OT: Get Rid Of Viruses, Adware Was: Slow Loading - general slow computer

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You know my bud on this list saved me from this stuff this weekend. My son was

on the computer and was hitting some sites with games on them. I went on right

after him and suddenly I am seeing my internet being very slow to get to pages I

want and I am seeing ads flashing just before the page I requested pops up.

Only by chance did I hit a key that 'froze' the page and I found the culprit -

Ad In The Middle.

 

I went looking through my C directory's system files and I find all sorts of

little buggers like this little txt file that says " Can't find mmtray so you

can't blast it " . I boot up my computer in Safe Mode and go into the 'HKEY'

files and see all sorts of stuff in there. I try to delete the ones I 'think'

are the bugs. I've done this before following some instructions I found on

pchell.com that I used to remove the n-case adware and I found Gator then too.

 

I reboot...AUGH....my main screen looks a little funny - small fonts and icons

and I STILL have the 'ad in the middle' crap happening.

 

I call my bud in a hissy fit. She says in her Southern drawl " I just love

system restore. " She directs me to it. I pick a date before my son did his

surfing as the date to restore my puter too. I do not lose any documents I've

saved or e-mails my DSL downloaded when this restore operation is done.

 

Voila. My 'puter is perfectly fine again and I'm a singin' in the rain........

 

Dale

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Liz Tams

 

 

Hi All - an Butch,

One of the biggest causes of a slow down in computer performance is hidden

Add/Spy ware that downloads to your computer when you visit a web page.