Get rid of a Spyware carrying program that won’t uninstall

The uninstaller that comes with a malicious program isn’t likely to do much good. Still, you might run it with Revo Uninstaller a freebie that launches an app’s own uninstall function and then scans the hard drive and registry for left over’s. if that doesn’t work, try to manually delete the program file or folder. If Windows won’t permit that, check out cedrick collomb’s free unlocker . once you installed, unlocker comes up automatically when Windows refuses to delete , move or rename a file or folder; or you can launch it from the file or folder’s context menu. It also shows you that you what processes are hanging on to the culprit and lets you kill them. You can also try Windows’s system Restore.

In windows XP, select start>all program>Accessories>System tools>>system restore> choose restore my computer to an earlier time, and then click next. Pick the earliest restore point available, and follow the prompts.

In Vista, Click start>type rstrui and then press, Select choose a different restore point, click next and check show restore points older than 5 days. Click next, finally, pick the earliest restore point you see available and follow the prompts.

If that fails to solve things, run system restore in safe mood reboot your PC and press just before Windows loads. At the resulting menu, select safe mood with Command prompt and pick your operating system. At the command prompt type C:\windows\system32\restore\rstrui (just rstrui in vista) press and then run system Restore from there.

Still can’t get rid of the various thugs? Try hijack this ( adwarefixit.com ) a free utility that creates a very technical report on your system’s suspicious windows behavior. You probably won’t be able to make heads or tails of it, but plenty of Internet forums exist where friendly people can help you decipher Hijack this reports and can recommended a course of action.

In nothing else works, reformatting your hard drive is the last, desperate measure to take, but back up all of your data first. In fact, if you already have a full backup of your data, make an extra backup anyway, the more the safer.