This is what came up. there wasn't anything at all in the Start.txt file.

C:\Documents and Settings\Owner\Desktop\rkfiles

PLEASE NOTE THAT ALL FILES FOUND BY THIS METHOD ARE NOT BAD FILES,...

Should I repeat the process as you described previously?

Thanks!

"Silent Runners.vbs", revision 39, http://www.silentrunners.org/
Operating System: Windows XP SP2
Output limited to non-default values, except where indicated by "{++}"


Startup items buried in...

OK, here goes nothing. Thank you Crunchie for all of your help and dedication.

Also, any tips on how I can keep this kind of thing from happening again? I've already set all of IE's setting as...

ok, done.

Once again...

Logfile of HijackThis v1.99.1
Scan saved at 11:50:13 AM, on 7/2/2005
Platform: Windows XP SP2 (WinNT 5.01.2600)
MSIE: Internet Explorer v6.00 SP2 (6.00.2900.2180)
...

I got the same results both times those files were scanned. Who knows?

Here is the silent runners log followed by a new hijack this log:

"Silent Runners.vbs", revision 39,...

duh, sorry about that!

here you go:

Service load:
0% 100%
File: adlinstallwin32.exe
Status:
MIGHT BE INFECTED/MALWARE (Sandbox emulation took a long time and/or runtime...

ok, All Done. It seems as if we are making progress. Yay!! :cheesy: Thank you Thank you! All files have been uploaded and scanned. The first one looked evil.



C:\Documents and...

Thanks Again! On to the next...


L2Mfix 1.03

Running From:
C:\Documents and Settings\Owner\Desktop\l2mfix

Oops, Sorry!

here is the log:

L2MFIX find log 1.03
These are the registry keys present
**********************************************************************************
Winlogon/notify:...

It seems as if I can't stay ahead of this crap. As I run scans and programs, things are still trying to install and change my IE settings even though I can't access IE any more and am using firefox....

i'm in the process of deleting things in safe mode, but i'm still getting an access denied error that the files are in use. What to do?

Hi DMR,
So, once again, here is the HJT log after I did what you asked:

Logfile of HijackThis v1.99.1
Scan saved at 11:14:29 PM, on 6/27/2005
Platform: Windows XP SP1 (WinNT 5.01.2600)
MSIE:...

crunchie,

I restored the entire system to the beginning of the month. The iexplore.exe file is still missing. I have downloaded and installed Firefox on to my computer and it seems to be...

I will try to system restore. Should I rerun those programs after I do so?

I have done everything you asked except visiting the various sites listed to check for viruses. I can no longer open internet explorer; I get an error message that says the iexplore.exe file doesn't...

I know i've got the dreaded drpmon aurora thing going on. I've run several types of spyware removal programs and it still seems to get worse. I hope you can help; at this point i can only get rid...