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Haven't actually looked at it yet. The last few times he had spyware he invited in by believing in fake Microsoft look-a-like pop up's saying he needs to click "here" to protect his system. Plus, although he won't admit it, I found a bunch of porn based temp files, pics, etc., on his pc.

For whatever reason, he has not learnd to keep his antivirus and spyware programs updated, even though I've showed him a thousand times.

This time he better get a cold 12-pack ready for me before I stop over.

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.