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07-03-2009, 06:51 AM   #16
Douglas_of_Sweden
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Originally Posted by little laker View Post
Thanks for all the tips,

She was using Firefox when she got it. So it isn't immune. It's the first program I discovered the tool bar on.

And I've used CClean to try cleaning the system.
AVG for the virus's
In the spyware department I've used Windows Defender, Ad-Aware, along with SuperAntiSpyware.
Although Ad-Aware has discovered it, it just freezes. And the other spyware programs don't even do that much.

I'll try a couple of other things, however I'm pretty much finished with it. I don't want to spend all day trying to patch it up, when it only takes 1/2 a day to re-do everything.

I'm not even planning on seeing them for a few weeks, so I imagine that it'll be even worst then.
This happened to me a while ago as well. Everytime I connected to the web the processors went up to 100% and stayed there leaving to power for what I was actually ment to do.

What I've learned during the process of rescuing my computer:
Windows Defender is crap! It claims the computer is clean when it is full of spyware and malware. I seriously suspect microsoft is taking bribes to make some companies spyware imune to the "defender".
There are many good freeware options to clean up your computer. The one I settled for was SpyBot. Works very efficiently without any hidden fees. I'm even going to make a donation on their website because it works so well.
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