Help me remove "gator" and ALL related files

[Darkshadow]

I now have ADSL, and they've gone to IBM clone. The clone is more than 4X faster than the Mac using the same cable connection, in the same room, on the same power supply.

What is the age difference on these 2 machines?

[Don W]

The Mac is about 4 years older than their new clone.

Don't forget that my 2 year old clone was faster on 56k dialup than the (NEW) Mac on cable.

[Don W]

Well, I ended up biting the bullet, and took the box in for a complete reformat and new install of win XP.

I tried to reinstall from all my disks here, but was only getting a partial, so I just got frustrated and flustered.

So, now I'm all set: Win XP, Ad-Aware, and Spybot S&D all up and running well.

An interesting aside: after coming back here and following a link before installing spybot, I ended up with a couple of Alexa files.

Thanks to all for your help, and happy FReeping!.

[Bloody Sam Roberts]

Great news, DW. Happy computing.

[airedale]

Alexa is really common. You need to clean out the spyware, malware, etc on a weekly basis. It builds up fast. All Spybot and Ad Aware do is get rid of it.