[Nedklaw]

Hi.

I had already ran RK - why am I running again, if you don't mind.

As aswMBR won't run, I need to run RogueKiller to comfirm that the rootkit partition has gone.

Prior to connecting with Geekstogo and yourself, I had run a registry clean and there were a lot of Reg keys that had error and I deleted them; HOWEVER I did save before I deleted and can put the REG keys back. DO YOU THINK IT's NECESSARY?

We will just leave them alone. I don't condone the use of registry cleaners because they can be extremly dangerous in the hands of a novice user. Deleting the wrong entries can render a PC unusable and we don't want to be in a position of helping a user recover from that. There is also no evidence that cleaning out the registry has any effect on the overall speed of a PC.

What do you mean set the Save as type to All Files before saving it.

When you save the file a small window should pop up. At the bottom should be a Save as Type box. Click on the arrow at the end of the box and select All Files from the menu.


Step 1

We need to disable Spybot S&D's "TeaTimer".

TeaTimer works by preventing ANY changes to the system. It will attempt to undo any fixes we run, because it blocks these fixes from running.

In order to safeguard your system from problems that can be brought on by a half finished fix, we need to disable TeaTimer. We can re-enable it when we're done if you like.

• Open SpyBot Search and Destroy by going to Start -> All Programs -> Spybot Search and Destroy -> Spybot Search and Destroy.
• If prompted with a legal dialog, accept the warning.
• Click Mode and then on "Advanced Mode".
  
• You may be presented with a warning dialog. If so, press Yes.
• Click on
• Click on
• Uncheck these checkboxes:
  
• Close/Exit Spybot Search and Destroy.

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Good Afternoon,

I did all that you said re: disabling security on the computer. I ran the COMBOFIX and a dialogue box read "scan will usually finished in 10 minutes, but some computers are badly infected and the time could easily double. After 45 minutes of running I had to leave. Any suggestions????? Is it common for Combofix to run this long? If so I can run again when I return later.


JAZZDAZZ

[jazzdazz]

Good Afternoon,

I did all that you said re: disabling security on the computer. I ran the COMBOFIX and a dialogue box read "scan will usually finished in 10 minutes, but some computers are badly infected and the time could easily double. After 45 minutes of running I had to leave. Any suggestions????? Is it common for Combofix to run this long? If so I can run again when I return later.


JAZZDAZZ

[Nedklaw]

Hi.
Try running ComboFix overnight and you could see if it is still running in the morning.
If it has completed post the log; if it hasn't then post back and tell me.

[Essexboy]

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