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Hi Mark,

That is really a sour outcome of things, but there are occasions when such things alas cannot be avoided. It is almost like a mourning process when you have to say goodbye to an OS configuration (save as much of your data in backups next time around), and you have to start from scratch. Hopefully you learned a lot this way about the right attitude to avoid malware the second time around. Work from a normal user account to go onto the Internet, and an full admin account for updates and installing software, fully update the software that is on your comp, and keep it that way, also you av and fw and other anti-malware software (ad-aware, etc)… Use in-browser security like NoScript, Cookie Editor, Stealther add-ons inside your Mozilla browser of choice (Firefox or Flock), search your queries with scandoo.com , and use the DrWeb’s hyperlink av scanner plug-in inside your browser. If in need of anonymity use the best of two worlds America and Germany: the tor-firefox browser, called xB-Browser (formerly known as Torpark), and the Jap2FFV0.5.16 add-on (proxy service mix from Uni Dresden) together with NoScript, Stealther and Distrust, you can run that from an USB stick, and carry it around in your pocket, and you are well protected by this formula, my friend…

wishing you’ll stay free of malware for the future,

Damian