http://www.geekstogo.com/forum/Problems-t111309.html

The above link is to my 1st post. I have followed all of those directions and now posting my highjack log to this forum as directed

You have lots of infections.. please do the following:

Welcome,
Please follow the instructions provided, you may want to print out these instructions and use them as a reference.

Please download ewido anti-malware it is a free version of the program.

1. Install ewido anti-malware
2. When installing, under "Additional Options" uncheck..
   • Install background guard
   • Install scan via context menu
3. Launch ewido, there should be an icon on your desktop, double-click it.
4. The program will now open to the main screen.
5. When you run ewido for the first time, you may get a warning "Database could not be found!". Click OK. We will fix this in a moment.
   
6. You will need to update ewido to the latest definition files.
   • On the left hand side of the main screen click update.
   • Then click on Start Update.
7. The update will start and a progress bar will show the updates being installed.
   (the status bar at the bottom will display ("Update successful")

If you are having problems with the updater, you can use this link to manually update ewido.
ewido manual updates

Once the updates are installed do the following:

Reboot computer in safe mode.

Start up ewido..


• Click on scanner
• Click on Complete System Scan and the scan will begin.
• You will be prompted to clean the first infection.
• Select "Perform action on all infections", then proceed.
• Once the scan has completed, there will be a button located on the bottom of the screen named Save report
• Click Save report.
• Save the report .txt file to your desktop or a location where you can find it easily.

Close ewido anti-malware.

Restart your computer into normal mode. Please post the ewido log for me to look at, thank you.

If the log is very long, please just attach the log file to this post in 'file attachments'..

here is my log

Ok, your hijackthis log is full of baddies...the ewido scan really didn't pick up what I thought it would...but please scan system and save logfile with hijackthis and post the log!

ok please bare with me what do i scan system with?

Hijackthis..you open it up and click 'scan system and save log file' .. then when notepad opens up with the log...copy and paste it into here.

Log

Run Ad-Aware with the latest update.

1. Download the latest version of Ad-Aware (Ad-Aware SE Build 1.06r1) from here.
2. If you have a previous version of Ad-Aware installed, during the installation of the new version you will be prompted to uninstall or keep the older version - be sure to uninstall the previous version.
3. After installing Ad-aware, you will be prompted to update the program and run a full scan. De-select all boxes so that it does not run.
4. Manually run "Ad-Aware SE Personal" and from the main screen Click on "Check for Updates Now".
5. Once the definitions have been updated:
6. Reconfigure Ad-Aware for Full Scan as per the following instructions:
   • Launch the program, and click on the Gear at the top of the start screen.
   • Under General Settings the following boxes should all be checked off: (Checked will be indicated by a green circle with a check mark in it, Un-Checked is a red circle with an X in it. If it is greyed out, those features are only available in the retail version.)
     • "Automatically save logfile"
     • Automatically quarantine objects prior to removal"
     • Safe Mode (always request confirmation)
     • Prompt to update outdated confirmation) - Change to 7 days.
   • Click the "Scanning" button (On the left side).
   • Under Drives & Folders, select "Scan within Archives"
   • Click "Click here to select Drives + folders" and select your installed hard drives.
   • Under Memory & Registry, select all options.
   • Click the "Advanced" button (On the left hand side).
   • Under "Shell Integration", select "Move deleted files to Recycle Bin".
   • Under "Log-file detail", select all options.
   • Click on the "Defaults" button on the left.
   • Type in the full url of what you want as your default homepage and searchpage e.g. http://www.google.com.
   • Click the "Tweak" button (Again, on the left hand side).
   • Expand "Scanning Engine" by clicking on the "+" (Plus) symbol and select the following:
     • "Unload recognized processes during scanning."
     • "Obtain command line of scanned processes"
     • "Scan registry for all users instead of current user only"
   • Under "Cleaning Engine", select the following:
     • "Automatically try to unregister objects prior to deletion."
     • "During removal, unload explorer and IE if necessary"
     • "Let Windows remove files in use at next reboot."
     • "Delete quarrantined objects after restoring"
   • Click on "Safety Settings" and select "Write-protect system files after repair (Hosts file, etc)"
   • Click on "Proceed" to save these Preferences.
   • Click on the "Scan Now" button on the left.
   • Under "Select Scan Mode, be sure to select "Use Custom Scanning Options".
7. Close all programs except ad-aware.
8. Click on "Next" in the bottom right corner to start the scan.
9. Run the Ad-Aware scan and allow it to remove everything it finds and then REBOOT - Even if not prompted to.
10. After you log back in, Ad-Aware may run to finalize the scan and remove any locked files that it may of found. Allow it to finish.

[color="red"][/color]Manually download Latest definition file: Here

• Please Note Version SE Build 1.06 is now available! This download is for use with Ad-Aware SE versions only.
• Manual Installation: Unzip the archive, replace the existing file and restart Ad-Aware\Ad-Watch.
• You can also use the webupdate component implemented in Ad-Aware to install this update.

This post has been edited by pomp: May 9 2006, 02:19 PM

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