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Thanks so much. There are so many programs out there that I was honestly lost on which ones to try.

There are so many programs out there that I was honestly lost on which ones to try.

That's no lie!

Oh, I forgot the REAL advice.
If your machine can stay on long enough...
BACKUP, BACKUP, BACKUP!!!
Try to copy all the data off your machine possible before you try to fix it.
And make a re-boot disk before you do any work.
And, although this is in the worst-case scenario...if you don't have it, try to locate
a CD of the operating system for your machine, in case you've got to do a
total re-install (in which case you'll lose anything you didn't backup!!!).

Checking out that www.jefflevy.com site for info, plus trying (if your machine
will stay on for a bit) good, up-to-date anti-virus, along with Spybot and TrojanHunter
might help.

The machine I cleaned up was an aged Dell (still on Windows 95!).
It took most of a day and lots of sweat...but I was a pretty proud novice
when I realized I'd actually "cured, not killed, the patient".

Pest Patrol is recommended by some!