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That u so much 4 being patient with me.

No problem.

Can I delete the stuff I downloaded on my desktop (Combo-fix, Hijak this, the attach doc)?

Yes you could delete them I would keep HijackThis just don't use it without supervision



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Hopefully this should take care of your problems! Good luck.

Ok I will definetly do what u recomment.

Do I just right click on the icon & select delete or do I have uninstall them?

Yes but do this for ComboFix:

Click Start > Run and copy/paste the following bolded text into the Run box and click OK:

ComboFix /u

I clicked start but I don't see run. Where can I find it?

I see you are running vista, run is integrated in the "search" feature. Click start, then on the bottom there will be a search query, that says "search" in greyish letters, type the above there.

I copied ComboFix /u in the box & it said no matches found for your search.
Then....I typed run in the box & then cut & paste ComboFix /u
& it said it couldn't find it to make sure i typed the right name.

oh well, just delete ComboFix via right click-->delete

ok thx

I did all u suggested above, but I was wondering do I need 2 keep these new apps on my desktop?