Recently, I whole bunch of junk downloaded onto my computer [home search assistent, porn in my bookmarks, quickwebsearch, etc.]. I don't know how it got on my computer since I usually use Mozilla Firefox. I tried FIXING it manually but its just too much. Therefore, I'm just going to do a system recovery to wipe out everything. Now, I put everything I need in one folder and tried to compress it with WINRAR so I could upload it somewhere and then get it back once the system recovery is finished. Unfortunately, the folder is over 3gb's of items. What should I do? I don't have a DVD burner so that wouldn't work. My webhoster only allows 10 mb's of material to upload. Please put your input on what I should do!Virus scanners
AVG Free
-- Anti virus scanner
Trend Micro Housecall
-- Online anti virus scanner.

Anti spy/malware
Microsoft Antispyware
-- Anti spyware scanner. Windows XP Home and Professional only.
Spybot Search & Destroy
-- Anti spyware scanner
Adaware SE Personal
-- Anti spyware scanner

Firewalls
Use both a hardware and software firewall.
Be advised as dual software firewalls may cause problems

ZoneAlarm Free
-- Free firewall - more user friendly
Sygate Personal
-- Free firewall - more configuration options

Removal tools
The following files are not substitutes for the ones described above.
They are either diagnostic tools or removal tools for malware of a certain kind

HijackThis
-- Manual malware remover. Post the HijackThis log generated only if requested!
McAfee Stinger
-- Virus removal tool. No substitute for a fully functional virus scanner!
CWshredder
-- CoolWebSearch removal tool. Widely known and persistant Hijacker.Tracy:

Have a techie friend purchase a used 4 GB hard DRIVE and install it in your computer as a slave hard drive.  Save your backup to there.  

You may even purchase a USB hard drive enclosure case for about $60.00 (USD) and connect the used hard drive to your computer through the USB port on your computer.  You may be able to do this yourself without asking someone for help.

Alternately, for a few more bucks, you may just purchase an EXTERNAL hard drive and connect it to your computer's USB port and save your backup there.  

Best regards,
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Recently, I whole bunch of junk downloaded onto my computer [home search assistent, porn in my bookmarks, quickwebsearch, etc.]. I don't know how it got on my computer

Recently, a whole bunch of junk downloaded onto my computer [home search assistent, porn in my bookmarks, quickwebsearch, etc.].

I don't know how it got on my computer since I usually use Mozilla Firefox. I tried fixing it manually but it's just too much. Therefore, I'm just going to do a system recovery to wipe out everything.

Now, I put everything I need in one folder and tried to compress it with WinRAR so I could upload it somewhere and then get it back once the system recovery is finished.

Unfortunately, the folder is over 3gb's of items. What should I do? I don't have a DVD burner so that wouldn't work. My webhoster only allows 10 mb's of material to upload. Please put your input on what I should do!