RKJ> Date: Mon, 12 Jul 2004 01:43:50 -0300 RKJ> From: Rubens Kuhl Jr. RKJ> Try booting into safe mode before running software to detect RKJ> or remove spyware; some of them fight to survive if they are Also use msconfig to disable non-critical extras. Some of us have manually ripped out ActiveX controls and BHOs care of regedit... but, alas, malware often has made enough registry and other system changes that the system is left unstable or inoperable. CVs archives of { { system file MD5/SHA1 hashes } and { registry dumps } }, anyone? Eddy -- EverQuick Internet - http://www.everquick.net/ A division of Brotsman & Dreger, Inc. - http://www.brotsman.com/ Bandwidth, consulting, e-commerce, hosting, and network building Phone: +1 785 865 5885 Lawrence and [inter]national Phone: +1 316 794 8922 Wichita _________________________________________________________________ DO NOT send mail to the following addresses: davidc@brics.com -*- jfconmaapaq@intc.net -*- sam@everquick.net Sending mail to spambait addresses is a great way to get blocked.