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It's working just fine now. Thanks for all your help, Richie! 
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Make sure your AV and firewall,and any real-time protection you may have disabled earlier are now re-enabled.
You can now remove/delete any remaining tools we've used.
You're now good to go 
You should now take the time to read and follow the information found in the links below,to help you prevent any possible future infections and stay safe and secure while online:
How to prevent malware by miekiemoes.
Further information and tips:
Protect your personal and financial information on the Internet.
How did I get infected?, With steps so it does not happen again!
Simple and easy ways to keep your computer safe and secure on the Internet.
Best Practices - Internet Safety for 2008.
Your Guide To Staying Safe Online.
Securing Your Web Browser.
Staying Safe on Social Network Sites.
Avoiding Social Engineering and Phishing Attacks.
Hardening Windows Security - Part 1 & 2.
Your online accounts,computer files,and personal information are more secure when you use strong passwords to help protect them,you should check yours:
Create strong passwords.
Would you like to know which websites you can trust? The Web of Trust (WOT) add-on is a safe surfing tool for your browser. Traffic-light rating symbols show which websites you can trust when you search, shop and surf on the Web.
Web of Trust (WOT) browser add-on.
Info that may help if your pc doesn't seem to be up to its usual speed:
Help! My computer is slow!
Ten ways to troubleshoot a slow PC.
Restore Your Computer's Performance with Windows XP.
Speed Up Windows Vista.
Optimize Windows Vista for better performance.
How To Speed Up Windows Vista.
Speed up Windows 7.
You may want to consider the following:
If you have an external USB drive,or a spare hard disk drive, you may want to consider investing in/installing a disk imaging/restore software [see examples below].
If you don't have a spare hard disk drive or an external USB drive then again you should consider getting one,200 to 250GB should be just fine,the more space the better,the more images you can store.
While the pc is running as it should and is malware free, you should create an image of your hard drive and save that image to your external USB drive,or spare hard disk drive.
Most popular disk imaging programs will give you the option of creating a bootable system recovery cd.
Booting your pc with that cd you can restore your operating system to its previous state which utilizes the saved disk image stored on your USB drive/spare hard drive.
To pay for options:
Acronis True Image.
Norton Ghost.
Free options:
EASEUS Todo Backup Home 2.0
Macrium Reflect FREE Edition.
Paragon Drive Backup Free Edition.
Useful Freeware links.
Freeware antivirus:
Microsoft Security Essentials.
Avira AntiVir Personal - FREE Antivirus.
BitDefender Free Edition.
Avast! 4 Home Edition.
Freeware firewalls:
Comodo Personal Firewall.
Outpost Firewall Free.
Online Armor Free.
Sygate Personal Firewall Free Edition.
You should take the time to read the following:
Understanding and Using Firewalls.
Freeware Antispyware utilities:
Malwarebytes Anti-Malware.
SuperAntiSpyware.
Spybot Search & Destroy 1.6.2.
SpywareBlaster 4.2.
SpywareGuard 2.2.
Freeware Hosts/Ad Blocking:
Blocking Unwanted Parasites with a Hosts File.
Ad Blocking Resources.
Keep safe and happy surfing 
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