antivirus solution

[tijo.thomas]

I am running windows xp media center on my laptop and due to a poor anitvirus solution, i got missed up with viruses and spywares and somehow i need to clean it up.

Could you pls suggest me the best that I can use that eliminates and block those?

[tomtomg59]

I believe the first thing to do is, go here and download and run Spyware Blaster>>>

http://www.javacoolsoftware.com/sbdownload.html and OR this one>>>

http://www.download.com/3000-2144-10045910.html

Then download and run this for Virus's>>

http://housecall.trendmicro.com/

[Budfred]

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Please do not follow that advice... It is not safe to start installing programs on an infected computer without knowing something about what is going on first... We need to see a HijackThis log to get an idea of the problem...

http://www.merijn.org/programs.php

To run HJT, extract it to a permanent folder such as one you create like C:\HJT or the Desktop. Close all open windows and
browsers and make sure that all programs are enabled if you use msconfig. Run it and Scan, then Save the log.
When the log window appears, Right click to Copy it, open your browser and come here to Paste the entire log. Do
not make any changes until it is checked since most items are either benign or essential to the computer. Use as many posts as needed to post the whole log here...