Scanning for rootkits

My computer is crashing constantly, and I believe it to be related to m
Moby Dick of a rootkit. The reason I call it that is that it showed u
one time when I was scanning my system with spysweeper, and before
could remove it, it crashed again. I haven't been able to get it to sho
up again, and I was trying to see what a good suggestion for a fre
scanner to hunt it down would be. It showed up as "system registry erro
- rootkit" or something very similar

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amadeusmozart

Back up essential documents, wipe the hard drive completely clean, then
restore from your original media. This is not something you can easily or
certainly clean up after.

"amadeusmozart" <> wrote in message
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>
> My computer is crashing constantly, and I believe it to be related to my
> Moby Dick of a rootkit. The reason I call it that is that it showed up
> one time when I was scanning my system with spysweeper, and before I
> could remove it, it crashed again. I haven't been able to get it to show
> up again, and I was trying to see what a good suggestion for a free
> scanner to hunt it down would be. It showed up as "system registry error
> - rootkit" or something very similar.
>
>
> --
> amadeusmozart

amadeusmozart;1112737 Wrote:
> My computer is crashing constantly, and I believe it to be related to m
> Moby Dick of a rootkit. The reason I call it that is that it showed u
> one time when I was scanning my system with spysweeper, and before
> could remove it, it crashed again. I haven't been able to get it to sho
> up again, and I was trying to see what a good suggestion for a fre
> scanner to hunt it down would be. It showed up as "system registry erro
> - rootkit" or something very similar

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