Slow computer questions and SpyBot

[mcecm]

I've recently inherited a computer thats been in the hands of a few owners before me so has probably seen more porn than Hugh Hefner. It was a bit clogged up so I downloaded AdAware6 (Which picks up a lot more than version 5!) and spybot s&d. I've run these and got rid of the items found. But notice when running Spybot that at the bottom left beside where it says running bot-check there are still references to porn and virus type stuff going past eg running bot-check (5000/11930: dialer_XXX)Does this affect my computer or is it any concern?

[marlboro]

If you have original install CD's I'd suggest trashing the machine and starting again.

Otherwise you could buy a new Operating System (XP SP1 E-buyer £90), but you haven't told us the spec of the machine and what OS you currently have.

[mcecm]

No originals i'm afraid. Its Win98, 64MB ram(!), 600MHz processor. Going to get more RAM hopefully, other than that I don't want to spend too much money because it's only for minor stuff like the web and word.

[FunkyNige]

mcecm said:

But notice when running Spybot that at the bottom left beside where it says running bot-check there are still references to porn and virus type stuff going past eg running bot-check (5000/11930: dialer_XXX)

That just displays what it's searching for, if you've actually got something it'll show up in the main window at the end of the scan.

[g4ry13]

See if there's anything in the control panel in add/remove programs and also in the registry.