As for Webroot's Spy Sweeper, I found only a fraction of what Spybot and Aware
found. Aware found things that Spybot didn't. I've seen some manual procedures
that requires one to go into safe mode amd manually remove the stuff. It worked
for me, but is a detail process. Here are a few sites you might want to check
out:

http://www.short-media.com/review.php?r=132

http://www.overclockers.com/tips1166/

http://www.pacs-portal.co.uk/startup_content.php#Startup_managers

HTH

Olushola Sowande

> I am running Spybot Search & Destroy and Lavasoft's Adaware. I also run Zone
Labs firewall & antivirus. My OS is XP Pro SP2. After discovering that some high
risk files (I don't know if they're viruses,adware,or spyware) have been planted
on my hard drive--and some of them untreatable by S & D or Adaware--I wonder if,
though these are good programs,I'll have to pay $$ if I want a more
comprehensive and effective monitoring and treatment program. A couple I found
highly rated are Webroot's Spy Sweeper and Pareto Logic's Xoft Spy (depends on
the reviewer!) Questions:I understand only 1 program can be monitoring in real
time,but what is the max number of these programs I should have? Also, how do I
find out how to manually treat spyware/adware that S&D and Adaware could not?
S&D advised a google search for the fil

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