my gfs computer has some sort of virus or some ****



it seems to load programs even when I remove them

and disable certain ones on windows start up, I disable them

and they run again when the computer reloads, and they

dont show up in windows explorer or the ADD/REMOVE programs

page, one program is all numbers and letters



any ideas besides clearing the whole hard drive out?

I have run spyware and thats about it, its some **** *** internet

thing thats the problem

 

The only way you can really get rid of that stuff is write down letters/numbers associated with the problem programs and run regedit.exe and modify the registry keys



I had problems in 98 when removing programs that it wasn't taking out registry keys so it still thought the program was there



Manual labour like that sucks





Long *** time ago!

 

what do you mean by modify the register keys?

I never claimed to be a computer pro

 

start-->run--> type regedit.exe then you can get rid of some ****! i have the same problem with the comp at work, its a good thing its not my work!

 

so I need to write down the program names or will they come up on a list?

 

theres a big ole long list

 

DONT dink with regedit just running around deleting registry keys! Just delete the ones associated with the program names that have already been "deleted".



There is a 'find' function in the menu for the program so use keywords to find anything associated with the ex-programs