"Gunner" wrote in message
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My $#@!! kid turned off the firewall (again) and downloaded something
with a nasty malware called W32/Gaelicum.A
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Like I tell my computer customers: "What did you do before you had
computers?...do that!"
Fdisk, format, install fresh OS. You DO have back-ups of anything
important! When everything is perfect again, burn a DVD image. I feel your
pain! If you screw around trying to fix it all you will spend three times
the amount of time.