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Running AOL 9.0 Optimized on Windows XP Professional
I've looked all over the internet for info on this particular Haxdoor virus. I ran AVG and it showed the virus name as Backdoor.Haxdoor.3.g. but it could not remove it. I've found info on how to remove other strains of the Haxdoor virus by deleting certain files and registry entries, and I deleted the files that were listed but some of them were not present on my computer and some of the registry entries weren't either. There are some files on my computer that I think might be associated with the virus but I'm not sure and don't want to delete them without knowing. I haven't gotten the blue screen of death like I had been getting before, but my cursor still kinda blinks and does weird stuff. I accidentally found a temporary way around this by pressing cntrl-alt-del and opening the task manager box. For some reason the cursor quits acting crazy after that, until I reboot. I'm guessing that parts of the Haxdoor virus are still on here. Is there any way to find out for sure which files to delete and which registry entries to delete? I'm getting very frustrated with this and I'm thinking seriously about reformatting the hd and reinstalling XP, but I'd hate to do that.
One more thing I forgot. The last time I ran netstat, it showed 6 listings. At times there are a few more. At one point yesterday there were about 15 listings, 5 of them said established and the rest said time_wait. How can I tell which of these are supposed to be there and which are not, besides the obvious one that made reference to AOL in the address? Any help on this would be greatly, and I mean GREATLY, appreciated.
