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** Run MalwareBytes scanner
* Other scanners to try (download on clean PC and copy over)
** Check for fake antivirus software with http://www.mcafee.com/us/downloads/free-tools/how-to-use-stinger.aspx http://www.mcafee.com/us/downloads/free-tools/how-to-use-stinger.aspx
** SUPERAntiSpyware http://www.superantispyware.com/ (available as a portable application)
** Vipre Rescue http://live.sunbeltsoftware.com/
* If desperate (download on clean PC and copy over)
** Try HijackThis, which won't detect infestations, but will tell you all the possible problems. http://freesourceforge.antivirus.comnet/projects/hijackthishjt/
** ComboFix, which will clean some problems, but is intended to produce a report that can be posted on a forum to get help. http://www.bleepingcomputer.com/combofix/how-to-use-combofix
* After cleanup, install Microsoft Security Essentials http://www.microsoft.com/security_essentials/
*** 64 Bit - http://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?LinkID=87341
** On Vista/Windows 7 you may have to 'run as administrator'
==See Also==
* [[Software Used]]