Well, i got spyware. No surprise as i cant change my homepage address. Also, im getting internet explorer popups while just running windows normally without IE open. also, small dialog boxes telling me i have spyware and trying to sell me spyware removers. So its letting me know its there nicely. AdAware was run also ScanSpyware program, these did not work. Norton scans were unsuccesful also. Not quite sure on this one, seems more tricky than usual.

Virus and Spyware scans work better in Windows Safe-Mode. Blocking Unwanted Parasites with a Hosts File Also down that page is another method, rather than doing the HOSTS file, of placing the "DNS Client" Service in MANUAL (if you are the only user, and not part of a domain). Better and easier to do the DNS client thing. Also that eliminates one svchost.exe process in Task Manager.

unfortunetly that method did not work

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Well, thats seems to have worked. I mainly had the Spy Falcon problem. Internet Explorers home page is corrected and there are no more suspicious popups. However, i cant get my MSN toolbar back up.

MSN toolbar missing http://www.google.com.au/search?hl=en&q=MSN+toolbar+missing&btnG=Search&meta=