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> Galen thank you but I don't understand what you're suggesting I do. Can
> you
> provide step by step instructions? Thanks
I'll leave the original in case you should have lost it or what not. Either
way it's pretty easy but it's not very quick. I'd recommend using one from
the virus and trojan categories in the list and all three applications in
the spyware section. Download them. Install them. Update them to the latest
definitions (that's different for each application but I'm sure you'll
figure it out without a problem.) Then do all of your scans in safe mode.
Galen
>> My reply is at the bottom of your sent message:
>>
>> > I recently installed SP2 and noticed I'm still getting pop-ups. I have
>> > blocker turned on but when a pop up appears I check the tools menu
>> > and pop-up blocker is off. Each time I turn it on, a short while
>> > later it's off. Any suggestions??
>>
>> Yes... Malware check...
>>
>> Virus:
>> www.grisoft.com - AVG
>> www.antivir.com - AntiVir
>>
http://www.my-etrust.com/microsoft/index.cfm - CA eTrust
>>
>> Spyware:
>> www.lavasoft.de - AdAware
>> http://security.kolla.de/ - Spybot
>>
http://www.microsoft.com/athome/security/spyware/software/default.mspx -
>> Microsoft Anti-Spyware Beta
>>
>> Trojan:
>> www.emsisoft.com/en/software/free/ - a Squared
>> http://swatit.org/ Swat It
>>
>> Before cleaning download this:
>>
>> LSP-Fix - a free program to repair damaged Winsock 2 stacks:
>>
http://www.cexx.org/lspfix.htm
>>
>> Use that should cleaning out your PC remove or damage your in-place
>> winsock
>> and you can't connect to the internet.
>>
>> From the virus and trojan category pick one application, they're all
>> free,
>> download it and install it. Make sure that you update it. From the
>> spyware
>> category pick all three, download them and update them to the latest
>> definitions. Reboot, press the F8 key over and over again, from the menu
>> select Safe mode without networking. Do your cleaning in there. Reboot to
>> regular mode and run the scans again. This isn't going to be quick or
>> easy
>> but it might just solve your problems and it should prevent you from
>> further
>> problems so long as you keep them updated and scan often. Most of them
>> can
>> be enabled to update and scan automatically.
>>
>> Galen
>> --
>>
>> "And that recommendation, with the exaggerated estimate of my ability
>> with which he prefaced it, was, if you will believe me, Watson, the
>> very first thing which ever made me feel that a profession might be
>> made out of what had up to that time been the merest hobby."
>>
>> Sherlock Holmes
>>
>>
>>
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