Clear your IE cookies. Start>Settings>Control Panel>Internet Options>General tab>under Temporary files, click on Delete Cookies
Well done. Your logs are clean. Any more issues? If not you should be good to go. We still have a few items to address.
Create a new System Restore point- click Start >> Run - type SYSDM.CPL & press Enter
- select the System Restore Tab
- tick on the checkbox - "Turn off System Restore on all drives"
- click Apply
- then untick the same checkbox & click OK
Enable Windows Auto Update- Go to Start>Run - type wuaucpl.cpl
- tick on the checkbox - "Keep my computer up to date"
- Under settings, choose "Automatically download the updates, and install them on the schedule that I specify".
- Click on "OK".
Now that you are clean, to help protect your computer in the future I recommend that you get the following free programs:
- SpywareBlaster to help prevent spyware from installing in the first place.
- SpywareGuard to catch and block spyware before it can execute.
- SPYBOT - SEARCH & DESTROY
Download and install Spybot - Search & Destroy with its TeaTimer option. This will provide realtime spyware & hijacker protection on your computer alongside your virus protection. You should also scan your computer with the program on a regular basis just as you would an antivirus software. A tutorial on installing & using this product can be found here
- AD-AWARE
Download and install Ad-Aware. You should use this program to scan your computer on a regular basis just as you would an antivirus software in conjunction with Spybot. A tutorial on installing & using this product can be found here
- IE-SPYAD
IE/Spyad places more than 4000 dubious websites and domains in the IE Restricted list. This severely impair attempts to infect your system. It basically prevents any downloads (Cookies etc) from the sites listed, although you will still be able to connect to the sites.- Download IE-SpyAD - Extract the contents to a new folder
From within the folder, double-click install.bat
Select Option #2 - Install the new IE-SPYAD list.
Then return to the main menu.
Select option #4 - Add the old porn sites domain
- MVPS HOST FILE
The MVPS Hosts file replaces your current HOSTS file with one that will restrict known ad sites form serving you unsolicited advertisements. Basically, this prevents your computer from connecting to those sites by redirecting them to 127.0.0.1 which is the IP of your local computer.- Download Host.zip - From within Host.zip, double click on MVPS.bat & allow it to run.
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