PGate is Adware/Spware
Step by step
1. Download and install HijackThis from here:
http://www.spychecker.com/program/hijackthis.html
Run HiJackThis and make a log file. DO NOT indiscriminatingly delete things
in the list.
There are many settings in the registry that need to be
modified and posting
the log file to specialist forums like:
http://forums.techguy.org will get
you some specific directions. Alternatively, you can
email your HijackThis
log to me and I'll go through it.
2. Once those changes are made you should download and
install a copy of
AdAware from here:
http://www.lavasoftusa.com/support/download/ and run it
on your system using these customized settings:
Click "Use custom scanning options" then
click "Customize" and have these
options selected: Under Drives and Folders put a check
by Scan within
archives and below that under Memory and Registry put a
check by all the
options there. Click on the Tweak button in that same
window. Under Scanning
engine select "Unload recognized processes during
scanning" and under
Cleaning Engine select "Let windows remove files in use
at next reboo"t.
Select all the found items, click next and finish.
Restart the coupter.
The restart is important, don't skip!
3. Download and install SpyBot from here:
http://spybot.eon.net.au/index.php?lang=en&page=download. Run SpyBot and
let it fix all problems. Restart the computer.
Rick
