reinstalling Windows results in a vastly improved system over spending an hour or two trying to hunt down/kill spyware, adware, & virii
I would agree. I cleaned my pc a little over a year ago using a combination of programs. Didn't quite go as far as hijack this.
The computer seems ok now. I no longer have random pupups and random bouts of internet activity, but something still tries to hack Norton almost daily. So far, nothing detects it.
If I ever get my act together and finish setting up my new computer properly I plan to do a full backup that I can do bare metal installs from when I think I need to. It's just simpler.
