[M. Peach]

Have you downloaded ad-aware 6? It's free, and it seems to do a good job for me - however it has to be done about every week.

I would also go to tools, internet options - general tab - and delete all files, cookies and delete history. You could also try to restore your computer to an earlier date.

I'm no expert - but that's what I would try....

[JSteff]

A good first step is to use spybots "hosts" file replacement. That will help keep it from completing connections to many of the sites that stuff will try to connect to.

(Make sure your cable or dsl line is not live while you do all this. They will just replace themselves.)

Then in safe mode run ad-aware several times. You can get it out when it is bad but it took me almost 8 hrs on an XP machine that spybot and ad-aware eventually found over 900 instances of spyware.

Also had two virii on it which AVG got rid of. I also used a registry cleaner... not Windows version... a free ware but the name escapes me.

I also wrote down all the stuff that was starting or rebuilding over and over and went into the registry and deleted anything with that name.

It was grueling and I would not want to do it again.

Safer easier is to use safe mode.. get what files you can save (just work and personal.. NO apps).. do a complete hd clean to take it back to baby state and reload windows. Scan the stuff you were able to save with a virus scanner and ad-aware before putting them on your reloaded system.

Chalk it all up to life under Windows.

Me? No, but I dad stay at a Holiday Inn.

[IamHD]

Yes, I have the new ad-aware SE. It's great, and it did find a few things, but nothing is working for my Registry.