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Thanks for the updated link, Charlotte.

Is your computer manufactured by HP?

Trying to get an admin password could get you into trouble if you get it without permission.

As Jeremy mentioned it's a false positive. Unfortunately this is very common with PC Tools software (like SpywareDoctor). You may also want to give Dial-a-fix a go.

Where are you going to create a new user? Through the Control Panel / User Accounts or are you using control userpasswords2?

Another item worth noting/using is Driver Cleaner Pro (which is free) on Guru3d.

You comment on how SP3 seems to kill your computer. What model computer do you have and what processor? Just wondering if it's the HP/AMD bug that's HP's fault.

Let's address what you need DOS for.

Have you considered a batch file or making an AutoIt program to automate the process? I'm always welcoming feedback for ways to improve the guide. I'd love to hear feedback and suggestions. IESpyAds (for HKCU and HKLM) and OpenDNS would be a wonderful pair to stop them. OpenDNS would allow you to protect the entire network in the safest way possible. If you develop an AutoIt script to install and scan with these applications it may speed up the process. Alternatively, you could always program an application that handles that process. I've seen a few tech CDs that do this. With the reg cleaner, the most I'd use is CCleaner's Issues though I wouldn't make registry cleaning a requirement. Registry cleaners can do more harm than good, and I've seen CCleaner's Issues cleanup cause a few problems on some computers (mainly Windows 2000). For files that have those random names, the best tool you can use is Malwarebytes AntiMalware. You should contact them explaining your situation and inquire about a site license or something similar. There is a batch file that detects the randomly named malware but Malwarebytes handles it better than a batch file. CCleaner is unfortunately a program that would need to be installed and ran on the users machine. Mainly because it detects the environment variables like the temp folder paths for cleaning, as they can vary on some installs/machines. Same would go for the registry cleaner, it would have to be run from within that machine's OS. I'd pick Malwarebytes AntiMalware over Ad-Aware because of how well it detects randomly named malware and many more things. As for Spybot, I would use the /allhives switch to ensure everything is scanned.

They're called Crazy Rasberry Ants. You can find videos of them on YouTube. Just look at how nuts this is! "The ants are not attracted to ordinary ant baits, are not controlled by over-the-counter pesticides, and are harder to fully exterminate because of the fact that their colonies have multiple queens." "The ants, attracted by electrical current, invade electrical equipment including computers and air conditioners in search of food, and often cause short circuits and other problems because of their sheer numbers jamming or gunking up hardware." There's a wikipedia article about them too. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paratrechina_...ies_near_pubens

Is this a sequel to that last EuroTrip movie?

Hasn't the best fix been out for years now?

You've got a nice site, computerMan. How long are your forums going to be offline?

Run CCleaner, then install SP3 instead of SP2.

Retry the tool in safe mode.

I'd go for the Linksys WRT54GL. It has wireless (which can be nice in case you have friends over with wireless notebooks, etc) and it works well. I personally use the Tomato firmware which really makes it a perfect router.

It sounds like a problem with the Linksys router and UPNP.

This has been discussed thoroughly in the past, including here and here. Each system compiles it's own vmm32.vxd per what is needed. Sorry but yours sounds like a world of potential problems coming.

Sounds like you have a problem with your system that needs to be fixed.

A quick Search for Feeds results in your answer. http://www.msfn.org/board/Forum-RSS-Feeds-...tml&hl=feed

Have you tried going to the topic and choosing to stop tracking it from the Options dropdown?

Try in your User CP under Subscriptions on the left: http://www.msfn.org/board/view-topic-subscriptions.html http://www.msfn.org/board/view-forum-subscriptions.html

That's why we have the Search feature.

Thanks everyone! It was a great birthday. Slept in till noon, enjoyed a nice cake and got to watch it rain all day long.

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