Thanks for the post James, and nice work at getting out of that fix.
I'm quite sure this side effect relates to the spyware itself--but it might
be worth letting Microsoft know what happened.
There's a log file of cleaning actions--cleaner.log--in the installation
folder, typically c:\program files\microsoft antispyware.
You might see whether you can cut and paste the most recent set of actions
from that file into a tools, suspected spyware report--and describe what
happened to you.
I'm not sure you'll be able to submit the report--some users are not, due to
a bug in the beta1 program.
Those folks, or others, might be interested in what such a report looks like
at the other end--here's a real-world example:
https://www.spynet.com/spywarescan_r...4-56a9cc5026e0
I don't recommend posting these, really--there's a fair chance there's
personal information in there--but I've looked at mine before and not found
anything I was too dismayed at posting for the world.
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"James" <the-(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
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>I cleaned my system of some spyware and had to reboot my
> system to finish cleaning out the spyware. Then my
> computer kept rebooting constanly. If anyone has this
> problem here is the solution to fix it.
>
> 1: Find your windows install disk and let it go through
> the install part.
> 2: after it gets to the startup procedure and it gives
> you the option to install a clean version of windows.
> Don't do that. Instead go to the fix option (Windows XP
> Version).
> 3: it will bring up a DOS window and fixes the windows
> index files.
> 4: Type help after the C:\Windows\ prompt
> 5: and type fixboot
> For some reason the boot sector gets messed up and goes
> to rebooting constanly I don't know if this is an issues
> with the spyware software or the spyware itself but this
> will fix it.
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