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 | I've been infected by a file (C:\windows\system32\adsldpw.dll) that I can't exterminate. I run all the usual suspects, but this guy seems particularly resistant to the tools I'm used to using. This one is more obnoxious than usual, primarily because it keeps respawning a new background version of Internet Explorer every …  |
| | Nicolas, When you say there's a virus ruining your computer, what do you mean? It would helpful to know what sort of symptoms are being exhibited in order to narrow the search. I have to tell you, the O17 entries and the O16 entry that references c:\nores.mht! look very suspicious … |
| | I've been infected by an virus that seems pretty resistant to normal removal techniques. Any insights would be greatly appreciated. Here's what I've done so far: 1. Run AVG (formerly Ewido) - clean 2. Run Adaware - runs clean 3. Run HijackThis! - log below shows the offending vermin 4. … |
| | Geo, Here's what I would do... First, I'm ALWAYS suspicious of BHO (O2) and Winlogon Notify (O20) entries in the HijackThis! log. In fact it's probably more accurate to say I'm ruthless. The only one I allow on my system is Adobe Acrobat IE add-on. Make a list of the … |
| | Re: Big big problem Just some quick questions for jbennet... The Microsoft documentation for sfc (System File Checker) is rather terse. The XP version of sfc just runs and reboots the system without telling you very much. Do you know if it leaves behind a log or some other way to know what it's … |
| | Hey Rick, Here's what I would try... first realize that HijackThis! is a great tool (I use it all the time) but it only provides data that is meaningful when used with additional information. When I got nailed with the Vundo virus it had placed files on my system that … |
| | I'm not exactly sure what the problem is... are you experiencing any ill effects or is it just that you get the annoying warning that interrupts the normal bootup sequence? Let's assume (unless you tell us otherwise) that you just want to eliminate the pesky warning message... So of course … |
| | It seems I've been infected with an obnoxious little vermin. Not sure exactly how I picked it up, in that I haven't been to any sites that I hadn't used many times before. The remaining artifact is a persistent bubble that pops up from the system tray saying: System Alert! … |
| | I've been fighting through a fairly nasty infection and I'm left with one resistant creature that resists the best efforts of the normally available tools. Probably most noteworthy is that a Google search on the culprit returns absolutely no results at all... when have you ever heard of that happening? … |
| | OK. I'm an idiot. I've managed to get my laptop hijacked... though I'm still not entirely sure how. I don't recall having gone to any websites that I haven't been to before, but... when I went to look at history everything had been cleared. About a week ago I installed … |