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Cannot Delete Adware.Cydoor and Adware.PurityScan Viruses
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Cannot Delete Adware.Cydoor and Adware.PurityScan Viruses
Tuesday, June 22, 2004 at 4:26 pm
Posted by xxalpha2omegaxx (4 messages posted)

Hi, I recently recieved these two viruses from an infected popup ad: Adware.Cydoor and Adware.PurityScan I've tried deleting it using NortonAntivirus, and have followed all steps exactly on how to delete it, yet it's still there. I've deleted its registry values from the registry as well, and it's still there. Any help would be appreciated. Thanks.

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re: Cannot Delete Adware.Cydoor and Adware.PurityScan Viruses
Tuesday, June 22, 2004 at 5:32 pm
Posted by mojo7819 (5744 messages posted)

Try running an online virus scan. Before using ANY of these tools, do the following: Delete TIF’s and history. Empty your recycle bin. Disable system Restore. The reason you need to disable system restore is that many of these pests like to hide within the restore files. These are protected by Windows, therefore the scans can’t delete the pests. An online scanner is available at: Trend Micro or Panda or McAfee or Symantec

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