Sure, I'd like to have to stop looking at them! The Wild Tangent comes up whenever I run SpybotSD. It keeps coming up as spyware, but if it's nothing to worry about, then I guess I won't worry...

What should I do to delete the Wild Tangent? I saw something about Hijack This, but I didn't want to go messing with anything without the go ahead from you. It also sounds like Wild Tangent is in...

I also notice that I cannot get rid of "Wild Tangent." I did some research and found out that it's related to some sort of gaming software. And if I remember right, I got a free game from the...

No, that doesn't do anything.

No worries at all. I know it takes me a while to respond sometimes too.

I tried to delete those mysterious files from the desktop folder, but I still get the error that they cannot be moved. I...

Hello. I wasn't sure if there was anything else I was supposed to do with those files that I can't remove from the desktop. I wasn't sure if they were related to any of the viruses or not.

And I...

That would explain why I couldn't find it!

So, I checked where you said, and it's set to not show hidden files/folders.

Okay, removing the SPRTCMD from the msconfig start-up screen did the trick.

As far as the folder options, I can't find that. I looked on google and from what I could determine it should be...

The location for those mysterious files are as follows:

C:\Documents and Settings\Charlie Kierscht\Desktop

The names are: CAT0MXHN. and CAGHQ7GL.

I'm not sure if the hidden files option is...

Maybe I spoke too soon. Windows Live OneCare just found and removed a trojan downloader, but, I suppose that's just part of being on the Internet.

I'm not sure why SDFix gave me trouble the second time.

Everything seems to be running fine now. The only things still going on are those two files that I can't get rid of from my desktop, and...

Okay, I found the SDFix in safemode following your guidance. When I got the prompt that says "Type Y to start, A to make a log, and N to exit," I typed "y," and when I hit enter, the program shuts...

Sorry for the delay in getting back. I had a film premiere on Friday, and the weekend was pretty hectic. So, here's where it's at:

I know how to get to safemode, but the problem I'm having is...

I ran the SDFix on the desktop, and it came up with a very, very brief log, assuming I'm posting the right thing. The interesting thing is the two things that came up are those files on my desktop I...

Here's the HJT log. I ran MBAM in safemode and it found a trojan and a roguespyware. I tried saving a log in safemode, but I don't know how to get that show up in regular mode. I also couldn't...

Here is the log from the Avenger. Apparently it couldn't find those files. When I woke up this morning, there was a notice from OneCare that it detected about 5 trojans, so I don't know if any of...

I've gotten several more messages that trojans have been blocked. Which is good that it's catching them, but where are they coming from?

So, after all that, I got a notice from Windows Live Onecare that a trojan was found. It was called trojan: winnt/tibs.gen!a and the description said that it was something that enabled an attacker...

I was finally able to do a download of that combofix. I had a hunch that if I ran the malwarebytes program, it would let me do it, and it worked after deleting two trojans. That's the one I had...

Good grief. This stupid virus won't let me open either of those links. I can't do a right click and save as either. I'm starting to get really, really mad. Okay, madder than I was.

Yeah, unfortunately you're right. Google is hijacked again. It appears help sites are getting blocked, and the slowdown is returning.

Since the changes you had me made, I noticed that when I ran...

So I did a little research on google, since I can now use it again, and I don't want to be totally useless, and read some interesting things regarding LIBEAY32.DLL and SPRTCMD.EXE and how they can be...

Oh, and after all of that, I forgot to ask if that error regarding SPRTCMD.EXE and LIBEAY32.DLL has anything to do with the virus. I still get that when the computer starts up. It's been doing...

Awesome group. But, as you can tell by my username, I'm rather biased. I have a bit of a, well, shrine, on my wall for lack of a better word. All of their autographs framed, with guitar picks, a...

I followed the first step regarding running hijackthis and marking those items you indicated and then clicking on "fix checked." But when I try to download SDFix, the virus won't allow that page to...

Oh yeah? What's the future like? Any flying cars yet? Oh that joke never gets old. So what country are you located in? I'm in the U.S.A. So, sometime in your recent past, I'll go through your...

Will do. And I promise, I'll follow only what you say from now on! I was just hellbent on trying to figure this thing out, but, I'm not doing such a good job. And as usual, I'll probably just make...

Okay, so here's an update on what I've done:

I went through my add/remove list using a list of programs that should be removed, and discovered that I had spywarebot, which as most people by now...

Thanks! I was able to open that with no trouble! I'll do a scan when I get back in a little bit. Should I post the results here?

Also, from what I've read, it sounds like MalwareBytes...

When you say to rename it, do you mean in the URL or when it's actually on your computer? That was one of the ones where I couldn't even open the page. Do you have a link to a site for it?

Oh,...

Hello everyone. I am new to this forum, and am pretty inept when it comes to computers. Even though I was using Trend Micro PC-cillin, I have gotten an extremely bad virus that I am having zero...