L> Oh my goodness! while in Safe mode I quite accidentally discovered that the password on the Administrator account was blank! Talk about a shocker! I really have no idea how that happened, but I...

Yes, problems persist. We/you did fix it so I'm able to get online again, but these 4 keep coming back:
eXact.Downloader Trojan Downloader
iSearch.DesktopSearch Spyware
HuntBar Browser...

There were no files listed in the 2 files sections, so the 'Delete these files' button never enabled. So I supposed I should do the following steps:

1.) Run Vx2Finder click on the 'Click to find...

Do you mean that the version of l2mfix I got was outdated? I just pulled it from http://www.atribune.org/downloads/l2mfix.exe the other day.

I got the VX2 cleaner for Ad-Aware and ran it and it...

When I got up this morning Microsoft AntiSpyware (AS) reported finding these 5 threats:
iSearch.DesktopSearch
eXact.Downloader
IST.ISTbar
HuntBar
WebSearch Toolbar (AS calls...

Thank you, Crunchie!

Sorry for taking so long to reply. The vx2 and HijackThis logs you asked for are pasted at the end of this message. I'm able to get online using the problem machine, so this...

I know what some of my problems are, but would sure appreciate on any pointers on how to address them, and I'm quite sure this system has problems I'm not fully aware of. For example I know...

Hi! I'm the new kid on this block. I'm a long-time computer guy, but I find myself in need of assistance when it comes to cleaning off all the spyware and adware my family members (surely not I??)...