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Hi,
Good!
Your system now is clean.
Let's do some cleaning and management.

First,
clear system restore points.
This is a good time to clear your existing system restore points and establish a new clean restore point:

• Go to Start > All Programs > Accessories > System Tools > System Restore
• Select Create a restore point > Click Next > Put the description as you wish > Click Create.
• Next, go to Start > Run and type in cleanmgr
• choose your root drive (normally C:) and click Ok.
• after it calculates how much space you will save it will open up a new window
• Select the More options tab at the top of the window
• Choose the option to clean up system restore and click yes.
• Go back to the Disk Cleanup tab.
• Put a checkmark in all - except compress old files (leave this unchecked).
• Click Ok then click Yes

This will remove all restore points except the new one you just created and clean unneeded files

Next,
Uninstall Combofix

• Click on Start >> Run...
• Now type in ComboFix /Uninstall into the and click OK.
• Note the space between the X and the /Uninstall, it needs to be there.
  

Next,
OTM - Cleaning
Double Click on OTM.exe.

• Click on CleanUp!.
• Select Yes when the "Begin cleanup Process?" prompt appears.
• If you are prompted to Reboot during the cleanup, select Yes.
• The tool will delete itself once it finishes, if not delete it by yourself.

Next,
Additional Information :

SpywareBlaster.

• SpywareBlaster help your Internet Explorer more strong as it will help to block known malicious ActiveX
• A tutorial on installing & using this product can be found HERE

Antivirus.

• Antivirus help you to give the maximum protection for the system.
• You are advice to have only ONE antivirus running on the system.
• Please keep it update regurlarly.

WinPatrol.

• Unwanted things always occur behind your knowledge. Let's this software take the snapshot of it.
• For more information and installation can be found HERE

Windows/Program Update.
Please make sure to have your Windows Automatic Update turn ON or you can do it manually.
Microsoft releases patches for Windows and Office products regularly to patch up Windows and Office products loopholes and fix any bugs found. Install the updates immediately if they are found.
To update Windows

• Go to Start > All Programs > Windows Update

To update Office

• Open up any Office program.
• Go to Help > Check for Updates

You always can refer at both website to check either any updates are needed for your system.

• Secunia Software Inspector
• F-secure Health Check

Information.

• Please check out Tony Klein's article "How did I get infected in the first place?"
• Read some information here how to prevent Malware.
• Is your pc running slow? Read What to do if your Computer is running slowly

Safe surfing!

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