It ended up being somewhere around 555. Oh, and the DAO Search thing was gone for a split second, but now it's back onto the computer again.
Start > Run > 'msconfig' [no quotes] Go to the Startup tab. Uncheck anything that's suspicious. Google helps alot for checking what the program is.
ill tell ya'll what i did to fix and keep spyware off my comp. 1. Norton Anti-virus (full system scan) - delete everything that it found. 2. Scan with ad-aware (full system scan) - i used this because it detects a lot of stuff that norton doesnt. 3. Scan with webrrot spysweeper - again for the same reason as above. Scan because webroot finds some stuff that ad-aware doesnt. 4. scan with Spybot S&D - same reason as above. 5. And finally after all that i suggest using Mozilla firefox browser over Internet Explorer (IE) as IE is the most vunerable when it comes to spyware. With that i have my comp running as good as the day i bought it. offcourse u need to frequently scan your comp which is the annoying part.
Yeah, I don't know how many times I've been over this, because I'm using IE because it isn't affected by the problems I'm experiencing by using Mozilla. If you had happened to have read all of the original post, RX, you would have known that.
Have you tried the 'msconfig' thing I showed you? Oh. Also try booting into safe mode [F8] and running a virus scan then.
Yeah, there's this program called 'keep'. No idea what it was, so I disabled it, and restarted so I could get rid of it. Somehow managed to enable itself again.
So if you didn't pay attention to Random Thoughts, I just ran a scan on my registry and found over 300 infections. Unfortunately, I couldn't fix it because it wants me to buy the program, first, but does anyone have a recommendation for a free registry virus scanner?
Well aren't you the infected one? The joys of the internet. The source and solution to all computer problems worldwide.
Basically means to reinstall windows. Which is recommenced after a 2 year use of XP, because of all that crap that gets on the computer which slows it down.
Basically means to reinstall windows. Which is recommenced after a 2 year use of XP, because of all that crap that gets on the computer which slows it down. [/b][/quote] That would be "reinstall". Reformatting means to completely wipe your hard drive of all data.