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Windows Guru Needed!
-----Original Message----- Please help, if you can. We have this thing called "Webcoolsearch" on our 'puter=20 that cannot be reckoned with! We are unable to install any windows=20 updates, and this thing is impervious to Nortons antivirus. Let me ask this: I am thinking of wiping the hard drive=20 clean, and buying another copy of some type of windows and installing=20 that, just to be rid of our problems. Is it possible to completely wipe the=20 drive clean and start over? I know it is on my Mac, but I don't know about=20 this, my fianc=E9s machine we both regret buying now. Thanks a TON! Dave Please reply to -- "They that can give up essential liberty to obtain a=20 little temporary safety deserve neither liberty nor safety." - Ben Franklin http://www.geocities.com/rogue_2k/CHeston.html . I see that Patti has suggested CWS, once you rid yourself=20 of coolwebsearch download and update spywareblaster it=20 can "prevent" many variants of coolweb from even=20 installing,This is a must have program. Spybot "Search and Destroy" http://www.safer-networking.org/inde...age=3Ddownload Spywareblaster http://www.javacoolsoftware.com/sbdownload.html Spywareguard http://www.javacoolsoftware.com/spywareguard.html Ad-aware http://www.lavasoft.de/ CWShedder,Hijackthis,BHO Demon http://www.spywareinfo.com/~merijn/downloads.html Hijackthis tutorial www.aumha.org/a/hjttutor.php =20 winpatrol =20 http://www.winpatrol.com/ CWShredder (Line 313) Home page lock (Line 63) Hijack this (Line 116)=20 http://www.kellys-korner-xp.com/xp_tweaks.htm Useful links about spyware. http://forums.spywareinfo.com/ http://www.pestpatrol.com/PestInfo/ http://www.aumha.org/a/hjttutor.htm www.spychecker.com/home.html A list of "bogus" anti-spyware tools http://pcpitstop.ibforums.com/axslin...files/bogus.ht m |
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