Thank you all for the replies and opinions. I wish more threads could be like this one.
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I agree with Sune, he wants to scan and remove, then remove the scanners.
Yep, that's what I want to do.
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Best to do a system snapshot before the install, then restore when you are all done. Or at a minimum use one of the registry/system checkpoint software packages that lets you roll back your system to X in time.
Are you talking about the Windows XP "System Restore"? If so, I thought about that but if one of the scanners wind up finding malware and cleans it, then when I perform a System Restore, the malware will be brought back to life... won't it?
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The problem is almost all the above programs do not uninstall cleaning, leaving registry entries, mru's, and files on the HD.
That's what I've been reading  Urgh, I wish it wasn't like that.
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I will say the bits and pieces left behind are often not enough to slow the system significantly.
But any kind of resulting slow down would hurt especially more for me since I'm running a P4, 3.0 GHz w/ HT, 1GB mem. So I can't afford for there to be even a small visible slow down afterwards.
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Urgh, I wish it wasn't like that.
