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... But there are spyware trojans that hide in your System32 folder which neither ad-aware, nor spybot search and destroy can remove. If you are running XP, and your hard drive is formatted with NTFS, the only way to remove them is to boot from an install CD, run the recovery console, and manually delete all the files the trojan created from the command line. At least Ad-aware can tell you the names of the offending files. The ones I have encountered on my job as a computer repair tech cause so many pop-ups to appear that the render a PC essentially useless. I wouldn't be surprised if millions abandoned computers outright, concluding that they aren't worth the hassle.
Posted by: Uncoveror   Posted on: 04/29/04 You are currently: a Guest | Members login | Terms of Use
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Fix Windows  Mstowelboy2b | 04/29/04
Fix Windows  Loverock Davidson | 04/29/04
He's not talking about the startup directory  voska | 04/29/04
Registry  Doink | 04/29/04
Linux registry  Martin Marvinski | 04/29/04
LOL  Loverock Davidson | 04/29/04
No They DON'T!  voska | 04/29/04
Yes Linux can have a Registry  Doink | 04/29/04
Personaly I think only the OS should use the registry  V Sanders | 04/29/04
this is cool  V Sanders | 04/29/04
wow  V Sanders | 05/01/04
maybe if they had a GUI  V Sanders | 04/29/04
And neither was I  Loverock Davidson | 04/29/04
Clue please  cookingwithcat | 04/29/04
HijackThis  phostis_z | 04/30/04
Startup Items  allan_subs@... | 05/06/04
not only that ...  Uncoveror | 04/29/04
WhenU is ligit  Hanover Phist | 04/29/04
way to go Joe  V Sanders | 04/29/04
This is how you know when you are in bigggg trouble  Squawkbox | 04/29/04
Help with minimizing the spyware.  Tweak_z | 04/30/04
Criminal Trespass  Thrifty Tech | 04/30/04
FTC...Did the right thing  johnnylumber | 04/30/04
No more laws  Protector | 04/30/04
Trust in God and Tie Up Your Camel  tbbrickzd | 04/30/04
FTC doubletalk ??  johns_z | 04/30/04
Why stop at spyware?  vince7 | 04/30/04
why is this a question?  aminuts | 05/08/04

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