Crunchie - thanks again. I will try your suggestions. You are the best!

Crunchie, thanks for everything. You are wonderful. Just to be sure I didn't miss something I will post my HJT log here for your review. If all is well then I thank you again so much.

Logfile of...

jholland1964 - very informative and interesting. I see now why following certain steps is necessary to ridding the computer of the entire problem. I hope am okay now. Keeping my fingers crossed....

Crunchie - I ran HJT and "fixed" the Karna.dat line item. After rebooting, I ran HJT again and I dont see karna anymore. How does it look to you?

Oops. here is the HJT report post restart:
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Ok, I DL'd SDFix, ran it in Safe Mode and here is the logfile:


SDFix: Version 1.240
Run by Administrator on Mon 11/17/2008 at 11:38 PM

Microsoft Windows XP [Version 5.1.2600]
Running From:...

Cohen, thank you for that information. Now I am concerned. What most concerns me about karna.dat is that it showed up in my HJT logfile even after I had run the MBAM. Running the MBAM seems to have...

Thanks Crunchie! So far computer seems to be working better, but here is the HJT log:

Logfile of Trend Micro HijackThis v2.0.2
Scan saved at 7:55:59 PM, on 11/17/2008
Platform: Windows XP SP3...

Crunchie, I ran MBAM. Their are two logs. I will post them here. BTW, after MBAM finished, it asked me to restart computer so that all objects found could be deleted. So I restarted. Hope that is...

Ok, I followed your steps:
First, I found a site with a link for HostsXpert, downloaded HostsXpert.exe to desktop and opened the program. I then found "Restore MS Hosts File" under the 'File...

Crunchie - I receive the same "failed to connect" when I click on your SDFix link. I think this virus blocks websites with downloads related to fixing viruses and spyware. Is there another way??

Thank you Crunchie for the reply. Below is my HJT logfile. However when I try to use your http://www.superantispyware.com/ or http://www.superantispyware.com/definitions.html links, I receive the...

I have the go.google virus - or whatever its name is. From reading the others' threads, I think I should start this new one as I read that each computer is different. What is my first step? I use...