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"handyman" wrote in message
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> "kraway" wrote:
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>> I was recently surfing the web and now I seem to have a new antivirus
>> software working on my machine. The name is XP Antivirus ver. 2.4.
>> It
>> always wants to scan my machiine but won't correct any bad files
>> unless I
>> purchase it first. I tried to unistall it but when I restarted my
>> machine it
>> is back again. My normal AVG antivirus software is not finding any
>> bad files
>> but this new one does. How do I get rid of it?

Here is a good starting place for getting rid of stuff.

Additionally, you may wish to perform more thorough scans for viruses
and
malware with other tools:

http://www.elephantboycomputers.com/page2.html#Removing_Malware

(orig. posted by Malke )