Error message at start-up: "PadExe.exe has encountered a problem ...

From: Stevel (Leighton_steve_at_hotmail.com)
Date: 05/31/04 

Date: Sun, 30 May 2004 19:32:15 -0700

Open regedit, do a search for padexe.exe, when it comes up
delete it from your registry. Be carefull deleting the
wrong thing you'll be sorry. Do this at you own risk.

>-----Original Message-----
>.... and needs to close, we are sorry for the
>inconvenience".
>
>Has anyone encountered the same problem? What could I do
>to fix it? I was adviced that it might be due to spyware,
>but after I installed anti-spyware(lavasoft adware) and
>removed the files suggested by adware, I'm still having
>the same problem. Any advice? Thanks a lot!
>.
>

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