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I'm no longer sure what is the method for spyware removal.


Reload the OS. Removal usually takes too long, and reloding is sadly going to be faster. I have fixed two machines by booting to a BartPE disk, deleting the Windows folder, move data to a "Old" folder, then nuke every other folder/file in the root of the drive. I then boot to a Windows XP SP2 disk, install the OS, then patch it behind a router. Lastly, AVG Antivirus and Microsoft Spyware is loaded, along with Firefox. IE is set not to trust a single site except *.microsoft.com with anything beyond HTML, and icons to run it are removed.

My experiences with these last two systems though have me pretty unwilling to do any computer asisstance these days for people outside my close friends. I'm tired of the same issues on every machine, and now will just refer them to Best Buy or similar to wait a week to have their system reloaded.