How to get rid of Trojan Downloader.xs

Trojan downloader.xs is a spyware that I unfortunately got on my pc. It took about 2 days to figure out how to get rid of it, so I am writing this to help others get rid of it sooner. This spyware took over my desktop background, disabled my task manager and kept making ads pop up to try and sell programs to get rid of it.

Instructions

Difficulty: Moderately Easy

Things You’ll Need:

• Internet access.
• Printer or paper and pen.

1. The first thing you need to do is make sure your task manager is working. To check this press ctrl/alt/del . If a box pops up and says your task bar has been disabled by administrator, you need to re enable it. Please see my article on how to do this, get it back enabled then move on to step 2 of this article. http://www.ehow.com/how_2354300_enable-task-manager-windows.html
2. Go to the website www.download.com and find the free version of spyware terminator 2.2.2.438 . Download it to your computer. It is free. I tried many that said free but after they scanned they wanted money to fix the problem.
3. Run the spyware terminator program and have it remove the spyware it finds.
4. Restart your computer again.
5. Click start, then control panel, then appearances and themes, then change the desktop background.
6. Choose a background and save it.
7. Just for good measure I ran ccleaner, then defragmented my computer before I went back on the internet. This rid me of my problem.

Tips & Warnings

• ccleaner is a free program you can get at download.com also.
• Back up any important files!