Good day to everyone. A couple of months AGO I noticed pyware problems in my PC so i down loaded ad-aware. Then I heard about a different kindo of spyware so i downloaded CWswhredder and it got RID of most of the hidden stuff. But since my computer has been a mess it has never fully recovered. SOmetimes I can't run Java sripts but sometimes i can. For example the bansith TEST at 2wire.com runs about half the times I try it. And chat room that require java, flash , etc won't run most of the time. I was thinking spending some money on more ram and a new videocard but i don'e want to spend the mopney for nothing if the problem keeps happening. Is there anyway to start my computer from scratch. Erase everything on it including the spyware. Thanks for your attention.Jose....You say you cant accesss chat rooms that require
java ........sometimes . So sometimes you can ........
Have you tried reinstalling your java.
http://www.java.com/en/download/windows_automatic.jsp
If you want to "start over" as you put it, then format your hard drive ( that will remove everything). You will have to have access to all the application cds to reload them back......It will take awhile but your system will be clean again. It almost sounds like CWshredder MAY have taken out something your system needed.
Have you checked at.......
http://v4.windowsupdate.microsoft.com/en/default.asp
to make sure you have all the latest updates?

Hope this helps you.

dl65  Jose, I'm inclined to agree with dl65...you may have removed something you need. Also agree with reinstalling Java.

You ran AdAware, and that is good. There is one more thing you could do. Go to

http://www.merijn.org/files/hijackthis.zip

Download HijackThis, then unzip it (usually unzips to C: Unzipped folder, which is fine). Run HijackThis (HJT), then click Save Log in the window it puts up. When it finishes (almost instant...very quick), it will leave a notepad window with the log (it's a long log). Highlight all of it, then save (ctrl+c) the whole log, then come back here to this thread and paste (ctrl+v) that log. It probably will give some clues as to what's going on with your system. Then watch here for more replies.

Best...sierradadSpyBot is also an excellent freeware to remove spyware.