hello, i just fixed my computer thx to you guys but i just want to know how i learn more about fixing a computer and dealing with malware and viruses, and i also want to learn how to use the Hijackthis fix , any info would be appreciated

all fooling aside....www.google.com is a great place to start Just type in the things you want to learn and check out the results. Hope that helps Hopefully my advice will help you...Please post back with your results....thanks

XpUser4Real is right. Here is all the the info needed to empower yourself, anything you are not sure of, put into a search engine like Google. Read one of these links 1st, they have step by step. http://wiki.castlecops.com/Malware_... http://www.geekstogo.com/forum/Must... http://www.wilderssecurity.com/show... Use HiJackThis to track down or check for possible infections. Important: Create a specific folder on your hard drive called HijackThis to keep its backups. You can do this by going to My Computer (Windows key+e) then double click on C: then right click and select New then Folder and name it HijackThis. Download and unzip HijackThis.exe into this folder. http://www.merijn.org/downloads.html Or, http://tomcoyote.com/hjt/ Or, http://www.spywareinfo.com/~merijn/... If possible run HJT in Normal mode ( not Safe ) with all your normal startup's working. HijackThis Tutorial - How to Analyse your own log. http://spywarewarrior.com/viewtopic... http://hometown.aol.co.uk/jrmc137/h... http://www.bleepingcomputer.com/tut... http://www.malwarehelp.org/understa... HijackThis log file analysis ( online ) http://hijackthis.de/index.php?lang... Or, http://startup.networktechs.com/pag... http://hjt.iamnotageek.com Malware Prevention: Prevent Re-infection http://wiki.castlecops.com/Malware_... http://www.offroaders.com/ralphtheg...