Agreed, MS Windows Defender is not the most agressive. I did try SpyHunter 2.9 from EngimaSoftware. It seems to be a honest scanner, with a link to its removal tool for money. It gave a report that was valid, which I did use, with success, to eliminate the unwanted entries in the registry, and other locations of offinding dll's. I had the 'errorware' 95% removed, this free scanner did help me find the rest of the mess. I can now say I am currently 'Master of My Machine'.:-D
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