I have a worm or trojan or something on my computer that causes certain programs to close as soon as I open them. I have tried to get rid of this before. I have ran HijackThis in Safe mode, and I deleted the entries other than the ones I knew. I restart my computer normally, and it is fine, but next time I turn it on, it starts happening again. It must be getting re-infected somehow. How can I get rid of this worm for good?

ok dude it could be anywere in ur computer most of the time it will be in system files so easiest is to format ur computer

Dont format!!!
Go to start/control panel/system/ and click the system restore tab then disable system restore
Run your Hijack this
and download,update and run Ewido Anti-Malware in safe mode
If this doesnt clear the worm , try Trojan Remover Trial
Also what is the name of the worm??
After you run these scans and get rid of the worm go back into System restore and re-enable it .

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try checking free space on drive
anilize with defrag
do a scan disk error check
disable system restore
boot in safe mode
scan for virus and spyware,
empty trash
and temp folders
empty temporary internet files

check programs that shut down for corrupt files

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Well, I updated ZoneAlarm the other day, and it came with a spyware detection add-on. It removed a few items and the worm seems to be gone. If it comes back, I will post back here.

Thanks for posting back

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No problem.