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hi Wheresthelove,
Mostly self-taught on the HJT logs with a lot of help from others on this forum ... Polonus, David, oldman, Essexboy and many others. And, I do use an analyzer which helps though sometimes the entries can be mis-analyzed. So, I research most entries that are found questionable or bad. This research has also taught me about other aspects of malware. Occationally while researching an entry, I am led off on a tangent where I sometimes have a "light bulb" moment ... lol !
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By the way, I think you should take an on-line course. It took me many years on this forum but I have always been the "do it yourself" type which is why I learned to build my own computers.
Maybe Polonus or someone else can post a good course to take.