Re: Removing spyware from multipler user accounts
From: D.Currie (dmbcurrie.nospam_at_hotmail.com)
Date: 11/04/04
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Date: Thu, 4 Nov 2004 10:40:10 -0700
"Ed Kemper" <keef_man_99@yahoo.com> wrote in message
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> Have a question regarding spyware removal that I hope someone here can
> help me
> with. If there are several user accounts on a Windows XP Home Edition
> system
> and each one has been online and been infected with spyware, do I need to
> log
> on to each user account and perform spyware removal? Or can I log as the
> administrator and do it once?
>
> I realize this is probably quite simple but the truth is I've never set up
> multiple user accounts on my own PC, this is someone else's computer I'm
> trying to clean up.
>
> Thanks for any tips!
>
Most of it will be removed from one account, but things that run from the
registry hive Current User are usually not recognized unless that user is
logged in.
Depends what scanner tool you're using, too, and what spyware. Some of it is
easy to kill, others do a better job of hiding.
Best bet is to run the tools in each logon.
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