I recently had a Trojan virus sneak through my system in an .exe file and completely disabled my IE7 and desktop search functions.
After using the web browser feature in Google earth to download and install Firefox,
I have learned about the virus and what it did to my system.
But since my file search system is also disabled, I haven't been able to locate all of the files that it placed in my system so that I can just delete them manually.
This is the first time something has slipped by both AVG and Spybot.
I always scan downloads with both before and after the download process, so I thought this one was safe also,
so it really took me by surprise when I clicked on the .exe and AVG popped up with a Trojan alert.
My question is: Is there a way to only uninstall and reinstall these features without touching anything else?
I tried doing it from my XPpro SP2 discs, but I have since installed SP3 (in order to run GTA4), and the repair will not go through.
I have way too many music studio programs with hard earned presets and setups to even think about doing a fresh install of XP,
and since firefox is working, if what I am after is not possible, I guess I can live with it.
I tried contacting Microsoft, but they told me I had to have their System scan site look at it first,
but it will not work with firefox, I told them that if my IE was working, I wouldn't be contacting them.
Thanks for any help.
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