# A virus?

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-virus/189681>\
**Category:** Factual Questions\
**Created:** [July 20, 2003, 2:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-virus/189681 "2003-07-20T02:45:36Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 6\
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**Author:** ![Paraphanelia](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/e79b87/32.png) [@Paraphanelia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Paraphanelia)\
**Post date:** [July 20, 2003, 2:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-virus/189681/1 "2003-07-20T02:45:36Z")

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There is a program on my computer that is called ian’s ibeat v.1.4 engine.

i don’t know where this program came from but it takes up more than 3 gb.

I don’t know where it is on my computer so i can’t delete it and i can’t find it.

I found out that it was on my computer by going to add or remove program in control panel i have windows xp and when i try to uninstall it it says "String::mid out of bounds

How can i get rid of this program because every day it grows in the amount of memory it takes up?

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**Author:** ![nodope4us](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/278dde/32.png) [@nodope4us](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/nodope4us)\
**Post date:** [July 20, 2003, 3:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-virus/189681/2 "2003-07-20T03:21:07Z")

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did you try going to search to find the program?

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**Author:** ![Qadgop\_the\_Mercotan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/qadgop_the_mercotan/32/83_2.png) [@Qadgop\_the\_Mercotan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Qadgop_the_Mercotan)\
**Post date:** [July 20, 2003, 3:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-virus/189681/3 "2003-07-20T03:29:39Z")

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Looks like freeware…  
[http://www.peakinmusic.de/syntaxphreaks/pages/content/download.shtml](http://www.peakinmusic.de/syntaxphreaks/pages/content/download.shtml)

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**Author:** ![Paraphanelia](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/e79b87/32.png) [@Paraphanelia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Paraphanelia)\
**Post date:** [July 20, 2003, 3:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-virus/189681/4 "2003-07-20T03:47:56Z")

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yeah i tried searching for it but couldn’t find it

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**Author:** ![Paraphanelia](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/e79b87/32.png) [@Paraphanelia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Paraphanelia)\
**Post date:** [July 20, 2003, 3:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-virus/189681/5 "2003-07-20T03:50:37Z")

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I didn’t download this program either

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**Author:** ![nodope4us](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/278dde/32.png) [@nodope4us](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/nodope4us)\
**Post date:** [July 20, 2003, 3:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-virus/189681/6 "2003-07-20T03:55:29Z")

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Did you try calling customer service of the computer company to see what it is, if its supposed to be there, and what you can do to find and get rid of it?