Originally Posted by
robroy90
Scorched Earth Troubleshooting is in order here. Even if it isn't malware, the cruft you will remove will make it worth it. Windows is notorious for "bit-rot" and before I joined the enlightened, I would wipe and type once a year or so. It was always worth it to me.
Wow. I haven't had to do that on my own computer since before I moved to NT 4. Of course, I'm super anal about what I will let be installed on my computer - resorting to VM's and snapshots any time I have to use something like a "mandatory comcast installer disc".