Browser Hijacked, Popups Too Many

The following 2 posts are together, Thanks much

Your log is clean now. However I would suggest you find the 'ini' files that you mention that belong to SpywareBegone and Spykiller and check the properties by right-clicking on the file and choosing properties from the menu. If the properties confirm that those files are not needed, please delete them.

There are a few things you should do now that you are completely clean:

1.A cleanup that will help is to go to Start>Programs>Acccessories>System Tools> Disk Cleanup and put a check mark beside all the entries in the disk cleanup window that ask you what you want to clean. Clean all hard drives and all files. This will get rid of any malware that is hiding in the temporary folders.

2. Make sure that all are gone, by checking the folders that the Temporary Internet Files and Temp files are stored in. To do so use Control Panel > Internet Options(or right click the IE icon on the desktop and choose Properties). Click Delete Files on the General Tab - place a check in the Delete all offline content box, then 'Clear History' and then press OK

3. Empty your Recycle Bin

4. I think you may benefit from reading the article "How Did I Get Infected In The First Place" linked at the bottom of this post, for information on how to secure your PC from spyware/adware/malware.There are several small free programs mentioned there that help with securing your PC against this type of problem.


Hope this helps!

I am still not able to run AdAware SE. I got a new download and re-installed the program and get the same failure message. Any ideas????????????? Thank you for all your time and patience. I really appreciate your help. Marc

Ok have an idea to try.


There is another program to find hidden files that I would like you to use:

1. Please download DllCompare
( The Screenshot will show you how the program will look when it starts.)

2. Start the Program with its default settings and put a check mark in the include subdirectories. Click the Run Locate.com and wait until the scan says complete.

3. Click the Compare button to start the next process.

4. Files in the upper portion have been verified to "exist", Files in the bottom section were not able to be accessed. Very few files should be listed in the bottom section when the Compare scan is complete.

5. Click on each of the listed entries in the lower section to select them. Right-click on the file and use the Option Rescan screenshot.

6. This will cause Windows Find to see if the file does exist, and then it will be removed from the list (to reduce the number of identified files) screenshot

7. Click the Make a Log of what was found button, and post the log here in this thread using Add Reply to receive further instructions.


Good Luck!

Hi

Could you download this file:

http://www.dll-files.com/dllindex/dll-files.shtml?riched32

and extract it to your C:\Windows\system directory. Then try again with AAW. If you have already installed it, go ahead and open it - should work just fine. If not, go ahead and install it and try it. Let us know how you get on.

I got nothing on the Compare program, but the reched32.dll did the trick. Again I thank you for all your time and effort in helping me with this. Marc *DLLCompare Log Version(1.0.0.125) Files Found that Windows does not See or cannot Access *Not everything listed here means you are infected! _____________________________________________ O^E says: "There were no files found " _____________________________________________ 916 items found: 916 files, 0 directories. Total of fise sizes: 167,495,840 bytes 159.73 M __________End Log_______

Glad we could help



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