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cdvloehndorf Wrote:
> My sister downloaded something onto my computer last night, and now
> everytime I try and log into my account (which is the admin account)
> My computer just freezes trying to load something???
>
> I can get onto my daughter's account, which is limited, but I can't
> remove spyware from there or anything else....
>
> Can something be done from safe mode maybe?? And if so how do I get
> onto safe mode.
>
> I think if I run spybot/ad-aware I could fix the problem, but like I
> said I can't even get onto my account.....
>
> Any help would be greatly appreciated. :)

Well I figured out how to get into safe mode and ran spy-bot and
ad-aware from there and everything is running great now!!!


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cdvloehndorf

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