[SGVLUG] Need help with clearing popups from windows system

[Alex Roston]

Emerson, Tom wrote:

>>You'll need to replace that one.
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>I think she uses some sites that are not firefox friendly...  (or,
>rather, are too deeply entrenched in IE)
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I meant you'll have to replace whatever file the adware has attached 
itself to, either by completely reinstalling windows, (which shouldn't 
cause problems w/the current data and settings, but make a backup 
anyway) or replacing the single file. The "right" way to do this is to 
turn the computer off, then boot from the CD-ROM drive, so current 
software can't affect the reinstall process. I haven't fooled with it 
lately, but at one point it was possible to do a "hot" reinstall of 
Windows, and this didn't work very well for replacing files which had 
been deliberately buggered.

Alex