I somehow managed to contract this particular infection a little over a week ago. I've been using Spybot-Search and Destroy along with Spyware Doctor for years but neither of them have been any help so far. I even contacted Spyware Doctor reps specifically after the virus showed up to enlist their help in removing it. So far they haven't come up with a solution.

Here is a basic description of it:
RogueAntiSpyware.SpywareGuard2008
also called:
SpwareGuard2008Symantec
Description:
A rogue anti-spyware application which uses aggressive and deceptive advertising along with false detections to persuade users to download and purchase their product.

So far it is like going through Hell just to boot up my system for a few minutes to check email as the virus repeats itself every couple of minutes in the form of popups, no matter how often I remove it using either Task Manager or the add/remove Hardware option in Control Panel.

For what it's worth, I use Win2K.

So if anyone out there can give me any decent advice on the removal/destruction of this infection it would be very greatly appreciated. Serious replies only please, I have no wish to go through dozens of messages wasting space by giving sympthy or recommending useless products. I have already had my fill of those after having used Google to try and find helpful results.

Thank you for your attention.

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