Step 1 - Remove Gator

From Windows 

1. Click the START button 
2. Select SETTINGS 
3. Select CONTROL PANEL 

4. When the Control Panel window opens
   double-click on the Add/Remove Programs icon. 

5. When the Add/Remove Programs Properties 
   window opens locate Gator 
   in the list of installed programs. 

6. Click on it one time and then 
   click on the Add/Remove button. 

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Step 2 - Remove OfferCompanion

  

OfferCompanion
   Now repeat steps 1 - 6 above to remove
   and uninstall OfferCompanion. 

If you see  
   o Precision Time - Gator Ads 
   o Date Manager - Gator Ads
    remove them too. 

Step 3 - Done!

GAIN and Spyware

Important

That's it. All done. Gator gone. Later Gator.

How to Remove or Uninstall GAIN

GAIN is the Gator Advertising Information Network

GAIN may not be listed in the Add/Remove programs window. It should uninstall itself after you complete the Gator removal. You can go to the bottom of the Gator/GAIN page to uninstall.

The Precision-Time Removal Instructions may be able to help you remove all GAIN-related software.

Spyware Problems?

"Spyware doesn't destroy anything. It just makes you want to destroy your computer."
Dan Richman

If you are having spyware problems or want to avoid ever getting the spyware then the Firefox browser is what you are looking for. Download the Mozilla Firefox 1.0 Brower free! Firefox is free and lets you browse faster and more safely than any other browser.

Firefox 1.0 Features

• Popup Blocking
• Tabbed Browsing
• Privacy and Security
• Easy Download

Anti-Spyware Tools

How to Get Rid of Spyware

SpyWare and AdWare Removal Software

Spyware and adware tracks your activities and serves popups. It's annoying but usually will not harm your computer or files stored on your PC. We don't know of any single product that works completely. It usually takes at least two different products.

Spybot Search and Destroy
Spybot is free. We downloaded it and it finds more than just Gator on your PC. It is free with no strings attached. Spybot is the most recommended free anti-spyware program.

Spy Sweeper 1.2
PC Magazine recommends Spy Sweeper 1.2 that you can download free.

NoAdware
We haven't tried this one but to ensure complete removal of Gator and all other Adware you may want to install and run the free version of NoAdware.

Ad-aware
Ad-aware is recommended by many to find and remove Spyware. Ad-aware is available free for personal use.

Yahoo Free Download
The Yahoo Toolbar with Anti-Spy is available as a free download.

You can download the Yahoo toolbar right now while you are reading.
Yahoo free Anti-Spy Toolbar download.

Maintaining Your Own PC
BY MICHELLE GOODRICH
(April 2004)
Is your PC running slow? It needs a little help sometimes. With a little preventive maintenance you can keep your machine running clean. Here are a few things you can do to help your PC run faster

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• PC MAGAZINE ARTICLE: Spy Stoppers March 2004
• 11 Signs of Spyware
• Gator foe bitten, but still not shy
• See you later, anti-Gators?
• Hotel Chains Sue Gator Over Unwanted Pop-up Ads

About the Gator

Did you get Gatored?
If you thought that Microsoft Word's little pop-up Office Assistant was irritating then you will definitely despise the Gator. You think the little Gator will help you fill in forms automatically. But what a price to pay.

When you go to a site to make a purchase the Gator will do this little pop-up advertising asking if you want go to a related site to buy instead. He's always there, lurking in the background, waiting for you to click on one of its advertisers competing sites. He isn't good at helping you fill out forms either.

You close him. He pops up again and again and again. Don't Get the Gator!

Precision Time

How did you get Precision Time?
It might have been a opup box like this. It's a fake. Read it carefully, read them all carefully. If it is a popup it is an advertisment for something. They don't really want to help you.

The Precision-Time Removal Instructions may be able to help you remove all GAIN-related software.