How to find and remove malware on a windows xp?

Hi, my Norton antivirus has scanned for malware, and nothing was found, but yet I was recently hacked in something. How can I manually search and destroy malware? I have a windows xp, I can provide further information if needed. I suspect I have no malware, everything works correctly, but I would like to be sure, how can I check?|||I would suggest you run a good antivirus and anti spyware, follow the instructions below to clean your computer





10 easy steps to virus and malware removal using free tools


http://www.review-ninja.com/2008/08/10-e鈥?/a>|||Try using some of the free Malware utilities available.


Malwarebytes Anti-Malware 1.36 is free for trial and it will detect and expose any malware. You can then clean it yourself.|||click start%26gt; run%26gt; type cmd without quotes then ,press KEY enter %26gt;wait, give it time%26gt; dir% system Drive%\Autorun.inf/a If you see file Autorininf, there's 80% chance that you have a trojan. That is IF.|||try this site, it has several steps to clean your machine, and if still stuck, the forum can help you analyze the log files from the cleaners...





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