PC seems much improved. However, I tried running MB but it will not update. ZA asks to allow it to connect to the internet, then the update progress window shows, but nothing ever loads. I tried...

OK, thanks for help with the taskmanager. I don't know how it got to that state but double clicking brought it back.

I ran superantispyware and some others before posting to see if anything still...

Here are results from the Jotti's scans for the two files. The virustotal scans didn't seem to bring anything of interest either. The only thing still seeming weird is that the task manager...

Here are combofix and HJT logs. Apologies for taking awhile to get back with it.






ComboFix 09-03-25.04 - eArmyU Student 2009-04-02 0:45:22.1 - NTFSx86
Microsoft Windows XP Home Edition...

I cannot get AVG to stop. I tried through the program interface, the windows task manager, and the systems explorer taskbar. Exiting from the avg user interface closes that, but it is still...

Here is another thing that keeps happening from an AVG alert window, but the program doesn't allow removal of them:

"C:\System Volume...

Sorry for delay. Below is a list of things running. I wouldn't know how to shut off all the anti spyware and antivirus stuff that is on there unless I knew which ones to kill in the taskmanager. I...

Well, between the malwarebytes and superantispyware and maybe something else, ...who knows,...the problem with firefox seems to be fixed for now. But i want to fix the problem and run the combofix...

I tried the renaming trick for hijack this and that worked to get it to run. Here is the file....

Logfile of Trend Micro HijackThis v2.0.2
Scan saved at 1:08:42 AM, on 3/20/2009
Platform:...

I ran the renamed mbam install program again and this time let spybot allow it to change the registry startup value. This time it installed into the start menu in "all programs". ( Come to think of...

I got the malwarebytes program to install. I allowed it to be on the startup registry this time. It is on the start menu and also in the "all programs" menu list,. However, upon choosing it to...

Well, that name switcheroo seemed to get it to start installing. but it is hung indefinitely at the please wait while installing box. Maybe it is because a spybot box appeared and asked that a...

I'm gonna have to sign off for awhile as it is very late here, but I'll check back in tomorrow. Thanks Capt. Crunch for your help.

PS,..the hostexpert part went OK.

Downloaded Superantispyware. Got the superantispyware.exe loaded ok, which i presume is the installer. However, upon double clicking that it exibits the same behaviour as the other spyware programs...

OK, here 'tis....

GooredFix v1.92 by jpshortstuff
Log created at 01:48 on 19/03/2009 running Option #1 (eArmyU Student)
Firefox version 3.0.6 (en-US)

=====Suspect Goored Entries=====
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Hello All,
Amazingly my firefox has evidently been hijacked. I am writing this from my seamonkey browswer. In fact, various things on my computer haven't been functioning well lately.
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PS, I write the word documents that I want to retrieve the equation editor fields from, so I can write them to retrieve from later, if that helps.

Hello world on daniweb,
I am clueless on how to start. It might be easy or it
might not be. It might already be doable without any programming.
I want to import and export equation...