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Originally posted by Adeptus
While some might argue against that, the best way to clean up a malware infection is clean format and fresh install of Windows. That will get it every time.
The removal by means of antivirus or antispyware software is simply not always effective. I have experienced your problem, of crap coming back in a matter of days, before -- the ultimate solution has always been a clean format.
I have never formatted a machine [except when installing a new operating system with a different root file system type] but I guess it can't be too bad to start fresh sometimes.
Of course, you gloss over the possibility of BIOS-resident malware
as difficult as it is to do right.
@q25: What was wrong with the lop removal tool?
was put impeccably into words at DebianDay for me last Saturday, by Knut Yrvin of Trolltech - adults try something once, fail, and then are like "ffs this doesn't work". Children try, fail, and then try again, and succeed - maybe on the second, or even fifth retry. But the thing is that they keep at it and overcome the problems in the end.
-andrewdodd13
