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virus/trojan or some such *&*&^

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Rocketman:
try pandascan. It is a free internet based service. First scan takes about 1 hour or so but it finds things that AGV, Norton and Macafee all miss.


http://www.pandasoftware.com/activescan/activescan/ascan_1.asp

strapping young lad:
do you have the means to backup anything off that machine onto cd?

if so, do so then rebuild from scratch, but DO NOT put the backup stuff on until ALL windows updates and service packs have been done and your antivirus and firewalls are running peachy

from personal experience i use mcafee as it actively monitors website for malicious content and will report and remove any dodgy content that might mess your machine up.

secondly

create proper accounts on that pc and ensure each account has a password and give your daughter a normal account, not admin one...

thinking about it, do you only have one login for xp? if so create another and try to replicate the issue you have with this one..

i had an issue with an account and created another as the account was corrupted.

worth a shot i suppose.

Sharpshooter:
Have just updated AVG no probs.

dave_2A_2.25Turbo:
Loaded spybot S&D onto  her PC, and it found a couple of instances of Torpig - I can now access the windows malic... tool and update AVG, but still no Firewall (there is one in the Router though). Just running the Windows mal tool

Devon-Rover:
Have you tried the Kerio firewall to see if there is any suspicious Activites whilst connected to the internet. might pick up something?

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