[shunya]

Hi Excal,

I deleted the file using HJT. After reboot, I did another Active Scan. The virus is gone but the spyware remains. Here is the Active Scan's report.

Shunya


Incident Status Location

Adware:adware/dollarrevenue Not disinfected Windows Registry

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Hi Excal,

I deleted that file using HJT. After the reboot, I ran another Active Scan. It doesnt show the virus anymore but the spyware remains. Here is the Active Scan report.

Shunya




Incident Status Location

Adware:adware/dollarrevenue Not disinfected Windows Registry

[shunya]

Hi Excal,

I deleted that file using HJT. After the reboot, I ran another Active Scan. It doesnt show the virus anymore but the spyware remains. Here is the Active Scan report.

Shunya




Incident Status Location

Adware:adware/dollarrevenue Not disinfected Windows Registry

[Excal]

I am 99%sure that is a harmless empty reg entry, but lets make sure

Please download and unzip RegSearch to your desktop.


Open the RegSearch folder and double click RegSearch.vbs. Allow it to run.
Note: if your Antivirus or another program prompts about running a script file, allow the script to run.

copy and paste this in: dollarrevenue then hit "ok"

RegSearch will "disappear" but it is actually searching the registry for that entry.

Copy and paste the results here

[shunya]

Hi Excal,

Yes, there is reason to believe that it is harmless because my computer is hooked to the internet since morning and I havent had a single popup! (yahooooooooooooooooooo)

However, I did the registry search and it said, "No instances of dollarrevenue found"

So I think my computer is completely clean now.

Thank you very much for your help.

I will go ahead and uninstall the scores of anti-malware software (coz they take up a lot of space and computing time) and use only MS Anti-spyware. And so I will be careful henceforth while browsing not to download anything suspicious.

Thank you once again for all your help.
You have happy holidays!

Shunya.

[Excal]

Thanks and Happy Holidays

Great job, it appears your computer is clean

If you have unhidden you “hidden files and folders”, ensure you rehide them back to the way they were.

Now that your system is Malware Free, it is important to reset your system Restore. Click Here to learn how to.

I recommend that you Defrag your computer before setting your Restore points:

Go to start>all programs>accessories>system tools>Disk Defragmentor Make sure it set to the proper drive (default should be your main driver) and click on defragment


Might I suggest the following Free Spyware programs, if you don't already have them, for added security, you can download them at the following links. These programs work great for detection:

Ad-aware SE
Spybot S&D
Microsoft Anti-Spyware


If you are unhappy with your current antivirus and want to replace it or if you dont already have one, I suggest one of these free programs:
*Note - do not use more than one anti-virus program as it will more than likely cause conflict.

AVG
Avast
AntiVir


The following free programs are great for prevention:

SpywareBlaster 3.4
Spywareguard
IE/Spyad

A Firewall is a must! Here are 3 good free versions:
(do not have more than one firewall running on your system)

Sygate
Kerio
ZoneLabs

There are other options other than Internet Explorer for a browser, which some say have better security. Two of them are:

Firefox
Opera

If you decide to keep Internet Explorer, This site is a great source for tightening up security on It's settings.

Make sure that you keep your Operating System and IE updated with the latest Critical Security Updates from Microsoft...they usually come out once a month, on the 2nd Tuesday of each month.

Be sure and give the Temp folders a cleaning out now and then as well, Make sure after you clean your Temp files to empty out your Recycle bin as well.
For ease use the following program:

Cleanup
Run "Cleanup" and when it has finished, Reboot

To help prevent future spyware installations/infections, please read the Anti-Spyware Tutorial and use the tools provided. Also read So how did I get infected in the first place?