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[ralphieboy]

I had never heard of  Windows Powershell but it is on the computer and obviously was accessed and used in the last few days because it came to the top of my 'programs' list. Programs that I haven't used for awhile are only visible when I access the entire group of programs. I have NEVER used this program. I did notice that a couple of days ago I kept getting a pop-up that says you firewall setting have been set to such and such network. Same as it always does when I first boot up. But this time it kept doing it maybe five or six times after I had been on the computer all day long..

So what is this program and how do I get rid of it??

[Andmike]

Hi ralphieboy.

Welcome.

I'm not sure if this link the Wikipedia's entry for Windows PowerShell will help, but it may.

[huwyngr Norton Fighter]

Ralph,

Before you start getting rid of things that might be crucial in Windows I'd suggest checking whether or not you are actually infected with malware .....

Could you tell us what Norton product you are using and what version of Windows and then we can think about moving you to the associated Forum here for your product. You won't lose sight of it because a link will be left here.

Here's my boilerplate on system information so it will save time if you tell us this.

What version of Windows are you using including Service Packs and whether 32 bit or 64 bit as well as the Name and Version ID of the Norton product that you are using -- Help or Support / About is where that is, in the format of nn.nn.nn.nnn where n is a number.

If you have the COMCAST version of Norton 360 / Security Suite and not the normal commercial version please be sure to tell us.

If you get any error messages please give the exact wording of them as well as any other background that could be helpful. 

Please also say what internet browser you are using -- name and version number ...