Difficult Virus/Spyware Problem

I clicked ok…and then I hit restore Microsofts HOSTS files…and nothing happened that I can tell.

Try a web site

Go here and fix the exe file Association
http://www.dougknox.com/xp/file_assoc.htm
EXE File Association Fix (Restore default association for EXE files)

I can get to symantec now. But Regedit still closes on me.

Go here and fix the exe file Association
http://www.dougknox.com/xp/file_assoc.htm
EXE File Association Fix (Restore default association for EXE files)

When I try to open it, it says it's not valied Win32 application

Do you have HijackThis.exe that you can rename to Hijackthis.com?

Yes I did so.

Will it run now?

It opens for a few seconds then closes.

Delete the one you downloaded and try this again

Go here and fix the exe file Association
http://www.dougknox.com/xp/file_assoc.htm
EXE File Association Fix (Restore default association for EXE files)


Also try renaming HijackThis.com to spyware.com and then see if it will run.

Ok.

Same results.

Try this:

* Download Combofix to your desktop.
Doubleclick combo.exe
Follow the prompts.
Don't click on the window while the fix is running, because that will cause your system to hang.

When finished, it should produce a log, combofix.txt.
Post this log in your next reply

Also try this again.

Lets see if this will help.

1>> Download UnHookExec.inf

2>> Right-click the UnHookExec.inf file and click install. (This is a small file. It does not display any notice or boxes when you run it.)

While the combofix is running?