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I was recently infected with some crazy adware that I couldn't remove even after unleashing my entire arsenal of removal tricks. I decided that it was time for my few-times-a-year backup/reformat so I figured I'd go ahead and do it. I just got done installing Windows, customizing certain things, and installing just my video drivers. Things were running smoothly until I started getting adware popups already! And they're not the usual kind. They disguise themselves as Windows System messages saying that things like my system software is corrupt and I need to download patches. I did some research and thinking though and I think it's somehow the remenants of an old spyware trying to reinstall itself or something. Every time it pops up it tells me to go to a new site, for example "SPW3C.com" which is definitely a sketchy site. Any ideas how to remove something like this? How did it hang on through a complete reformat? I'll try to get a screenshot the next time it happens.

Thanks for any help.
-T

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