I've been trying to fix a family members computer after it has been infected with 
the Cabrotor hijack virus and other spyware. 
I've used Spybot and Adaware SE to clean the system. Trendmicro's Housecall virus 
scan reports that the system is now clean. However it's still doing the odd strange 
thing. 
I had to use system restore as I couldn't get a working dial-up connection and the 
system wouldn't start in safe mode. After the successful restore I again ran full 
virus/spyware scans and it's now clean. The internet connection is still unstable 
at times.
I'm not sure whether system files have been corrupted. Or if there is still a Hijack 
program running. I've run a "Hijack this" scan report but am having trouble deciphering 
it. 
I'm trying to upgrade the machine to IE6 a prerequisite before I can install Trendmicro 
Internet Security 2005.
I had installed IE6 prior to using system restore. The machine is now running with 
IE5.5. The IE6 setup won't install properly, I think because it sees an earlier setup. 
Looks like I have to manually uninstall all the various bits and pieces of the program 
according to http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;303399
This seems to be a major pain in the proverbial...
Any help or suggestions would be greatly appreciated.

Thanks

Allan

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