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::sighs::
After all of the hunting and search last night, there still appeared to be at least one browser hijacker on my computer. It crashes my browsers whenever I attempt to search for anti-spyware programs.
I've mentioned this to the IT guy at work and he suggested that I wipe my hard drive completely and start from scratch, given that we can't know for sure exactly what's on that computer. Of course, the problem is locating the discs for all of my programs and backing up the important docs I have. There's a whackload of research for projects on there, among other things.
Thankfully, most of my software is freeware - I use Open Office, Trillian, Audiocity, all of which can be easily replaced. The programs that came with my computer should be stashed in my room. Finding my Photoshop discs is a bit more of a problem, although I have Elements on hand for any work I want to do right away. Buying CS3 is now pretty much completely out of the question, as I do not have $2000 to blow on software.
This just means an extremely long night up ahead for me, assuming that I can do a full disc round up.
I've mentioned this to the IT guy at work and he suggested that I wipe my hard drive completely and start from scratch, given that we can't know for sure exactly what's on that computer. Of course, the problem is locating the discs for all of my programs and backing up the important docs I have. There's a whackload of research for projects on there, among other things.
Thankfully, most of my software is freeware - I use Open Office, Trillian, Audiocity, all of which can be easily replaced. The programs that came with my computer should be stashed in my room. Finding my Photoshop discs is a bit more of a problem, although I have Elements on hand for any work I want to do right away. Buying CS3 is now pretty much completely out of the question, as I do not have $2000 to blow on software.
This just means an extremely long night up ahead for me, assuming that I can do a full disc round up.