Hi Keith:
If you can find the names of the viruses, you can then do a search on the internet for removal programs for that specific virus.  Do a search with the virus name at:
www.downloads.com
I usually find the removal programs there.

As for the stubburn adware, Press alt control delete and see what is running in the background.  Stop any programs that look suspicious and try removing the adware again.
The other option is to go under the spybot configuration and force it to do a scan the next time you reboot.
Hope this helps.
Martin

>
>Subject: Virus and Ad Ware question
>   From: Keith Bundy <[log in to unmask]>
>   Date: Fri, 28 May 2004 22:33:34 -0500
>     To: [log in to unmask]
>
>I admit my ignorance about viruses and Ad Ware, so if these questions are
>too elementary, please send the answer privately.
>
>I just found, through the use of AVG, that I have two Trojan Horse viruses
>on my Windows 98 machine at home.  When I try to get rid of the Trojan
>Horses by deleting the infected files, I am told that the files cannot be
>deleted.  Any ideas as to what to do?
>
>In addition, I am working on another individual's computer.  He just
>downloaded Spybot, and it found Ad Ware on his computer.  However, this file
>is in the \windows\system directory, and Spybot says it can't delete the
>file.  He has gone to Windows Explorer and can't delete the file from there.
>Any suggestions?
>
>Thanks.
>
>Keith Bundy
>
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