possible spyware problem, please help!

From: Ben (bjturzynski_at_yahoo.com)
Date: 08/18/04 

Date: 18 Aug 2004 11:40:04 -0700

I recently purchased a used IBM a21m laptop. It was working great up
until last night when Windows began running incredibly slow. I'd try
to open a program and it would take an incredibly long time for the
window to open. Also, some of the programs would automatically close
shortly after opening them and programs would freeze up and stop
responding. I was downloading prior to this occurrence, so does this
sound like a spyware problem? What should I use to remedy it? I've
tried running Adaware without much help.

I also received a pop-up message box with "Messenger Service" in title
bar. I've heard this is related to spyware.

Thanks for you help.

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