Originally posted by EyesWithPrideB3:[..]
A pain indeed.
What I would suggest is downloading/running a little virus protection program called "Spybot". I just googled it and found a download for it after my computer got a really, really bad trojan. They say those things are ridiculously hard to get off, but I followed a few online tutorials, and the combination of me doing a little C:\ hunting of my own, and using the Spybot program, I wiped that trojan from my machine like it never even existed.
Sorry, I know that sounds like some spammy advertisement, but I owe it a great deal of thanks. Couldn't believe it was free.
Sometimes it gets annoying because it asks me if I want to accept or deny simply registry changes, but I'm sure there's a way to manage those and make them a little less frequent, but sometimes I feel like they're saving my ass. May want to give it a try at scanning the new hard drive once you get your stuff transferred, it's nit-picky.
We have Trend Micro-Internet Security as well, and while it does a good job, it didn't clean the trojan like the Spybot program did. Dunno why.
Spybot is awesome (and sure as hell no spammy ads). With regards to registry changes, I think there's an option for them to be approved without your permission.
I wouldn't even recommend Trend, Norton or any of those. HijackThis works well sometimes, but can be a little daunting.