOOD LUCK. Make sure to check RUN FULL SYSTEM SCAN. Before you do I would suggest turning off system restore. After you ar edone scanning about 35 minutes. Restart and make sure your privacy settings are set back to medium for allowing cookies and turn system restore back on.

100. leon said,

     October 14, 2007 @ 12:06 am

     has anyone tried to sue these people or companies for sending CiD pop ups

101. Peter said,

     October 16, 2007 @ 12:30 pm

     This cid-thing was annoying me with ridiculous
     advertisements every 10 minutes for the last month.
     It had became a nightmare!
     But thanks to you the problem is solved.
     THAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAANKS!
     Peter, from Greece.

102. adam said,

     October 17, 2007 @ 9:11 am

     i have tried this but comes back with contact your system administrator so can’t delete please help me

103. Gnan said,

     October 24, 2007 @ 11:21 am

     thanks : )

104. Thomas said,

     October 26, 2007 @ 9:14 pm

     Just wanted to say… GREAT WORK!
     I’ve been annoyed by this crap, for over 3 months.
     It looks like you alone have the solution and the description of the real problem here.

     Thanks a lot!
     Thomas, Denmark

105. Jorge said,

     October 28, 2007 @ 2:12 am

     You guys are the best.

     I did not know if I had to install a software to remove this crazy CID, but your method worked perfectly.

     Thanks a lot.

106. Andy said,

     October 30, 2007 @ 2:12 am

     Wow instant results THANKS A MILLION

107. Andy said,

     October 30, 2007 @ 2:13 am

     THX

108. Michael said,

     November 2, 2007 @ 11:32 pm

     ok so I found CiD Help under control panel and I click add or remove, a very suspicious pop up labeled “Uninstall Verification” comes up and it says “To verify you are a human and not a computer script, please type the 7 numbers you see above” and then there is a tab that says UNINSTALL which im supposed to click but im afraid it might be a trick just to worsen my laptop. There is a glowing image of numbers that looks like 2D, it seems very suspicious to me, please help its eating up my hard drive!!!
     Mike
     machynia123@hotmail.com

109. Michael said,

     November 2, 2007 @ 11:33 pm

     hey

110. k2snap said,

     November 3, 2007 @ 8:06 pm

     Most helpful
     THANK YOU !!!!

111. Liam said,

     November 12, 2007 @ 1:53 am

     its not working for me :[

     I cant do these two steps because i dont have an application data folder (step3) or a hosts file (step4).

     this is really annoying me :’[

112. Rob said,

     November 15, 2007 @ 2:22 pm

     The application data folder is a hidden folder, to show a hidden folder you need to open any folder and
     selct tools on the top row followed by folder options, then scrool down and select ‘ Hidden Files and Folders ‘ - show hidden files and folders. This program seems to load with windows so you will probably need to start in safe mode to delete it. The one on my computer was in a folder called Frag Bend Logo, hope this helps.

113. Rob said,

     November 15, 2007 @ 2:34 pm

     By the way, I didn’t have the cid help in Add/Remove programs either, I have had this program twice now, once from Messenger Live and once it came with an game download.

114. paul said,

     November 24, 2007 @ 12:58 pm

     Thanks that really helped i was on for like five hours trying to fix

115. Gabi said,

     November 25, 2007 @ 11:56 pm

     I still can’t find it! Where and how do I look after I select show hidden files and folders?

116. lee said,

     November 30, 2007 @ 9:10 am

     I’ve been having a few problems with this method could it be due to the fact that i’m using VISTA… btw anyone who hasn’t yet ‘upgraded’ to vista… DONT!!!!

117. Axeshredder Joe Cipolla said,

     December 18, 2007 @ 2:27 am

     thanks

118. Tom said,

     December 24, 2007 @ 4:29 am

     You get CID by installing Winamp remote! Thats a program that can access your whole LAN network. Thats a F**** virus! and it will infect your whole network! even on your Xbox 360/WII/PS3 !!
     So be aware!

119. Sky said,

     December 24, 2007 @ 10:44 pm

     If you get Live Plus! - Do not accept the add option, its where you get the CiD from.

120. Jackie said,

     December 25, 2007 @ 12:12 pm

     When I went to the application folder, I found the folder which contains the virus of the pop ups but i cannot delete it, It says its being used by another person,
     Can anyone help me?
     These popups are starting to get me very annoyed and i Cant get rid of it.

121. Stephen said,

     December 26, 2007 @ 6:02 am

     Thanks Rob (Line 112) I did the safe mode and deleted it and it has now solved the problem. Nolop did not help and Norton did not find it. It happened on mine due to play3w.com obviously I will not be using this software and all gone. Cheers

122. Dan said,

     December 28, 2007 @ 6:46 am

     Ive one through the steps and its made no difference.
     When it says in step 3 to delete all exe. folders from application data, I dont have any such folders or files (even if I search hidden folders and files). However, I do have a folder called ‘32 owns’ which inludes 4 application files called: ‘Save Kind Nurb’, ‘Shim Barb Window Wma’, ‘UploadDefaultSkip’, and finally ‘vqukotpf’.
     Im suspicious of these but dont want to delete them incase theyre legitimate and I need them!
     Please can someone help???!!! Cheers

123. Brenda said,

     December 29, 2007 @ 4:32 pm

     Hi. Thank you for making this. My computer is free at last!

124. Onix said,

     December 29, 2007 @ 6:56 pm

     Hi,
     Thank you for making this computer free from this piece of shit malware CiD!!!! free at last!

125. Chris F said,

     December 30, 2007 @ 2:07 am

     CiD was a sponsor for Messenger Plus! Live and gave me the option to remove sponsor in a repair, remove or uninstall window in Programs and features (Vista) I typed in the required digits a slight hiccup with uninstall or repair full shut down just to be sure and voila all gone. Have they developed a conscience? Or is it lurking? Time will tell and I will bookmark this (yes my apple but PBG4 not PowerPC) and tell too! Cheers and thanks for the tips

126. Ashleigh said,

     January 2, 2008 @ 8:00 am

     I don’t have a “CiD help” option in my add/remove programs?!

     Yet I still continuously get the stupid popups!

127. jess said,

     January 5, 2008 @ 5:00 am

     hello! i didn’t have a program called CiD help. i used to have messenger plus but i delted it and i still got the popups. and i followed step 2. step 3 i couldn’t find any exe.extension folders but i have one called “does dog two city” but i can’t delete it. it says its being used by another program. but i have no other programs running. and i did step 4 but it returns after a while. do u know what it could be?

128. Jackie said,

     January 9, 2008 @ 1:59 pm

     I think that is the folder where the popups is running.
     Its becoz the program is always running because its a pop up and will not stop.
     You’ll just have to run your computer on safe mode then delete the folder

129. Jeremy said,

     January 12, 2008 @ 2:25 pm

     if this works its going to be something else i will know by tomorrow and get back to you all crossin my fingers

130. Lionel Keener said,

     January 14, 2008 @ 4:35 pm

     You have to do one of these for Windows Vista also.

131. Hung Dao said,

     January 20, 2008 @ 8:41 am

     If it did not work, do an addtional following method. It worked for me

     Go to Window’s registry edit by clicking START button -> run -> type “regedit”

     HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer
     \RemoteComputer\NameSpace
     Highlight the {D6277990-4C6A-11CF-8D87-00AA0060F5BF} delete it

132. Hung Dao said,

     January 20, 2008 @ 8:43 am

     If it did not work, do an addtional following method. It worked for me

     Go to Window’s registry edit by clicking START button -> run -> type “regedit”

     HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer
     \RemoteComputer\NameSpace
     Highlight the {D6277990-4C6A-11CF-8D87-00AA0060F5BF} and delete it

133. jess said,

     January 20, 2008 @ 7:33 pm

     Thankyou so much i think it worked for now. keep up the good work !

134. Kenneth said,

     February 5, 2008 @ 2:28 pm

     Thanks it worked!

135. B. Danko said,

     February 18, 2008 @ 2:53 pm

     The operations worked for both my wife’s laptop and my laptop. This probably helped save our marriage…. thanks!!! I will try NOT to use her laptop to visit those type of sites again!!!!!!!!!!!

136. Sapuran Wariabharaj said,

     February 22, 2008 @ 8:21 am

     Thanks for your help Hung Dao this has worked for me I have my Kids and wife of my back now.

137. Thomas Greece said,

     February 24, 2008 @ 2:45 am

     Thank you very much!
     This CID popup was very very annoying.

138. Bjoern said,

     March 11, 2008 @ 6:53 am

     Hubg Dao said(!):
     If it did not work, do an addtional following method. It worked for me

     Go to Window’s registry edit by clicking START button -> run -> type “regedit”

     HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer
     \RemoteComputer\NameSpace
     Highlight the {D6277990-4C6A-11CF-8D87-00AA0060F5BF} and delete it

     How bout Vista? I have this CiD problem width Vista. Did not find this registry key…

139. Marco said,

     March 16, 2008 @ 11:18 am

     seems to be working for me too, Thanks

     Marco

140. Tom said,

     March 20, 2008 @ 1:33 am

     Finally a solution that works and is not too difficuld to master!
     Thx a lot!!

141. Tom said,

     March 20, 2008 @ 1:34 am

     Finally a solution that worked and is not too difficult to master!
     Thx a lot!!

142. cansel ünbay said,

     March 23, 2008 @ 5:01 pm

     no more pop ups!!(hopefully)

     how did i get this stoopid CiD..from the 3wplayer wutever.com (not even sure if dats the rite name)

     moral of story: alweys search the info bout anything u want to download from the web..esp when its FREE..

143. CiD hater said,

     March 25, 2008 @ 8:10 am

     Thanks.

144. Sanne said,

     March 26, 2008 @ 2:09 pm

     Thnx, finally got rid of this bugger

145. Jean said,

     March 27, 2008 @ 4:21 pm

     thanks you’ve made my day!

146. Brian said,

     March 27, 2008 @ 9:18 pm

     Hi, thank for sharing, really help me out…thanks again

147. emm said,

     March 28, 2008 @ 8:00 pm

     It works for the first time, but when the Cid came back, can’t remove it with the “Host” @ etc solution.. any idea?

     ER

148. Nick said,

     April 8, 2008 @ 4:58 pm

     Thanks for posting this simple solution. For 8 months I have had this useless menace on my laptop. It was very depressing having to deal with this crap every day, all day long. CID should be charged with invasion of privacy, every time they show up on any computer. I will actively help/refer people.
     Thanks again.

149. Graeme said,

     April 14, 2008 @ 10:08 pm

     CiD also comes with Messenger Plus! Live by Patchou; http://www.msqpluslive.net. I didn’t see it at first because I was looking for the CiD entry in Add/Remove Programs. Messenger Plus! Live adds a lot of cool stuff to MSN Messenger, and they don’t add th CiD without asking first. I just didn’t understand when I installed it what a “sponsor” was.

     Thanks for a painless solution!

     Graeme

150. Jennifer said,

     May 2, 2008 @ 1:06 am

     WOW- this was exactly waht I needed. It is great and wonderful. All thoes dumb ads that kept popping up are gone. The instructions were so easy to follow and there were precise direction on how to get everywhere I needed to. Fantastic!!! THANK YOU SO MUCH……………Jennifer

151. Jon said,

     May 4, 2008 @ 9:43 pm

     Well, if u can’t see the files, open control panel, and find appearance and personalization, click show hidden files and folers, click bubble that says show hidden flies and filders, uncheck boxes that say hide hidden files/system files.

     Something that should work for everyone is, open your anti-virus, and block all IP adresses of IE. Then u won’t get any more CID but u can’t use IE. Just download firefox then.

152. DeX said,

     May 7, 2008 @ 3:33 am

     ok wtf…. there is this random folder in my applications data called.. “Long slow road itch”, and it has a
     .exe file in it called “okay dale”. SHOULD I DELETE IT…? WTF IS IT LOL i didnt put it there. is it part of CiD… i dont know what to do. PLEASE HELP ME !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! thx. answers plz

153. DeX said,

     May 7, 2008 @ 3:40 am

     wait…. application data…. there isnt supposed to be .exe files there anyway.?? please this is driving me insane!! Please help. OK UHM i deleted that folder, but still the popups keep comin…. I really need advice. or help. That isnt some random code things…Im not some sort of computer geek so please advice that i can understand ={

154. DeX said,

     May 7, 2008 @ 3:47 am

     wait was everyone thanking Bjiorn, cuz i tried his method … awaiting results -holds breath-

155. Dex said,

     May 7, 2008 @ 3:56 am

     UNGH noooooOOOOOOOOOOO it didnt work…. -lost- Pleeeease heeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeelp

156. Dex said,

     May 7, 2008 @ 4:24 am

     sigh… i have tried everything. Nothing seems to work. Will someone please help me…………

157. Breffix said,

     May 19, 2008 @ 9:21 pm

     Ok, hey. I found a folder called “Mail For File Wave” in my Application Data Folder and it had a “second idle.exe” file in it. Gone! What the heck does CiD do, create randomly named folders? Frickin’ weird.

158. Devil said,

     May 23, 2008 @ 7:08 am

     Usually it came from torrent and limewire so if u see anything with CiD on it use the method up there to remove it…

159. Annick said,

     May 27, 2008 @ 7:02 am

     I keep having these CID pop ups…I ran spybot..norton…adware..and nothing shows in there. I read this page and I can’t find the application data folder..I need help

160. Simon said,

     June 3, 2008 @ 3:34 am

     I’ve had this problem a couple of times.
     It also comes courtesy of the new Windows messenger although you can uninstall it via the add or remove programs it still decided to stay on my computer.
     Go Here http://cidhelp.com/ and scroll down the page to step 4 theres a universal uninstaller just click the link if you have Norton disable it first before clicking the link works a treat no more CID!

161. Polaris431 said,

     June 17, 2008 @ 1:26 pm

     I am using Windows XP. The version of Cid I had on my computer was generating a random directory under “C:\Documents and Settings\All Users\Application Data” and probably a random filename. This .exe will probably change everytime you boot your computer. The application is set to boot by an entry in the Registry:

     [HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run]

     Check the names of the exes under this node and find the one that is located in the Application Directory. Delete the entry in the Registry. To be safe, don’t reboot your computer or shut it down. Do a hardware reset or turn off the power. This will prevent the Cid exe from getting notified of a shutdown and creating yet another random startup .exe.

     If you’re using some other version of Windows, you need to find out where the file is getting randomly created. Use a disk compare program that shows changes between reboots in order to find the file. In any case, the entry in the Registry needs to be removed.

     If you can’t be bothered with this, just export the entire keys under the above Registry entry and save them to a file. Then delete all of the entries, close the Registry, then kill the power or do a hard reset. If Cid is gone after starting Windows, just add the Registry entries you’ve exported one at a time and reboot each time to find out which one was the bad one.

162. Ste said,

     July 9, 2008 @ 7:25 pm

     Thanks a lot you don’t know how long I’ve been trying to get rid of CiD I just went into C:\WINDOWS\system32\drivers\ and deleted hosts as when I tryed to open it I dont have txt editor, deleting hosts wilnot affect my computer will it?

163. Mark said,

     July 12, 2008 @ 12:44 pm

     Anyone know how to help me? IM on my Internet explorer and I have Windows Vista

     I went to the Add/Remove programs, but I didnt see any CiD Help programs there

     I deleted all Temporary Internet Files off my Internet Explorer

     I went to that Folder, but I Didnt see any exe extentions

     I went to the System32, Drivers, Etc and all that, but I didnt see any of those sites from CiD on there

     Im still getting these ads, can anyone help me?

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