I have recently scanned my computer with a virus checker and spyware remover
and it was full of spyware, now my connection isn't running as smoothly as it
used to and i can't seem to turn windows firewall on "due to an unidentified
problem." Why?

Lee wrote:

If you are sure the computer is clean:

"Due to an unidentified problem, Windows cannot display Windows Firewall
settings" error, try:
Start>Run regsvr32 hnetcfg.dll [enter]

You might want to check what you did to clean up your machine by looking
at these malware removal steps and running some of them if you weren't
thorough enough:
http://www.elephantboycomputers.com/...moving_Malware

Malke
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