I've been having a problem with my search engines recently. The links are all go.(search engine name) followed by random characters. eg.http://go.google.com/?id=&aid=5&said=0 They lead to random sites, mostly ads. I've tried MBA-M and removed 20 infected files. It fixed the problem and I stupidly removed the program without saving the log. Now, the virus is back and my computer won't let me reinstall Malwarebytes. I already have Avira AntiVir Personal and it can't find anything. If anyone can help me, it would be greatly appreciated.

My HJT log:
Logfile of Trend Micro HijackThis v2.0.2
Scan saved at PM 5:47:48, on 2008-10-24
Platform: Windows XP SP2 (WinNT 5.01.2600)
MSIE: Internet Explorer v6.00 SP2 (6.00.2900.2180)
Boot mode: Normal

Running processes:
C:\WINDOWS\System32\smss.exe
C:\WINDOWS\system32\winlogon.exe
C:\WINDOWS\system32\services.exe
C:\WINDOWS\system32\lsass.exe
C:\WINDOWS\system32\svchost.exe
C:\WINDOWS\System32\svchost.exe
C:\WINDOWS\Explorer.EXE
C:\Program Files\Lavasoft\Ad-Aware\aawservice.exe
C:\Program Files\Avira\AntiVir PersonalEdition Classic\avgnt.exe
C:\WINDOWS\Mixer.exe
D:\Programs\Adobe\Acrobat 7.0\Distillr\Acrotray.exe
C:\Program Files\iTunes\iTunesHelper.exe
C:\WINDOWS\system32\ctfmon.exe
C:\WINDOWS\system32\spoolsv.exe
C:\Program Files\Avira\AntiVir PersonalEdition Classic\avguard.exe
C:\Program Files\Avira\AntiVir PersonalEdition Classic\sched.exe
C:\Program Files\Common Files\Apple\Mobile Device Support\bin\AppleMobileDeviceService.exe
C:\Program Files\Bonjour\mDNSResponder.exe
C:\Program Files\Common Files\Microsoft Shared\VS7DEBUG\MDM.EXE
C:\Program Files\iPod\bin\iPodService.exe
C:\WINDOWS\system32\wuauclt.exe
C:\Program Files\Mozilla Firefox\firefox.exe
C:\Program Files\PopCap Games\Insaniquarium Deluxe\InsaniquariumDeluxe.exe
C:\Program Files\PopCap Games\Insaniquarium Deluxe\game.exe
C:\Program Files\Trend Micro\HijackThis\HijackThis.exe

R1 - HKCU\Software\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Main,Search Page = http://www.google.ca
R0 - HKCU\Software\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Main,Start Page = http://www.yahoo.com
R1 - HKLM\Software\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Main,Search Page = http://www.google.ca
R0 - HKLM\Software\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Main,Start Page = http://www.yahoo.com
R1 - HKCU\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Internet Settings,ProxyOverride = *.local
O2 - BHO: AcroIEHlprObj Class - {06849E9F-C8D7-4D59-B87D-784B7D6BE0B3} - D:\Programs\Adobe\Acrobat 7.0\ActiveX\AcroIEHelper.dll
O2 - BHO: (no name) - {7E853D72-626A-48EC-A868-BA8D5E23E045} - (no file)
O2 - BHO: AcroIEToolbarHelper Class - {AE7CD045-E861-484f-8273-0445EE161910} - D:\Programs\Adobe\Acrobat 7.0\Acrobat\AcroIEFavClient.dll
O2 - BHO: Java(tm) Plug-In 2 SSV Helper - {DBC80044-A445-435b-BC74-9C25C1C588A9} - C:\Program Files\Java\jre6\bin\jp2ssv.dll (file missing)
O3 - Toolbar: Adobe PDF - {47833539-D0C5-4125-9FA8-0819E2EAAC93} - D:\Programs\Adobe\Acrobat 7.0\Acrobat\AcroIEFavClient.dll
O4 - HKLM\..\Run: [IMJPMIG8.1] "C:\WINDOWS\IME\imjp8_1\IMJPMIG.EXE" /Spoil /RemAdvDef /Migration32
O4 - HKLM\..\Run: [PHIME2002ASync] C:\WINDOWS\system32\IME\TINTLGNT\TINTSETP.EXE /SYNC
O4 - HKLM\..\Run: [PHIME2002A] C:\WINDOWS\system32\IME\TINTLGNT\TINTSETP.EXE /IMEName
O4 - HKLM\..\Run: [avgnt] "C:\Program Files\Avira\AntiVir PersonalEdition Classic\avgnt.exe" /min
O4 - HKLM\..\Run: [C-Media Mixer] Mixer.exe /startup
O4 - HKLM\..\Run: [Acrobat Assistant 7.0] "D:\Programs\Adobe\Acrobat 7.0\Distillr\Acrotray.exe"
O4 - HKLM\..\Run: [QuickTime Task] "C:\Program Files\QuickTime\QTTask.exe" -atboottime
O4 - HKLM\..\Run: [iTunesHelper] "C:\Program Files\iTunes\iTunesHelper.exe"
O4 - HKCU\..\Run: [CTFMON.EXE] C:\WINDOWS\system32\ctfmon.exe
O4 - HKUS\S-1-5-19\..\Run: [CTFMON.EXE] C:\WINDOWS\system32\CTFMON.EXE (User 'LOCAL SERVICE')
O4 - HKUS\S-1-5-20\..\Run: [CTFMON.EXE] C:\WINDOWS\system32\CTFMON.EXE (User 'NETWORK SERVICE')
O4 - HKUS\S-1-5-18\..\Run: [CTFMON.EXE] C:\WINDOWS\system32\CTFMON.EXE (User 'SYSTEM')
O4 - HKUS\.DEFAULT\..\Run: [CTFMON.EXE] C:\WINDOWS\system32\CTFMON.EXE (User 'Default user')
O8 - Extra context menu item: Convert link target to Adobe PDF - res://D:\Programs\Adobe\Acrobat 7.0\Acrobat\AcroIEFavClient.dll/AcroIECapture.html
O8 - Extra context menu item: Convert link target to existing PDF - res://D:\Programs\Adobe\Acrobat 7.0\Acrobat\AcroIEFavClient.dll/AcroIEAppend.html
O8 - Extra context menu item: Convert selected links to Adobe PDF - res://D:\Programs\Adobe\Acrobat 7.0\Acrobat\AcroIEFavClient.dll/AcroIECaptureSelLinks.html
O8 - Extra context menu item: Convert selected links to existing PDF - res://D:\Programs\Adobe\Acrobat 7.0\Acrobat\AcroIEFavClient.dll/AcroIEAppendSelLinks.html
O8 - Extra context menu item: Convert selection to Adobe PDF - res://D:\Programs\Adobe\Acrobat 7.0\Acrobat\AcroIEFavClient.dll/AcroIECapture.html
O8 - Extra context menu item: Convert selection to existing PDF - res://D:\Programs\Adobe\Acrobat 7.0\Acrobat\AcroIEFavClient.dll/AcroIEAppend.html
O8 - Extra context menu item: Convert to Adobe PDF - res://D:\Programs\Adobe\Acrobat 7.0\Acrobat\AcroIEFavClient.dll/AcroIECapture.html
O8 - Extra context menu item: Convert to existing PDF - res://D:\Programs\Adobe\Acrobat 7.0\Acrobat\AcroIEFavClient.dll/AcroIEAppend.html
O8 - Extra context menu item: E&xport to Microsoft Excel - res://C:\PROGRA~1\MICROS~2\OFFICE11\EXCEL.EXE/3000
O9 - Extra button: Research - {92780B25-18CC-41C8-B9BE-3C9C571A8263} - C:\PROGRA~1\MICROS~2\OFFICE11\REFIEBAR.DLL
O9 - Extra button: Messenger - {FB5F1910-F110-11d2-BB9E-00C04F795683} - C:\Program Files\Messenger\msmsgs.exe
O9 - Extra 'Tools' menuitem: Windows Messenger - {FB5F1910-F110-11d2-BB9E-00C04F795683} - C:\Program Files\Messenger\msmsgs.exe
O16 - DPF: {6E32070A-766D-4EE6-879C-DC1FA91D2FC3} (MUWebControl Class) - http://www.update.microsoft.com/microsoftupdate/v6/V5Controls/en/x86/client/muweb_site.cab?1197298051441
O23 - Service: Lavasoft Ad-Aware Service (aawservice) - Lavasoft - C:\Program Files\Lavasoft\Ad-Aware\aawservice.exe
O23 - Service: Adobe LM Service - Adobe Systems - C:\Program Files\Common Files\Adobe Systems Shared\Service\Adobelmsvc.exe
O23 - Service: AntiVir PersonalEdition Classic Scheduler (AntiVirScheduler) - Avira GmbH - C:\Program Files\Avira\AntiVir PersonalEdition Classic\sched.exe
O23 - Service: AntiVir PersonalEdition Classic Guard (AntiVirService) - Avira GmbH - C:\Program Files\Avira\AntiVir PersonalEdition Classic\avguard.exe
O23 - Service: Apple Mobile Device - Apple Inc. - C:\Program Files\Common Files\Apple\Mobile Device Support\bin\AppleMobileDeviceService.exe
O23 - Service: Bonjour ?? (Bonjour Service) - Apple Inc. - C:\Program Files\Bonjour\mDNSResponder.exe
O23 - Service: InstallDriver Table Manager (IDriverT) - Macrovision Corporation - C:\Program Files\Common Files\InstallShield\Driver\11\Intel 32\IDriverT.exe
O23 - Service: iPod ?? (iPod Service) - Apple Inc. - C:\Program Files\iPod\bin\iPodService.exe

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End of file - 6494 bytes

Avira AntiVir Log:
Avira AntiVir Personal
Report file date: 2008年10月24日 12:00

Scanning for 1705737 virus strains and unwanted programs.

Licensed to: Avira AntiVir PersonalEdition Classic
Serial number: 0000149996-ADJIE-0001
Platform: Windows XP
Windows version: (Service Pack 2) [5.1.2600]
Boot mode: Normally booted
Username: SYSTEM
Computer name: FAMILY

Version information:
BUILD.DAT : 8.2.0.334 16933 Bytes 10/16/2008 14:55:00
AVSCAN.EXE : 8.1.4.7 315649 Bytes 7/17/2008 21:48:54
AVSCAN.DLL : 8.1.4.0 40705 Bytes 7/17/2008 21:48:53
LUKE.DLL : 8.1.4.5 164097 Bytes 7/17/2008 21:48:56
LUKERES.DLL : 8.1.4.0 12033 Bytes 7/17/2008 21:48:56
ANTIVIR0.VDF : 6.40.0.0 11030528 Bytes 7/18/2007 15:36:31
ANTIVIR1.VDF : 7.0.5.1 8182784 Bytes 6/24/2008 23:25:17
ANTIVIR2.VDF : 7.0.7.59 4366336 Bytes 10/19/2008 20:33:16
ANTIVIR3.VDF : 7.0.7.80 166400 Bytes 10/23/2008 00:24:11
Engineversion : 8.2.0.7
AEVDF.DLL : 8.1.0.6 102772 Bytes 10/15/2008 20:28:33
AESCRIPT.DLL : 8.1.1.9 319867 Bytes 10/16/2008 20:28:17
AESCN.DLL : 8.1.1.3 123252 Bytes 10/15/2008 20:28:30
AERDL.DLL : 8.1.1.2 438644 Bytes 9/19/2008 00:09:45
AEPACK.DLL : 8.1.2.4 369014 Bytes 10/15/2008 20:28:29
AEOFFICE.DLL : 8.1.0.29 196988 Bytes 10/24/2008 00:24:16
AEHEUR.DLL : 8.1.0.63 1479032 Bytes 10/24/2008 00:24:15
AEHELP.DLL : 8.1.1.2 115062 Bytes 10/15/2008 20:28:26
AEGEN.DLL : 8.1.0.41 319861 Bytes 10/15/2008 20:28:25
AEEMU.DLL : 8.1.0.9 393588 Bytes 10/15/2008 20:28:23
AECORE.DLL : 8.1.2.7 172407 Bytes 10/24/2008 00:24:13
AEBB.DLL : 8.1.0.3 53618 Bytes 10/15/2008 20:28:20
AVWINLL.DLL : 1.0.0.12 15105 Bytes 7/17/2008 21:48:54
AVPREF.DLL : 8.0.2.0 38657 Bytes 7/17/2008 21:48:53
AVREP.DLL : 8.0.0.2 98344 Bytes 7/31/2008 22:23:44
AVREG.DLL : 8.0.0.1 33537 Bytes 7/17/2008 21:48:53
AVARKT.DLL : 1.0.0.23 307457 Bytes 4/19/2008 15:26:37
AVEVTLOG.DLL : 8.0.0.16 119041 Bytes 7/17/2008 21:48:53
SQLITE3.DLL : 3.3.17.1 339968 Bytes 4/19/2008 15:26:41
SMTPLIB.DLL : 1.2.0.23 28929 Bytes 7/17/2008 21:48:57
NETNT.DLL : 8.0.0.1 7937 Bytes 4/19/2008 15:26:40
RCIMAGE.DLL : 8.0.0.51 2371841 Bytes 7/17/2008 21:48:40
RCTEXT.DLL : 8.0.52.0 86273 Bytes 7/17/2008 21:48:40

Configuration settings for the scan:
Jobname..........................: Local Hard Disks
Configuration file...............: C:\Program Files\Avira\AntiVir PersonalEdition Classic\alldiscs.avp
Logging..........................: low
Primary action...................: interactive
Secondary action.................: ignore
Scan master boot sector..........: on
Scan boot sector.................: on
Boot sectors.....................: C:, D:, F:, G:,
Process scan.....................: on
Scan registry....................: on
Search for rootkits..............: off
Scan all files...................: All files
Scan archives....................: on
Recursion depth..................: 20
Smart extensions.................: on
Macro heuristic..................: on
File heuristic...................: medium

Start of the scan: 2008年10月24日 12:00

The scan of running processes will be started
Scan process 'avscan.exe' - '1' Module(s) have been scanned
Scan process 'firefox.exe' - '1' Module(s) have been scanned
Scan process 'wuauclt.exe' - '1' Module(s) have been scanned
Scan process 'alg.exe' - '1' Module(s) have been scanned
Scan process 'iPodService.exe' - '1' Module(s) have been scanned
Scan process 'MDM.EXE' - '1' Module(s) have been scanned
Scan process 'mDNSResponder.exe' - '1' Module(s) have been scanned
Scan process 'AppleMobileDeviceService.exe' - '1' Module(s) have been scanned
Scan process 'sched.exe' - '1' Module(s) have been scanned
Scan process 'avguard.exe' - '1' Module(s) have been scanned
Scan process 'spoolsv.exe' - '1' Module(s) have been scanned
Scan process 'ctfmon.exe' - '1' Module(s) have been scanned
Scan process 'iTunesHelper.exe' - '1' Module(s) have been scanned
Scan process 'acrotray.exe' - '1' Module(s) have been scanned
Scan process 'mixer.exe' - '1' Module(s) have been scanned
Scan process 'avgnt.exe' - '1' Module(s) have been scanned
Scan process 'aawservice.exe' - '1' Module(s) have been scanned
Scan process 'explorer.exe' - '1' Module(s) have been scanned
Scan process 'svchost.exe' - '1' Module(s) have been scanned
Scan process 'svchost.exe' - '1' Module(s) have been scanned
Scan process 'svchost.exe' - '1' Module(s) have been scanned
Scan process 'svchost.exe' - '1' Module(s) have been scanned
Scan process 'svchost.exe' - '1' Module(s) have been scanned
Scan process 'lsass.exe' - '1' Module(s) have been scanned
Scan process 'services.exe' - '1' Module(s) have been scanned
Scan process 'winlogon.exe' - '1' Module(s) have been scanned
Scan process 'csrss.exe' - '1' Module(s) have been scanned
Scan process 'smss.exe' - '1' Module(s) have been scanned
28 processes with 28 modules were scanned

Starting master boot sector scan:
Master boot sector HD0
[INFO] No virus was found!
Master boot sector HD1
[INFO] No virus was found!

Start scanning boot sectors:
Boot sector 'C:\'
[INFO] No virus was found!
Boot sector 'D:\'
[INFO] No virus was found!
Boot sector 'F:\'
[INFO] No virus was found!
Boot sector 'G:\'
[INFO] No virus was found!

Starting to scan the registry.
The registry was scanned ( '51' files ).


Starting the file scan:

Begin scan in 'C:\'
C:\hiberfil.sys
[WARNING] The file could not be opened!
C:\pagefile.sys
[WARNING] The file could not be opened!
Begin scan in 'D:\'
Begin scan in 'F:\'
Begin scan in 'G:\' <Data>


End of the scan: 2008年10月24日 13:08
Used time: 1:08:45 Hour(s)

The scan has been done completely.

5496 Scanning directories
247050 Files were scanned
0 viruses and/or unwanted programs were found
0 Files were classified as suspicious:
0 files were deleted
0 files were repaired
0 files were moved to quarantine
0 files were renamed
2 Files cannot be scanned
247048 Files not concerned
2148 Archives were scanned
2 Warnings
0 Notes

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Not seeing much in your HJT log.

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Please download ComboFix by sUBs from HERE or HERE

  • You must download it to and run it from your Desktop
  • Physically disconnect from the internet.
  • Now STOP all your monitoring programs (Antivirus/Antispyware, Guards and Shields) as they could easily interfere with ComboFix.
  • Double click combofix.exe & follow the prompts.
  • When finished, it will produce a log. Please save that log to post in your next reply along with a fresh HJT log
  • Re-enable all the programs that were disabled during the running of ComboFix..

Note:
Do not mouse-click combofix's window while it is running. That may cause it to stall.

CF disconnects your machine from the internet. The connection is automatically restored before CF completes its run. If CF runs into difficulty and terminates prematurely, the connection can be manually restored by restarting your machine.

The two links you posted for ComboFix both lead to a page with the message "Failed to Connect". Is there anywhere else I can get it from?

also, check your HOSTS file.

Try again. Both links are working.

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