help windows security

[The Dad Fisherman]

Just backup your data and then rebuild it from the recovery disks...if you have them. When it comes to spyware I find you waste less time just doing a rebuild than you do installing this and scanning that and editing the registry here and deleting this directory there.....and blah blah blah.

You can backup and rebuild in about an hour or so usually......seriously, just dump your important files on a thumb drive and have at it

[JohnR]

This one is a pain in the buttocks and I usually don't fix it remotely. If you are somewhat technically inclined do this:

Get you data backed up onto another disk - vital in case you blow it up

Turn off system restore points, if you clean it and have system restore on it just recreates itself

go into msconfig and turn off the stuff that runs in startup that is not vital

scan the daylights out of it with a new and up to date AV system

Run Dr Web's Cure It

There are other things that may be needed as it changes over time

A clean wipe is sometimes the best bet...

[spence]

Originally Posted by JohnR

A clean wipe is sometimes the best bet...

True, some popup spyware can embed into a Windows system file and is nearly impossible to remove.

-spence

[Bigcat]

I can find the file, but access to delete is denied?