BTW, Gary do you suggest users clean the red, black and green findings from
Spybot -- Search and Destroy.

"Gary S. Terhune" wrote in message
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: "SherryB" wrote in message
: ...
: I'm the one with the "SpyBot killed my computer" thread going on.
: Assuming I
: get things back to normal again (big assumption right now =:-O), then
: what?
:
: OK, now that we know you got it back on its feet, it's time for the "now
: what?"
:
: This computer has not had virus protection for about 6 months on
: cablemodem,
: and although it has SpyBotS&D and AdAware's latest versions installed
: on it,
: they appear to never have been ran. How can I back up the system
: state in 98
: so that I can avoid such a huge crash when removal tools don't work?
:
: By imaging the partition. There is no "System Restore" in Windows 98.
: Scanreg saves a few critical configuration files (Registry, System.ini,
: Win.ini and maybe MSDOS.SYS) but that is scant protection.
:
: Should
: I run SpyBot again on it? Or switch to AdAware?
:
: Spybot *should* be OK if all you run is a normal scan, not Immunize or
: Tea TImer, etc. But another person just posted who had the *exact* same
: problem you did after running Spybot, so I have to wonder. Did you
: *only* run the scanner and remove the items it suggested?
:
: AdAware is much safer than Spybot. Yes, I would run it.
:
: Should I run another
: antivirus scanner on it first? I also have AVG free edition, should I
: install that on there first and scan? Do you guys know of a better
: way?
:
: You previously said that it had no AV installed. True? If so, then you
: have to install *something*. AdAware and Spybot are *not* antivirus
: applications.
:
: I've never had so much trouble cleaning a machine, but I guess I've
: never
: seen one so badly infected. :-(
:
: See my articles:
:
: "Clean Boot--What it is and why you need it."
: http://grystmill.com/articles/cleanboot.htm
:
: "Security!"
: http://grystmill.com/articles/security.htm
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: Gary S. Terhune
: MS MVP Shell/User
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