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doddsy · January 28th, 2006, 07:48 PM

run some spyware scans, and an antivirus scans.

you might want to start up in safe mode fro scannong and turn off system restore as well. some nasties will "hide" in system restore.

ms antispyware. spybot search and destroy. hijackthis.

avg is a decent free antivirus. although trendmicro offer a free online virus scan thingummy....

http://www.safer-networking.org/
http://www.spywareinfo.com/~merijn/
http://free.grisoft.com/doc/1
http://www.microsoft.com/athome/secu...e/default.mspx

hjt analyser

http://www.hijackthis.de/index.php?langselect=english

run msconfig too....uncheck any unnecessry entires on the startup tab.

ccleaner too is a useful tool.........

http://www.ccleaner.com/

post back when you've cleaned up........let us know if you found anything nasty.

January 28th, 2006, 07:48 PM	#2 (permalink)
doddsy ska7ing away..... Join Date: Nov 2003 Location: with the cat Posts: 7,756	run some spyware scans, and an antivirus scans. you might want to start up in safe mode fro scannong and turn off system restore as well. some nasties will "hide" in system restore. ms antispyware. spybot search and destroy. hijackthis. avg is a decent free antivirus. although trendmicro offer a free online virus scan thingummy.... http://www.safer-networking.org/ http://www.spywareinfo.com/~merijn/ http://free.grisoft.com/doc/1 http://www.microsoft.com/athome/secu...e/default.mspx hjt analyser http://www.hijackthis.de/index.php?langselect=english run msconfig too....uncheck any unnecessry entires on the startup tab. ccleaner too is a useful tool......... http://www.ccleaner.com/ post back when you've cleaned up........let us know if you found anything nasty.