This one can be removed, I have done it two times from my both PC's
1- you need to get you hand on some free utilities
- a registry cleaner
- a good spy ware identifier
- a utility to manage your windows start up programs
a good place to find some would be at
http://www.majorgeeks.com
run the spy ware few times and let it remove the files, write down the name
and location of all dll & exe files that insist in coming back
i.e., ipyf32.exe
ipuv.exe
apifz.dll
appfi.exe
cws.mrhop
cwsie feast
and few more . . . like that
2- reboot and bring up the windows task manager
go to the tab named processes
and identify the exe file that should not be running such as
nvsvc32.exe
wuavclt.exe
or
ipyf32.exe
highlight them & end the process
run the start up manager and remove the programs that should not be there either
i.e., . . .
nvsvc32.exe
or
ipyf32.exe
3- run the spy remover and delete all that were identified
run Windows Explorer search on
nvsvc32.exe
. .. .
and manually delete them
if you can delete them from there you may have to do it from
DOS or install another copy of windows in a different directory and delete them from there
4- make sure you also empty you recycle Bin
5- finally delete anything you don't recognize in
your
C:\ Documents and Settings \your user name \
directory
also
delete all temporary files in your Internet temporary directory
6- run the Registry cleaner and clear all the errors found
-reboot
and try again until the hard disk is cleaned
once clear do yourself a favor and
a- activate the windows xp fire wall
activate popup blocker
change your browser security to medium or high
or better yet stop using IE and start using netscape
run /install a good anti-virus on your PC