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<blockquote data-quote="Sara PA" data-source="post: 179845" data-attributes="member: 1498"><p>Try downloading Opera or Firefox then downloading the SpyBot and Adaware using one of those browsers. Depending on what has corrupted your IE, it won't let you download those programs. And, as far as I know, those hijacking taskbar prograams don't install themselves in Opera or Firefox. Or much less commonly.</p><p></p><p>Most of the spy ware installs itself so that they start up when you start Windows. Some are programed to circumvent the spy ware remover programs. You have to go the Start Menu, the Run then type in msconfig and go into the Startup tab. Then you have to uncheck all the stuff that you don't need up and running the second you turn on your computer. That's pretty much everything but your mouse, keyboard, monitor and the actual Windows operating system. SysTray is one you need. Everything else will start just fine when you click on the program. Trouble is, it's hard to tell what's what. I've done google searches on the programs listed and turned off those known to be malware as well as those that just don't need to be running from the second I turn on my computer. It only takes a second longer for the program to start when I need it rather when I boot. (Doing this cuts the time needed to boot the computer.) </p><p></p><p>Once you turn if off in Startup, then you have to reboot. You can get caught in a circular problem of the malware is running and when you turn it off in Startup, it immediately reinstalls itself there. Sometimes you have to go into Alt-Ctrl-Delete, turn off the program, go immediately to Startup and turn it off there and reboot. It can get tricky and time consuming. That malware can be nasty. </p><p></p><p>I learned all this when I spent five hours cleaning my exBIL's computer when it was so messed up they literally couldn't navigate with IE. Didn't matter, they ignored everything I told them to do -- and not to do -- and were back in the same boat within days.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Sara PA, post: 179845, member: 1498"] Try downloading Opera or Firefox then downloading the SpyBot and Adaware using one of those browsers. Depending on what has corrupted your IE, it won't let you download those programs. And, as far as I know, those hijacking taskbar prograams don't install themselves in Opera or Firefox. Or much less commonly. Most of the spy ware installs itself so that they start up when you start Windows. Some are programed to circumvent the spy ware remover programs. You have to go the Start Menu, the Run then type in msconfig and go into the Startup tab. Then you have to uncheck all the stuff that you don't need up and running the second you turn on your computer. That's pretty much everything but your mouse, keyboard, monitor and the actual Windows operating system. SysTray is one you need. Everything else will start just fine when you click on the program. Trouble is, it's hard to tell what's what. I've done google searches on the programs listed and turned off those known to be malware as well as those that just don't need to be running from the second I turn on my computer. It only takes a second longer for the program to start when I need it rather when I boot. (Doing this cuts the time needed to boot the computer.) Once you turn if off in Startup, then you have to reboot. You can get caught in a circular problem of the malware is running and when you turn it off in Startup, it immediately reinstalls itself there. Sometimes you have to go into Alt-Ctrl-Delete, turn off the program, go immediately to Startup and turn it off there and reboot. It can get tricky and time consuming. That malware can be nasty. I learned all this when I spent five hours cleaning my exBIL's computer when it was so messed up they literally couldn't navigate with IE. Didn't matter, they ignored everything I told them to do -- and not to do -- and were back in the same boat within days. [/QUOTE]
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