re: Need help with spyware/virus problem plz help me
Friday, April 7, 2006 at 10:39 pm
Windows XP Annoyances Discussion Forum
Posted by mark
(1036 messages posted)
If you've successfully resolved the spyware problem AND then have Internet connectivity
issues following that, check into this:
http://www.snapfiles.com/get/winsockxpfix.html
On Friday, April 7, 2006 at 7:09 pm, Ron wrote:
>Hi, My name is Ron. And recently (few days ago) my brother downloaded Surfsidekick
>3 not realizing what he was doing and inadvertantley installed a very malicious
piece
>of spyware. He wasn't able to fix it and dropped his laptop off at my place to see
>what i could do. Now I'm pretty sure I've fixed most of the problems with the machine
>but i just cant seem to get one last pop-up program to go away. I know for a fact
>this computer has virus's on it but i tried running a virus scan with up to date
>norton anti-virus but it found about 52 files then the computer randomly turned
off.
>I booted it back up started the scan again and within about 2 minutes of it running
>it shut down again. The computer is a laptop plugged into the socket, and connected
>to the internet. I've done everything i can and i'm just stumped, any help would
>be greatly appreciated.
>
>
>thank you for any help you can provide
>Ron
>
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