Follow these steps to remove Forbes from your machine. Begin by backing up your registry and your system, and/or setting a Restore Point, to prevent trouble if you make a mistake. Kill these running processes with Task Manager: programfilesdir+\forbes\forbesalerts.exe programfilesdir+\forbes\setup.exe programfilesdir+\forbes\stopalertsprogram.exe Remove AutoRun Reference: Go to the key HKEY LOCAL MACHINE\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run. Remove these registry items (if present) with RegEdit: HKEY CLASSES ROOT\clsid\{ee2589eb-7fc8-44db-a892-573f2c4b41e0} HKEY CLASSES ROOT\typelib\{ee2589eb-7fc8-44db-a892-573f2c4b41e0} HKEY CURRENT USER\software\microsoft\windows\currentversion\run\forbes Remove these files (if present) with Windows Explorer: programfilesdir+\forbes\forbesalerts.exe programfilesdir+\forbes\setup.exe programfilesdir+\forbes\setup.ini programfilesdir+\forbes\stopalertsprogram.exe Remove these directories (if present) with Windows Explorer: programfilesdir+\forbes