How Do You Remove Spyware Manually (Windows)?
• Turn off the infected computer. Open the case and remove its main hard drive (the one containing the OS partition). • If you have a USB/IEEE1394 external drive enclosure, you may connect the infected drive to that instead of completing the next two steps. • Turn off the clean computer. Open the case and connect the infected drive. • Turn on the clean computer. Make absolutely sure that it boots into the clean OS, not from the infected drive! Most PCs have a boot choice menu which can be accessed via the F11 or ESC key soon after power on. • Make sure you can see all files. Once the clean computer’s OS has booted, you are going to want to clean out temp files from the infected drive, in order to make it easier to search. But first, you want to see all files, even hidden and system files. Go to “Control Panel” -> “Folder Options”, and click on the “View” tab at the top of the “Folder Options” window. You are going to want to change the following options: • Turn ON: Display the contents
