get AVG from www.grisoft.com - it's free!

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Noel Paton (MS-MVP 2002-2004, Win9x)

Nil Carborundum Illegitemi
http://www.btinternet.com/~winnoel/millsrpch.htm

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"anonymous" wrote in message
...
I don't have a virus scan software because I wasn't sure
which one I should buy. Would the process still work
without the virus scan or would the problem reappear if I
don't scan it?

-----Original Message-----
You may have a virus/spyware hijack

download the Stinger from here and run it to make sure
that A-V-disabling
viruses are not present on your PC
http://download.nai.com/products/mca...rt/stinger.exe

- update your virus scanner and run a full system scan
of all files.

Reboot to Safe Mode and run CWShredder - to remove
variants of the
CoolWebSearch hijacker.
http://www.merijn.org/cwschronicles.html

Use CWShredder, the removal tool:
http://www.merijn.org/files/cwshredder.zip
http://www.merijn.org/files/CWShredder.exe
http://www.spywareinfo.com/downloads...CWShredder.exe
http://www.zerosrealm.com/downloads/CWShredder.zip

download AdAware from www.lavasoftusa.com, install,
update, and run it to
remove spyware, adware,
and other such nasties from your system.


--
Noel Paton (MS-MVP 2002-2004, Win9x)

Nil Carborundum Illegitemi
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or
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r27pmvp.asp

"anonymous" wrote in message
...

Thanks Noel, I installed the patch and hopefully system
restore works now but I still have the internet
problem.
I don't know if this helps with the situation but
before
the whole event happened, my computer had a lot of
unwanted popups even if the browser wasn't open. Please
help

Thanks

-----Original Message-----
"system restore doesn't work for some weird reason"
please expand on this - what error messages do you get
when attempting to
either create a new restore point, or roll back to an
existing one?



It's possible that you haven't installed the System
Restore Patch - without
which any current restore points are just space
fillers.
To check this, look for the file
C:\Windows\System\SMGR.DLL - r-click on the
file, and select Properties.
What's the version number? - if it's v4.90.0.3003 then
you have installed
the patch, and we have to look elsewhere for the
problem
if it's v4.90.0.2533, then you need to install the
patch.

To install the patch, either visit Windows Update, or
go here, and download
the patch for offline install
http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-
us;Q290700
Run the installer, and windows should reset System
Restore at the same time,
clearing your old restore points (which wouldn't have
worked, anyhow), and
creating a single new one.
You should then reset the maximum allocation for SR by
going to the
adjustment slider at System Properties | Performance |
File System | Hard
Disk - most people find that 200-400MB is quite
sufficient for most
purposes, unless installing/uninstalling large
applications such as Office.


--
Noel Paton (MS-MVP 2002-2004, Win9x)

Nil Carborundum Illegitemi
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post
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or

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r27pmvp.asp

"anonymous" wrote in message
...
When I open "My Computer" or "My Documents", my
computer
takes a while to load the folders. It didn't take
this
long before. Also the internet is much slower and
occasionally the internet freezes or an error box
appears
and forces the computer to close internet explorer.
The
internet connection works because I can still use
msn
messenger but something is wrong with the browser. I
tried using Spybot and Ad-aware but it didn't help
and
I
didn't want to delete any neccessary internet
files. I
can't restore the computer to a previous state
because
system restore doesn't work for some weird
reason.Before
scan disk wouldn't work but now it does. All of this
started a few months ago and I haven't found any
solutions yet. Please help.

Thanks


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