HomemadeTurbo - DIY Turbo Forum - Computer smart people, I need your help*virus problem!

KaZaa doesn't install Sex Spy-Ware it installs ad-spyware which only monitors your behavior on the internet, what sort of files you look to download, what websites you visit, an what products you buy the information is relayed to advertiser companies.
While Kazaa is open it will randomly bombard you with pop up windows for products.

Dr. Boost, I would go through and get all your registration information for programs that you plan on installing when you boot up again, IM me if you need help with keys that you don't have anymore I will do my best to help you out.

Once you've got all that done, just boot the computer with the XP CD ROM in the cd rom drive, and choose to boot from it when asked to do so. BE SURE YOU STILL HAVE YOUR REGISTRATION KEY FOR XP BEFORE YOU DO THIS.

Go through the installation instructions, choose to format for an NTFS formatted hard drive. This will completely erase everything on your hard disk, and prepare the sectors to be overwritten with other data. Then it will prompt you through the install for Windows, reboots the machine and you should be back to Windows XP.

You'll have to reconfigure everything, download all your hardware drivers/patches again and install them one by one.

I suggest doing them in the following order:

LAN Driver/modem (if necessary to connect to internet)
Latest OS service pack
Motherboard Updates
Video Driver
Sound Driver
Mouse/Keyboard Drivers (if necessary)
.all other drivers.

Then install your anti virus software, patch it completely, then start installing all your other software.

While some programs don't require you to reboot after an install, I always say do it anyways, because a reboot allows your memory to be cleared and all data in the stacks is pushed out this will make all programs process faster when the machine comes back up to the OS and it also allows windows to configure the registry properly.

Hope that this is some help to you.