Try running the registry checker- open the run box and type scanregw.exe

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Update Windows. Use a firewall.
Use an Anti-Virus of your choice and keep it updated.
In Windows Explorer, set Folder Options to “show all files”.
Clean out all temp, cache, ect. files.
Download BeClean here:
http://boozet.xepher.net/beclean/

Download Sysclean from here:
http://www.trendmicro.com/ftp/products/tsc/sysclean.com
Read this(it tells you how to use it!):
http://www.trendmicro.com/ftp/products/tsc/readme.txt
Reboot into safe mode and run Sysclean, write down results, then reboot normally.
If offending file is in “restore” read this:
http://service1.symantec.com/SUPPORT/tsgeninfo.nsf/docid/2001111912274039?OpenDocument&src=sec_doc_nam

Download AdAware from here:
http://www.majorgeeks.com/download506.html
Read the help files,download the winsock fix, and then Update and run AdAware.
If you lose your Internet connection after running AdAware run the fix.
Winsock Fix here:
http://www.tacktech.com/display.cfm?ttid=257

Download Spybot Search+Destroy here:
http://www.safer-networking.org/en/download/index.html
Read this:
http://www.safer-networking.org/en/tutorial/index.html
Update and run Spybot (enable all protection).

Download Spyware Blaster here: (enable all protection)
http://www.javacoolsoftware.com/spywareblaster.html

Run a couple of online scanners (pick a different one than your main AV):

BitDefender:
http://www.bitdefender.com/scan/licence.php

Norton:
http://security.symantec.com/sscv6/home.asp?errorCode=3&langid=ie&venid=sym&plfid=23&pkj=XHPGJRSOMVZGYYTZXPE&bhcp=1

Panda:
http://www.pandasoftware.com/activescan/com/activescan_principal.htm

eTrust:
http://www3.ca.com/securityadvisor/virusinfo/scan.aspx

House Call:
http://housecall.trendmicro.com/housecall/start_corp.asp

If the previous do not solve your problems:
Download Bazooka here:
http://www.kephyr.com/spywarescanner/

Download SwatIt here:
http://swatit.org/

Download KL-Detector here
http://dewasoft.com/privacy/kldetector.htm

Download CWShredder here
http://www.intermute.com/spysubtract/cwshredder_download.html

Download HijackThis here:
http://www.majorgeeks.com/download3155.html
Install, run and save the log that is created. Don’t let it fix anything yet!
You can find forums to post the log to have it analyzed here:
http://tomcoyote.org/hjt/

Download Stinger here:
http://vil.nai.com/vil/stinger/

Download eScan here:
http://www.mwti.net/antivirus/free_utilities.asp
Rename the downloaded file escan.zip and extract (with a zip program) to C:\Downloads, which you will have to create. Run the updater (kavupd.exe) and then run eScan (mwavscan.exe).

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-max