antispyware fails to launch/run

[Guest]

my laptop(sony vio) recently got infested by adware. i tried running the
microsoft beta antispyware nut it fails to launh/run with a message that a
critical error has occured and i need to unistall and reinstall, which i did,
but to no avail!

 

[Guest]

Try downloading a different anti-spyware program. Remove all the spyware, and
then try re-installing MSAS. I would recommend downloading ewido:
www.ewido.com

 

[Andre Da Costa]

Try uninstalling Microsoft AntiSpyware, delete the Microsoft Program Files
folder under c:\, restart the the computer. Reinstall Microsoft AntiSpyware
to a non-default location such as c:\msas. Also restart in safe mode, open
Microsoft AntiSpyware, on the Scan Page, choose Scan Options > Full System
Scan > check all boxes below > click Run Scan Now.
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[Guest]

Hi! thanks for your reply and sorry for the typing errors in my post..I have
actually, gone ahead and recovered the complete c drive and d drive...and
have been able to launch microsoft antispyware now...it was not the
recommended procedure but it worked.

 

[Guest]

thanks for the reply and sorry for the typing errors in the post.I decided to
go ahead and recover the whole hard disk- c & d drive..it worked...but now my
internet explorer has gone slow and i am trying to figure out what to do....