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Old 14-09-2005, 00:44   #29
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Re: help for a friend with tons of spyware & viruses
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Originally Posted by bmxbandit
if it's really, really infested then a reformat may well be a good idea... not strictly necessary but the registry and such could be a tad messy, if it we're me i'd prefer to start again from scratch.
Don't know if any one else uses it but I tend to use a nice basic little program called easy cleaner from Toni arts as it clears out a lot of the temp files etc plus its got a pretty basic reg cleaner in it that is safe for the computer illegitimate to use. Its a bit too old for spyware or anything along those lines but i find it useful to clear a lot of the rubbish out before going in with a proper registry editer.
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