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**Eclipse2003** · 09-27-2006, 06:30 PM

No problem anno. Glad I could help.

Now please follow the next steps to prevent further infections:

Rehide System and hidden files

Click Start.
Open My Computer.
Select the Tools menu and click Folder Options.
Select the View tab.
Deselect the Show hidden files and folders option.
Select the Hide file extensions for known types option.
Select the Hide protected operating system files option.
Click Yes to confirm.
Click OK.

Setting a clean restore point

To turn off System Restoreclick Start > Right Click My Computer > Properties. Click the System Restore tab and Check "Turn off System Restore" or "Turn off System Restore on all drives" Click Apply. When turning off System Restore, the existing restore points will be deleted. Click Yes to do this then Click OK.

To turn System Restore back on Uncheck "Turn off System Restore" or "Turn off System Restore on all drives." Click Apply, and then OK.

Microsoft Updates

It is very important that you get all of the critical updates for your Operating System and Internet Explorer. Please go to Microsoft and download all the critical updates to help prevent possible re-infection.

Spyware Prevention

This is a good time to set up protection against further attacks. Read How Did I Get Infected In The First Place?. You need an antivirus that is continually updated, a good firewall, a spyware blocker such as Spyware Blaster, and a real time spyware program such as Spyware Guard, to prevent spyware intrusions. IE-Spyad is another excellent program that places over 4000 websites and domains in the IE Restricted list, which will help prevent attempts to infect your system. All of the above have good free versions available. However, be very wary with any security software that is advertised in popups or in other ways. They are not only usually of no use, but often have malware in them.

More information and downloads are available at the following links:

Spyware Blaster
Spyware Guard
IE-Spyad

Let me know if you have any other problems. If not you should be good to go.

09-27-2006, 06:30 PM	#13 (permalink)
Eclipse2003 TSF Enthusiast Join Date: Apr 2005 Location: Ohio Posts: 1,154 OS: XP	No problem anno. Glad I could help. Now please follow the next steps to prevent further infections: Rehide System and hidden files Click Start. Open My Computer. Select the Tools menu and click Folder Options. Select the View tab. Deselect the Show hidden files and folders option. Select the Hide file extensions for known types option. Select the Hide protected operating system files option. Click Yes to confirm. Click OK. Setting a clean restore point To turn off System Restoreclick Start > Right Click My Computer > Properties. Click the System Restore tab and Check "Turn off System Restore" or "Turn off System Restore on all drives" Click Apply. When turning off System Restore, the existing restore points will be deleted. Click Yes to do this then Click OK. To turn System Restore back on Uncheck "Turn off System Restore" or "Turn off System Restore on all drives." Click Apply, and then OK. *Microsoft Updates* It is very important that you get all of the critical updates for your Operating System and Internet Explorer. Please go to Microsoft and download all the critical updates to help prevent possible re-infection. *Spyware Prevention* This is a good time to set up protection against further attacks. Read How Did I Get Infected In The First Place?. You need an antivirus that is continually updated, a good firewall, a spyware blocker such as Spyware Blaster, and a real time spyware program such as Spyware Guard, to prevent spyware intrusions. IE-Spyad is another excellent program that places over 4000 websites and domains in the IE Restricted list, which will help prevent attempts to infect your system. All of the above have good free versions available. However, be very wary with any security software that is advertised in popups or in other ways. They are not only usually of no use, but often have malware in them. More information and downloads are available at the following links: Spyware Blaster Spyware Guard IE-Spyad Let me know if you have any other problems. If not you should be good to go.