(Also a good research tool)
Spybot Search and Destroy has an "innoculate" function.
At a quick glance they add 00's of entries into the HOSTS file. The idea is that "www.WorthlessTrash.com" will resolve to 0.0.0.0 so that the user can't reach it for the initial download (and neither can an affiliated program that does get through).
The only other really effective way to "prevent further infections" is to block access to the whole internet.
Greg
PS These Spyware programs have gotten at least as annoying as the viruses.
Between McAfee and Declcude most of the viruses never reach the user PCs, but several times a week I'm adressing some kind of Spyware issue.
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