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 It is time to clean all of that stuff off. Now for a secret. This is what I do when I clean/tweek someone's computer at $50 an hour.\\ It is time to clean all of that stuff off. Now for a secret. This is what I do when I clean/tweek someone's computer at $50 an hour.\\
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 ===== What does an Infected Computer Look Like? ===== ===== What does an Infected Computer Look Like? =====
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 It is going to be best if you copy all of these tools to the desktop on the infected computer. Then start WinPatrolToGo. It is an .exe and does not need to install. Your startup screen should look like this: It is going to be best if you copy all of these tools to the desktop on the infected computer. Then start WinPatrolToGo. It is an .exe and does not need to install. Your startup screen should look like this:
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-Look at your startup programs. This is a clean example. Look for things that start toolbars. If you see something that should not be on this list, make a note of it, but do not Remove it right now. Next look at the Active Tasks. Once again, right now we are looking for information. After you have written down the information on an active task and determined it should not be running, you can kill it. **NOTE:** Some viruses cannot be stopped with this tool.  +Look at your startup programs. This is a clean example. Look for things that start toolbars. If you see something that should not be on this list, make a note of it, but do not Remove it. Next look at the Active Tasks. Once again, right now we are looking for information. After you have written down the information on an active task and determined it should not be running, you can kill it. **NOTE:** Some viruses cannot be stopped with this tool. 
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-This is the same screen from an infected computer. {{::highlighted_1.png?direct&100|}} Unfortunetly WinPatrolToGo does not highlight the bad stuff as I have in this image.+
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 You want the path information on the info page. "C:\program files\vmware\wmaretools\vmtoolsd.exe" in this case. VMWare tools is not a virus.\\ You want the path information on the info page. "C:\program files\vmware\wmaretools\vmtoolsd.exe" in this case. VMWare tools is not a virus.\\
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