I recently had my computer scanned using Avast Home edition and I got a bunch of viruses most of them Trojans and spywares. after that I was getting some error message saying "Error Message,"Duplicate name exists."" even though Im not connected to a network and it also shows a massage saying "limited or no connectivity" whats worst is I cant access other website such as pldtplay.com(philippine game servers) and I also cant sign in on my yahoo MESSANGER. is there something wrong with my PC? can anyone help...?get superantispyware run it in safe mode(along with any other protections) and dl hijackthis and post log, it might take more then one postthanks, I think Ill try that
I already used system restore but I still get the error but not as alwayswell the superantispyware together with system restore was able to fix things... "kinda"
some of my software was not working "correctly" like my yahoo massager for example some of the pictures and plug ins on it was missing, my browser(firefox and internet explorer both have the same problems) has a big space on the bottom part of it which is very annoying since i cant see most of the contents of a website. some of my files and previously installed PROGRAMS was missing.

I'm thinking of reformatting my PC since i have already backed up all my files.
but i was wondering... can frequent re-formatting(using windows xp installer) damage your hardrive? try windows updates and uninstall firefox and reinstall it

and for the reformatting im not sure someone with more hardware experence might be able to help or google might have the answer i reformat every 3 months and my computers are doing fine. ive had my laptop for over a yr soQuote

my browser(firefox and internet explorer both have the same problems) has a big space on the bottom part of it which is very annoying since i cant see most of the contents of a website.

i reformat every 3 months and my computers are doing fine.

Got a screen shot of this big space?