In Pictures: How to Clean Up a Tough Spyware Infestation
Sometimes, you get hit with something extra nasty and standard antispyware tools can't cut it. Try HijackThis to diagnose your problem and get help.
Anush Yegyazarian, PC World.com
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You can download HijackThis at multiple sites (such as our Downloads library). Note that this is a diagnostic tool, not a removal tool, and it will return results about practically everything in your system. The tool's creator, Merijn Bellekom, recently sold the program to Trend Micro, which offers version 2.0 in beta. Make sure you download it to a permanent folder--don't run it from a temp folder. Boot to Windows in Safe Mode, and start the program. Choose the first option: 'Do a system scan and save the log file'.Upgrade to IE 8
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