I had to uninstall Firefox, because I cannot uninstall spy blockandsurf. What do you recommend?

Some how I entered into it. I tried Control Panel, Task Manager and RegEdit and it's still there. I had FireFox as my default browser & IE as a back up. THiiS attacked only FireFox. I uninstalled FireFox and he attacked IE. There is an option where you can run IR with no Add-ons & this is what I use now. How can I get rid of the blockandsurf so that I can reinstall FireFox?

Every now and then, to run most or all of the scanners hard-ware.

Sometimes a problem with Firefox can be a result of malware installed on your computer, you may not be aware of.

You can try these free programs to search for malicious software that work with your existing anti-virus software:

Microsoft Security Essentials is a good permanent antivirus for Windows 7/Vista/XP, if you do not already have one.

More information can be found in the article troubleshooting Firefox problems caused by malware .

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