On Mon, 29 Aug 2005 16:08:32 GMT, Joe AutoDrill wrote:
IE is still free, right? If so, I'd simply do a wipe and re-install.

Ugh. A reinstall is rarely needed, and is a very intrusive way to fix a
system.

To the OP: Find a local geek with a USB thumb drive or CD burner, install
firefox, and never use IE as a webbrowser again. Firefox is faster and
more secure. Once you have firefox, download:
ad-aware from www.lavasoft.de - run it, get the update, scan your
system, clean off the spyware. THEN - download
AVG Antivirus from www.grisoft.com - update and run _that_. Set 'em
both to auto-update and autoscan.

I'd do a disk clean-up first to wipe out all the temp files though... And I
expect a full post-incident report later this week, in person, verbally.
grin

Ugh. That's needed in less than 5% of the infected systems I've dealt
with. If your data is worth more than a couple of hours of effort,
and/or if your backups aren't up to date, that's the absolute last
resort.