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If those items are not spyware installing those "wonderful" tools will have no effect, like Zenister said, boot in safe mode and delete them, if that doesn't work, open your TASK MANAGER by pressing CTRL+ALT+DEL and browse thru the list of running programs and end it.

What version of Windows are you running?
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If those items are not spyware installing those "wonderful" tools will have no effect, like Zenister said, boot in safe mode and delete them, if that doesn't work, open your TASK MANAGER by pressing CTRL+ALT+DEL and browse thru the list of running programs and end it.

What version of Windows are you running?



That wont do it either. It nearly impossible to get all of the files in the program, most of them are .dll files in the System folders. (If you have 1 piece of spyware, you probably have alot more that you don't know about, and those will probably install the stuff you just deleted anyway). The latest version of Ad-aware will catch nearly everything, but if it doesn't you have to delete the registry keys that cause the program to start when the PC boots up. I've also had good luck with the Yahoo! spyware tools.;)

Edit: I am 100% sure that ad-aware will take care of the files you listed, I had it on my laptop a few months ago.

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There may several reasons for not being able to delete a file, it might be in use, or you may not have file permissions set to do it even though your account has the power to do this.

Installing good anti-spyware software should do the trick, they will check executables and kill them delete files and dll's and startup entries and registry keys.

dll files and executables cannot implement spyware/adware unless they are invoked through startup entries etc or unless it's some trojan inside a kosher executable or dll (that would be more than merely spyware) vagrant dlls are not the core problem per se.

Don't try going around deleting suspicious stuff on your computer by hand unless you're really sure it's undesirable, especially dll files.

I use several anti-spyware programs, there's no reason not to. I use adaware and spybot. I also purchased PestPatrol and it seemed at the time to do some additional good (don't think I've actually run adaware in an age).

I use a firewall in my router, keep my system and router patched with the latest updates and run Macafe antivirus and firewall software.

I don't think this is paranoid, most of this stuff you'll never see running, a lot of it is free and I run most of the scans occasionally when it springs to mind. You can choose to automate scans with all this stuff at night etc. if you leave your system on.

Bottom line, have a milti-tiered approach, it really ain't as difficult as it might seem and there are excellent free AV and anti-spyware software options out there & patches are free & automated too. There's no particular need to rely on a single anti-spyware tool.

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