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Old 07-18-2007, 12:12 PM   #1 (permalink)
 
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Default PC has IRC bot

Apparently my computer has an Irc.bot, and my ISP has suspended my account with them for a week now because the virus was affecting their network, I ran 8 different anti-virus, anti-spyware, anti-malware, anti-everything programs, and they all show as clean, now i understand that the virus can still be hidden --
is there anything i can do to avoid reformating my computer ? They say if i activate it and they see that the virus is still there, they suspended me for a month

Running Windows Xp Pro
not getting any error messages, although my computer has been taking a REALLLLY long time to shut down ... never did this before...

Thank for your time
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Old 07-18-2007, 12:25 PM   #2 (permalink)
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go to PC Tools - Essential Tools for your PC & download spyware doctor. the program is not free however it will tell you where the malware is hiding, so you can remove it.
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