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I have Windows XP and after every restart of my pc PWS:Win32/Daurso.A keeps poping up in Windows Defender. I have removed it several times from Windows Defender but it still comes back after every reboot. Can anyone please tell me how to remove PWS:Win32/Daurso.A? Thanks
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Hit Ctrl+Alt+Delete and open the task manager.
Stop all processes with a bunch of numbers in them.
Go to Start>Computer>C: drive>Program Files>Temp files, and delete them all.
Empty the recycle bin.
Then go to Start>Run>type %temp% and delete all of those.
Empty the recycle bin again.
Then restart the computer, tap the F8 key while it is booting up, then choose "Safe mode with networking".
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When it asks you where you would like to save it, change the "mbam_setup.exe" file to xxxxx.exe.
Then install it, update it, and run a full scan, make sure you get the free version.