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Hi chaps, Okay being a bit backwards technologically I didn't take my hard drive out as in your first step but I did download malware onto another pc and got it onto mine via a USB memory stick. So I think I have got rid of this bit of spyware. I ran that and then also ran my McAfee so I'm hoping everything a bit smoother now - and I can at least get onto the net now. However a couple of things - first of all I haven't re-booted in safe mode and checked it. Second when I boot up now my PC says windows isn't checking for automatic updates - I can't change that either via control panel or the screen that pops up. And finally if I take all my data off this PC and onto a hard drive - music photos and a few docs - what chance is there that this virus comes with it? Thanks

Hi, i have been a bit of a donut. My PC contracted the virus XP Security Update 2011 and so i did a bit of research on the net and having found something i thought would work I deleted a few registry files, only really HKEY_current_user Software Classes .exe .....i rebooted my PC, it seems to have done half the job in that this virus hasn't appeared, and if i try to load anything off desktop/start menu it loads. however all the software that usually loads when i boot up doesn't boot up any more, and i can't get on the net. Even weirder if i go into that same registry there is nothing under .exe any ideas how to restore this? i am a real idiot for doing something i literally had no clue about...