Can't download after trojan infection.

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Friend of mine is having a problem with his new xp machine.
He got infected with Trojan.Desktophijack
(http://securityresponse.symantec.com/avcenter/venc/data/trojan.desktoph
ijack.html).
He believes he's gotten rid of the infection with Kaspersky.
The problem now is that he can no longer d/l anything with IE6.
He's tried setting the IE security to it's lowest, turned off the xp
firewall. He say's he's gone through all IE's security settings and
can't locate the problem. I suggested www.pcpitstop.com and Browsertune
http://www.browsertune.com/bt2kfast/ but he can't use those sites either
because he can't install the activeX controls they use.
He can't use Windows Update either.
There is no "Repair IE6" tool, is there?
Is there anyway to re-install IE6 and reset it to it's default security
level?
I've put Mozilla Suite on a disk for him to install (yes, I know about
the new, big security hole). Is it possible his problem is more than IE6
and he won't be able to d/l with Mozilla either?
Obviously he has an ActiveX control issue. Is there another part in the
OS that controls downloading? IE6 and XP don't have Java, do they?
Tips, ideas, suggestions?
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  • Re: Cant download after trojan infection.
    ... > He believes he's gotten rid of the infection with Kaspersky. ... > The problem now is that he can no longer d/l anything with IE6. ... > He's tried setting the IE security to it's lowest, ... > because he can't install the activeX controls they use. ...
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  • Re: ActiveX Controls
    ... >> I'm getting very confused over the security issues of ActiveX Controls. ... >> understand that it is advisable to disable ActiveX Controls in IE6. ... >> added the update site to the 'Trusted' site list. ...
    (microsoft.public.security)
  • ActiveX Controls
    ... I'm getting very confused over the security issues of ActiveX Controls. ... understand that it is advisable to disable ActiveX Controls in IE6. ... disabled these controls in I cannot access the WINXP update site even when I ...
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  • Re: IE6 vs IE& vs IE8 on SBS
    ... Please don't read that last line as dismissing the possible issues of using a browser from a server, I am not and do not advocate it. ... But you'd have to be executing that code, either by downloading it or by installing it and in such cases I doubt IE7 will help you much. ... If true, this makes me wonder if there isn't some of the aforementioned security problems present in any OS that has IE6 or earlier installed, active or not. ...
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  • Re: IE6 vs IE& vs IE8 on SBS
    ... has IE6 or earlier installed, ... security problems with IE6 and earlier, ... have a compelling reason to put IE7 on the server. ...
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