Comments on: Spyware Removal Guide

By: Luis Marquina

Luis Marquina — Thu, 01 Sep 2011 17:24:10 +0000

I know that you have to reinstall windows at last resource, but I tell people that after certain period of time (let’s say one year) it’s recommended to make a clean install of windows in order to get rid of many problems and start with a fresh PC again. What do you think? When do you decide to reinstall Windows as a way of rapid fix?.

Congratulations for the site, it’s very informative.

By: admin

admin — Sat, 27 Aug 2011 16:15:20 +0000

Press F8 as the computer is starting up and then choose “disable automatic reboot on system failure” this will allow you to read what is on the bluescreen. Google the stop code or error message for hints on how to fix it. Or leave a reply and I’ll help the best I can.

By: allyssaann

allyssaann — Sat, 27 Aug 2011 06:15:20 +0000

my computer would not work because i cant get to the hijackthis. i have it in safe mode and it’s fine, but once i start rebooting it gets to the welcome screen, then a blue screen pops up for a very short time (can’t read the words) and it reboots itself over and over. what should i do?

By: admin

admin — Thu, 04 Aug 2011 04:40:21 +0000

Try it in safe mode if you can. Press F8 as the computer starts up. If that doesn’t work tell me the first part of what it says on the blue screen and I’ll see if I can help.

By: Phil

Phil — Wed, 03 Aug 2011 16:39:31 +0000

‘The first cool software you should use is called msconfigI always run this right off before I do anything else. To access it all you have to do is click the Start button’

How can i click start ??? when i cant even log onto my computer with this annoying blue screen

By: Wes

Wes — Mon, 13 Jun 2011 17:14:23 +0000

Hi, I wanted to comment on the “You should not use msconfig” that Kev said. I have always used msconfig and is a great tool to use to clean up computers very quickly. Yes it only disables it and yes you can really screw up your computer ~ but only if you disable Microsoft Services. Start up items in the system only slow the computer down and most are useless unless wanted/desired.

I love these blogs and will continue to read on, Thank you.

By: Kev

Kev — Sun, 15 May 2011 17:58:34 +0000

Thanks for all of the useful information on your site. I really would like to use this method to try to save time removing malware, but after reading the following article I am not sure whether this is a good process to use. Please let me know what you think about this.

http://forums.majorgeeks.com/showthread.php?t=149804

“Why you should not be using MSconfig to control startups”

Many people frequently use MSconfig as a long term solution to control startup processes and services. You will also see many websites condoning use of MSconfig and teaching you how to use it for controlling startups. This is a very bad idea for many reasons.

1.) MSconfig was designed to be used only as a temporary debugging/troubleshooting tool. It was not meant to be used for long term solutions.

2.) MSconfig does not show all startups anyway.

3.) If you uninstall programs while they are being disabled with MSconfig, they will not be uninstall properly and you will have to resort to manual registry editing to properly get everything removed. MSconfig will leave orphan entries if/when installed software is uninstalled while under the control of MSconfig . When/if MSconfig is turned back to normal startup, it will give errors on boot due to those orphan entries.

4.) MSconfig and Services:

If you uninstall programs while you have some of the programs services being controlled with MSconfig, the programs will not be uninstall properly and you will have to resort to manual registry editing to get everything properly removed.

When you uncheck a service in msconfig, you completely disable it. If you uncheck the wrong one, you may not be able to restart your computer.

It is safer to control services by using Control Panel, Administrative Tools, Services (this runs services.msc).

5.) You can lock malware items into your registry that you may not see anymore until some point in time where you switch back to Normal Startup mode and now you can cause total reinfection of your PC with the malware. You need to remove the malware not mask it.

If you still don’t understand why not to use MSconfig, see what Microsoft writes here: http://support.microsoft.com/kb/310560 The key point is stated as such:

By: big werm

big werm — Fri, 01 Oct 2010 13:18:06 +0000

uhhh….wow my rig is running crispy now! thanks a lot bro!

By: Spyware Scan

Spyware Scan — Mon, 12 Apr 2010 22:52:50 +0000

I like the hijackthis software.. It’s really help me. Thanks a lots