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my computer seems to be slower, spyware?

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adam101 View Member Profile	Apr 22 2006, 03:44 PM Post #1
New Member Posts: 8 OS: windowsxp	i have used spybot adware and smitrem, they have not found anything, what else can i do to see if spyware downloaded???? thank you

don77 View Member Profile	Apr 22 2006, 07:08 PM Post #2
Malware Expert Posts: 18,632 From: Boston Ma. OS: XP Pro,ME, 98	Hi Adam, Lets have a look and see if there is anything running on your system that shouldn't be * Click here to download HJTsetup.exe Save HJTsetup.exe to your desktop. Doubleclick on the HJTsetup.exe icon on your desktop. By default it will install to C:\Program Files\Hijack This. Continue to click Next in the setup dialogue boxes until you get to the Select Addition Tasks dialogue. Put a check by Create a desktop icon then click Next again. Continue to follow the rest of the prompts from there. At the final dialogue box click Finish and it will launch Hijack This. Click on the Do a system scan and save a logfile button. It will scan and the log should open in notepad. Click on "Edit > Select All" then click on "Edit > Copy" to copy the entire contents of the log. Come back here to this thread and Paste the log in your next reply. DO NOT have Hijack This fix anything yet. Most of what it finds will be harmless or even required.

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