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I start a scan with adaware and somewhere after 1000 files scanned I get a window that says Windows will restart in 1 minute......... and it counts down, similar to the worm that hit windows XP users a year or more ago. Any help would be helpful I need adaware! just restored windows XP if that helps, Cheers, Gunny

Try downloading Stinger (google for it) and run it, making sure you disable "system restore" first.
This will scan for viruses and will catch many that even the most up to date virus scanner won't catch.
After a complete virus scan run Highjackthis, it will list anything that might be considered spyware, be certain to know what you are removing!! So stuff it will show as spyware your system needs, it is very powerfull

Stinger????? ugh could you be a little more specific? cheers, Gunny

Stinger????? ugh could you be a little more specific? cheers, Gunny

No not really especially when typing the name in Google and it is the very first link in the list

http://vil.nai.com/vil/stinger/

Just downloaded it.... Just incase I need it in the future

Thanks, PI

Regards,
Stratobat

Just downloaded it.... Just incase I need it in the future

Thanks, PI

Regards,
Stratobat

Since Stinger is a stand alone utility you must re-download the current version as it doesn't have a update feature
So you might want to run it now and then check back in a week to see if it has been updated.

Alright thanks, ran it and found5 trojans  >:(.... YAY! now its faster  ;D now, just need to work out a good decent cheap graphics card, Cheers, Gunny

Glad to hear!! Stinger is pretty good isn't it?
Finds the stuff that regular anti-virus and adware programs don't

Yea thanks, saved me a load  ;D comp boots in about a minute now :/ Cheers, Gunny04