Somehow this got on my system... Not sure exactly how, but here it is... What a pain in the #%&!!! I use McAfee and it popped up with, if memory serves me, several "PUP" files that I had it clean one after the other... ever since then I have the ever constant reminders popping up telling me that my computer is infected by spyware and I should clean it via SpySheriff... How nice of them to offer (for a fee of course...) I did run a scan and removed other viruses, but this one seems to be stubborn… I have also lost control of my desktop... it changed to a blue screen with the warning about spyware in the middle, then one day after restarting it changed to an all black screen, then once again it changed to an all white screen which is where we are now... I have read several posts about deleting certain registry keys and others that have log files posted… I’m not sure where to start… This is what I copied from my system information… OS Name Microsoft Windows XP Home Edition Version 5.1.2600 Service Pack 2 Build 2600 OS Manufacturer Microsoft Corporation System Name VALUED-B8CC434B System Manufacturer Sony Corporation System Model PCG-FRV26(UC) System Type X86-based PC Processor x86 Family 15 Model 2 Stepping 9 GenuineIntel ~2791 Mhz BIOS Version/Date Phoenix Technologies LTD R0108K7, 8/13/2003 SMBIOS Version 2.3 Windows Directory C:\WINDOWS System Directory C:\WINDOWS\system32 Boot Device \Device\HarddiskVolume2 Locale United States Hardware Abstraction Layer Version = "5.1.2600.2180 (xpsp_sp2_rtm.040803-2158)" User Name VALUED-B8CC434B\Brendan Time Zone Eastern Standard Time Total Physical Memory 512.00 MB Available Physical Memory 39.13 MB Total Virtual Memory 2.00 GB Available Virtual Memory 1.96 GB Page File Space 1.03 GB Page File C:\pagefile.sys Thank you in advance for any and all assistance… just let me know if there is any other info needed… and YES I am considering formatting my hard drive... not looking forward to it, but if it's necessary I will do it... Brendan

Download and run Hijack This and copy and paste your log on the Log Analyzer Page Also you can try this to get rid of SpySheriff " You're only as safe as your last update "

Run a scan on ur system using Adaware... And regarding not able to change your Desktop Wallpaper, there is a Fix for that too... Download these files: Adaware : http://tinyurl.com/69bru Desktop Fix : http://tinyurl.com/9l7kr Run both the Files... In the Desktop Fix, you need to run Desktop.bat file... That should Fix your Issue... Let us know if it helped. Nick My PC never Crashes nor does it have Bugs - It just develops random Features at times.

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