I been "Spy-wared"

From: Amazed (anonymous_at_discussions.microsoft.com)
Date: 05/28/04


Date: Thu, 27 May 2004 17:29:59 -0700

See what this little tike did in a short time to your
computer. Can you just imagine what his home computer is
like???
>-----Original Message-----
>My family were recently visited by our nephew and my
wife
>let him play on our home computer. He downloaded a
whole
>bunch of stuff with the end result being I'm now loaded
>with spyware. I can't even use my browser anymore, no
>matter what I do I end up at a WEB site called
>SpotResult.com and it states that the WEB site I "tried"
>to reach is unavailable. I've downloaded and run every
>spyware remover that I can find with no luck. I've
added
>the ZoneAlarm fire wall (but that's a little too late).
>It looks as if I'll have to reformat my drives and
>reinstall all of my software including WindowsXP. My
>question is that I purchased my computer from CompUSA
and
>it came preloaded with XP. I have the O/S disk but I
>don't know if I need a CD Key to install it. So I ask 2
>questions: A.) If I reinstall will I need a Key, or B.)
>Does anyone out there know how to get rid of this
>spyware? Thanks for you help.
>.
>



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