How to uninstall Brilliant Digital's software

Editors note: The information for this story was valid on the day of publication. However, elements of the software may have changed over time. Additional files or different files may now be installed along with Kazaa. To track exactly what's happening to your computer, use an installation monitoring program such as PC Magazine's InCtl5.

Brilliant Digital Entertainment quietly installs its own software with every copy of the Kazaa file-swapping software. The Brilliant Digital software, which is being progressively distributed over the next few weeks, can later be remotely "turned on" to become part of a new network.

Executives from Brilliant Digital and Kazaa's parent company say people can uninstall the Brilliant Digital or Altnet software from their computers without interfering with the Kazaa program itself. This is true, but it's not an easy process.

These three steps will remove most traces of the Brilliant Digital software from most machines. CNET News.com did it using a computer running Windows 2000, but the same process should work for other Windows operating systems. Please be aware, however, that these instructions represent just one uninstall method and may not be suitable for all machines and software configurations.

CNET Networks assumes no liability in publishing these instructions, which people may choose to follow at their own risk. As always, it's a good idea to make a backup of any critical files before proceeding.

1. In the Windows Control Panel, select an option called "Add/Remove Programs." One of the options will be "b3d Projector." Highlight this and click the "Change/Remove" button.

You may get a message that the uninstall has been successful. Search your computer for a "BDE" folder, which most likely will be found in the "WinNT" or "Windows" directory. In this folder will be a file called "bdeclean.exe". Run this to finish the first part of the process. Delete the BDE folder.

Caution: An unrelated piece of software called Borland Database Engine also creates a BDE directory. If you think you may have this software installed, or if there is any confusion whatsoever, do not delete this directory.

2. In the "Temp" directory (this will normally be found inside the "Windows" or "WinNT" directory) is a folder called "Brilliant." This contains many files. Delete the entire folder.

3. After performing steps 1 and 2, you will need to locate and remove some additional Brilliant Digital files that have been placed in critical system-level computer directories. CAUTION: Deleting the wrong files could interfere with the normal functioning of your computer. These files will most likely be in the "WindowsSystem" or "WinNTSystem32" folder:

bdedownloader.dll
bdedata2.dll
bdefdi.dll
bdeinsta2.dll
bdeinstall.exe
bdesecureinstall.cab
bdesecureinstall.exe
bdeverify.exe
bdeverify.dll

Delete these files.

BDE Projector ..resets Spybot + Ad-Aware on CLEAN UP

have an XP system, had 259 iterations of BDE Projector..

got all but 2 cleaned

When i go into Registry

HK_Classes_Root\CLSID

there is an entry there..

{5AAA506A-CEB1-441A-9F05-43FAE6B8A495}

THAT contains..

inprocserver32

that has the values of

(default) Reg_Sz __________ (blank)


it will allow me to MODIFY the blank value.. set it to 1.. didnt matter

the instant i or spybot, or ad-aware try to delete it.. the system Reboots.. black screen.. mem count..

THEN... i notice it adds a

O4... KernelFaultError ...

to the registry too... which i can delete..

but still no luck on this BDE trace.. it is still there and cannot be deleted..

not even as administrator, in SAFE mode.. :(

not even with spy sweeper and registry mechanic said every thing was fine..

and it is not...

ANY feedback, help, would be greatly appreciated..

Hey i got traces of this on my comp

I tried to run ad aware, norton and pest patrol on my system last night, failed wouldnt seem to get past halfway. I ran my computer in safe mode where i continued to run a very slow norton process.. seemeed like something didnt want it to scan.. it finished. Although it came up with nothing when i rebooted into normal mode, my computer let me finish ad aware.. but pest patrol, which comes up with alot more things.. didnt finish, crashed at a program called *brilliant digital*.im real angry if this program is the culprit, cuz i cant find it anywhere, but yet it says its on my comp, just deleting files from my recycle bin takes like, 4 minutes and my comp isnt too slow contact me about this if anyone knows anything [e-mail]

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