a search of the entire drive shows nothing to do with regcure , it is not in the uninstall programs list as it has never been installed ,in fact until yesterday she had never heard of it .
she opened her email program , but instead a window opened saying that she should install regcure ,and that it had found several faults that only regcure could fix.
there were 3 options , run (no brainer) save or cancel . we tried saving the file ,but the pop up still comes up instead of outlook express .
cancelling does nothing.
I have cleared out internet files ,cleared all the temp folders I can find , and checked start up folders , including hidden files .also checked start tab via msconfig .there is no trace of this pop up or file name anywhere .
A Squared did not find anything but did select several system files for me to delete.
looks like a browse in the registry is called for.

I think (hope its sorted , I right clicked the email icon on the desktop, properties showed a http address , I deleted the email icon (shortcut).
and created a new one from the winmail .exe in the program files folder . no reoccurance .copying the http address into internet explorer address bar brought up the horrid window again without opening any web pages .
hopefully it is gone for good .