Re: help!



Angieccone wrote:

> hello,
>
> When i start my computer and everything loads i go to click on aim,
> internet explorer, norton antivirus, my computer and so on , i can't
> acess any of it. My wireless router seems to be working. and my music
> sharing program seems to be connected. So I restart in safe mode. dont
> do anything is safe mode. restart and everything works perfecty fine.
> I really dont think i should have to start, restart in safe mode, then
> start back up in normal mode to get my computer to work properly. I
> ran norton anti virus and my spyware software and nothing shows up.
> This has been like this for a few days now. The only thing i can
> relate it to is perhaps a "stupid" program i downloaded for smiley
> faces for aim. I deleted the program but perhaps it changed a
> configuration or is still on my machine. I can not figure out what is
> wrong with my computer. Any assistance in this matter would greatly be
> appreciated.

The "stupid program" was probably malware. Since I don't know what your
"spyware software" was (and if it is AOL's program that's useless), go
through the following removal steps systematically:

http://www.elephantboycomputers.com/page2.html#Removing_Malware

Malke
--
MS-MVP Windows User/Shell
Elephant Boy Computers
www.elephantboycomputers.com
"Don't Panic"
.



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