loridra,

Please post your hijackthis log in a new topic instead of a attached to an existing one. This avoids confusion as we work on logs.

Thanks

Log looks clean...great job!

Now that you are clean, please follow these simple steps in order to keep your computer clean and secure:
Disable and Enable System Restore. - If you are using...

You should download the installer as directed. It does actually help to remove the infection:
Click on start, settings, control panel and double-click on add/remove programs. From with add/remove...

My bad on the deletions portion...i am usually more specific. I will be this time. I apologize for that.


Can you please zip and email me the following files to grinler@Yahoo.com:

C:\PROGRAM...

Click on start, settings, control panel and double-click on add/remove programs. From with add/remove program uninstall the following if they exist:

Window Search
Win Tools
IEtools
IESearch...

Well the log is now clean... Try this:

Download the following file:

http://www.dougknox.com/xp/fileassoc/linkfile_fix.zip

Extract it somewhere and double-click on the registry file contained...

You are using an outdated version of hijackthis. Please download the newer version.

Download HijackThis from:

HijackThis Download Site (http://www.bleepingcomputer.com/files/hijackthis.php)
...

I want you to fix some of those entries. Please do the following:

Please make sure that you can view all hidden files. Instructions on how to do this can be found here:

How to see hidden...

Hi, you have a Peper infection

Download the removal tool :

Peper Removal Tool (http://www.bleepingcomputer.com/files/peperremover.php)

! NOTE: YOU MUST BE ONLINE WHEN RUNNING IT and let is...

This infections blocks updates, and there is nothing in 1.98.2 i need for this cleanup...will do all that after.

The first thing I need you to do is download the file from here:

Getservices.zip - Get list of XP/2000/NT Services (http://www.bleepingcomputer.com/files/getservices.php)

Extract the file to...

I want you to fix some of those entries. Please do the following:

Please make sure that you can view all hidden files. Instructions on how to do this can be found here:

How to see hidden...

Please now open the the FindNFix folder again. Then double click on the Files2 folder to open that. Double-click on the ZIPZAP.bat file.

It will clean the rest of the infection and make a copy...

Now that we know what the offending file is, we can move to the next step.

Please open the FindNFix folder which can be found at c:\findnfix.

Inside that folder will be another folder called...

Please do the following:

Download the program FindNFix from the following location:

http://www10.brinkster.com/expl0iter/freeatlast/FNF/

Once it is downloaded, double-click on the file to...

Ad-aware unfortunately can not fix this particular infection. We will still need to see a hijackthis log and do a manual removal

Hi. Please download and install the program Registry Lite from here:

http://www.resplendence.com/reglite

Once it is installed, please double click on the icon that should now be on your...

Create a directory on your hardrive to save HijackThis.exe. A directory like c:\hijackthis. If you do not do this, you will not be able to use the backup/restore features.

Download HijackThis...

I agree about the header...gonna run a contest about the header so what people can make for me, as I have 0 artistic ability.

As for the tutorials, what do you recommend? Do you think I would be...

Your replies are right here in this post you just replied too.. (that make sense?)

Read down through this post and you will see I had asked you to update your machine and post a new log

dlh6213,
I gotta add your bit into my Need update canned speech :)

Before you do anything please read this otherwise you may get reinfected while we are cleaning you up:

Your log shows that you are seriously behind on windows updates. It is essential that you...

Before you do anything you really should place the hijackthis.exe executable in its own directory like c:\hjt or certain features, like the backups, will not work properly.

Your log also shows...

Hi all :) I would love some criticism or reviews for my site, http://www.bleepingcomputer.com . Its about 5-6 months old now, and am constantly modifying it, but never really asked anyone for a...

Your log shows that you are seriously behind on windows updates. It is essential that you update your windows before we continue to help you as the infections could reoccur. Go to...

My pleasure :) Thanks for spotting that extra IE button i missed.

You are currently using hijackthis from a temp directory. This can cause problems. Please create a directory on your c: drive called c:\hijackthis and download and unzip hijackthis into that...

Dangerous Bug in HijackThis 1.97.7 Restoral Procedure

I have searched everywhere to see if this has already been reported to Merjin, but I can not seem to find any reference to this, so am...

I'll tell you my biggest frustrations are people using HijackThis without really knowing why or what they are doing when people, most of them complete strangers, tell them what to do. Especially...

I agree, as long as you have a firewall, up2date virus protection, operating system updates, and the knowledge to not click on everything that pops up on your screen, you will relatively have very...

I have just created 3 new tutorials about Spyware and two of the more prevalent tools when dealing with them.

The first is a primer on Spyware and hijackers and is a good read if you don't...