First of all, yes they can. That's there main function and purpose. First, you need to disable your startup items. Then reboot. Next go to your C: drive and go to the folders you think shouldn't be there, like the ones you are trying to uninstall. Go inside the folders and delete each file one by one til they are all gone. The ones that will not let you delete them, rename the file to whatever you want. Then try to delete it. If it still won't let you delete it, reboot, then it should. Run your adaware programs til everything is gone. Empty your TIFS, cookies, and delete your prefetch folder in the Windows Folder of your C drive. If you still can't delete them, search the registry for them. Also, we can use this as an example. Wintools.exe---spyware--If you look in your task manager, you will probably see two instances running, click on one of them and click end process tree. Make sure you have the folder up so you can quickly delete it when the process has ended. If none of this works, go into SafeMode and try the suggestions again.