Computer help

I've really made a mess this time - I can't even get my computer online
now!! (Disclaimer up front: please forgive typos and/or posting
errors; I'm using a friend's computer w/o an ergo KB and going through
Google Groups to get here. I may wear out the backspace key on his KB
before this post is done!!)

Anyway, last night my DD was doing some research for school and
downloaded a "program" for Powerpoint backgrounds, which, of course,
turned out to be a virus. AVG caught it, although I can't say for sure
whether she ran the .exe file. I believe the virus was called
something about NewDot. I ran AVG, Spybot, and AdAware, and deleted
the folder and shortcuts this thing had put on my computer.
When I rebooted, I got a message that the system couldn't find
something to do with NewDot.dll. (This is where I probably majorly
screwed things up.) I figured this stinky thing had added stuff to my
registry, and I went into Regedit and took out all entries referring to
NewDot (there were 3 or 4).

When I rebooted again, it said something about being unable to find
Winsock. When I try to load a browser (I have DSL internet service),
it says, "Windows socket initialization failed." When I try to load
DocQScribe, it says, "HTTPCLIENT.DLL cannot start. Check file to
determine the problem."

I have no idea where to start, only that I must have done somethng muy
stupid to the system. Does anybody have any idea where I can start
looking for a solution? I'm running Win98SE, BTW.

Thanks so much for any suggestions!

Anne

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