Re: Slow XP Boot

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jhewitt_at_arrakis.es
Date: 01/19/05 

Date: Wed, 19 Jan 2005 12:52:14 +0100

On Tue, 18 Jan 2005 10:13:31 -0500, Carl lackey
<clackey3@earthlink.net> wrote:

Your below comments ring a bell here. I suspect that I have exactly
what you describe below.
My problem is that I do not know how to fix it.
Sure could use some help / direction / hints.......please.

>If booted the XP CD to "Repair" your system, it is most likely that any
>ad-ware, spyware or trojan you have is still there. The registry is
>still interacts and when the trojan starts up.
>
>Three of 4 machines brought to me in the last week have been infected,
>and in each case, one of the following exists:
>
>1. Adware removal tool found it and said it was removed, but a re-scan
>finds it still there.
>
>2. Adware removal tools and anti-virus do NOT find it.
>
>3. Trojan has more than one component that "watches" each other, and if
>one gets killed or removed, the other ones restart it. These are really
>tough to handle.
>
>Carl

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