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Cloudbringer · 07-05-2005, 08:44 AM

How'd it go, Bugleau? Did you eradicate the pesky thing?

Your situation with your mom's pc sounds alot like what my husband and I found our a friends's machine. Took us several hours to dump all the garbage and spyware and we STILL had a virus we couldn't vanquish. Like you were contemplating, we ended up wiping the system and starting fresh. Only we got her to invest in a Norton antivirus and a firewall and then we set adaware and spybot to run routinely since she never remembers and her teen son uses the machine too (source of much ad/spyware we're sure!).

07-05-2005, 08:44 AM	#5
Cloudbringer Ironworks Moderator Join Date: March 1, 2001 Location: Upstate NY USA Posts: 19,737	How'd it go, Bugleau? Did you eradicate the pesky thing? Your situation with your mom's pc sounds alot like what my husband and I found our a friends's machine. Took us several hours to dump all the garbage and spyware and we STILL had a virus we couldn't vanquish. Like you were contemplating, we ended up wiping the system and starting fresh. Only we got her to invest in a Norton antivirus and a firewall and then we set adaware and spybot to run routinely since she never remembers and her teen son uses the machine too (source of much ad/spyware we're sure!). __________________ "Don't take life for granted." Animal (may he rest in peace)