I have a rootkit problem!

[Mlindberg]

Its a Windows XP SP3 HP Desktop with a rootkit. How should I go about this? The rootkit has a search redirect and constant pop up saying I won something.

I ran a rootkit removal scan called Sophos which found about 400 hidden files. Do I check all of these and clean them? I really need some advice! Thanks for your time everyone!

-Mlindberg

[PCBruiser]

I am locking this topic.

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