A final act out of desperation: I am actually downloading SP3! So far it's been 75 
minutes and it looks like the install piece may be half done.

I really expected this to be a well-known problem with an easy solution. What could 
be causing this behavior (not mine, XP's!)?








On Thursday, May 8, 2008 at 1:04 pm, appleoddity wrote:

>


>Malware routinely makes changes to registry settings, etc.  Removing a virus does 

>not remove those changes.  On top of that.. No matter how many virus scanners you 

>run, a moderately infected computer will not be clean of viruses.

>

>The first thing people can do when your computer is infected is begin compiling 
and 

>dropping code onto your PC that is completely unique and will never be detected 
by 

>malware scanners.  There has to be other methods to find this type of stuff.  Most 

>likely your registry is damaged, or a key file is damaged in some way.

>

>I can clean most computers effectively but some are just a big waste of time when 

>you can reformat and have an optimally running machine in half the time.  Solve 
all 

>your problems.  It is a good learning experience to try and figure out why it does 

>what it does, but ultimately you'll get to fixing that problem, and you will possibly 

>find another one.  So, where does it end? :) 

>

>The choice really is yours.. Depending on your patience and tenacity I guess.. :)

>

>
 

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