You need to prevent Ad-Watch from loading at Windows startup, because Ad-Watch will block any changes made by HijackThis. To do this:
Open Ad-Aware.
Click the Ad-Watch icon on the top of the screen.
Go to "Tools" and "Preferences".
At the bottom of the program window there are two items, "Active" and "Automatic".
Uncheck both items.
Make sure when we are done with the fix to re-enable Ad-Watch by checking these two items.
You might want to copy and paste these instructions into a notepad file. Then you can have the file open in safe mode, so you can follow the instructions easier.
Boot into safe mode, under your normal user name(NOT THE ADMINISTRATOR ACCOUNT). See how here.>
http://www.bleepingcomputer.com/forums/tutorial61.html
Turn off system restore.(XP/ME only) See how here.>
http://www.bleepingcomputer.com/forums/tutorial56.html
In Windows Explorer, turn on "Show all files and folders, including hidden and system". See how here.>
http://www.bleepingcomputer.com/forums/tutorial62.html
Open your task manager, by holding down the ctrl and alt keys and pressing the delete key.
Click on the processes tab and end process for(if there).
ALCXMNTR.EXE
Remind_XP.exe
Close task manager.
Run HJT with no other programmes open(except notepad). Click the scan button. Have HJT fix the following, by placing a tick in the little box next to(if there).
O1 - Hosts: localhost 127.0.0.1
O4 - HKLM\..\Run: [AlcxMonitor] ALCXMNTR.EXE
O4 - HKLM\..\Run: [Reminder] "C:\Windows\Creator\Remind_XP.exe"
O4 - HKLM\..\RunOnce: [AAW] "C:\Program Files\Lavasoft\Ad-Aware SE Personal\Ad-Aware.exe" "+b1"
O17 - HKLM\System\CCS\Services\Tcpip\..\{345C60D4-CCDC-49D3-BC24-E410FD583818}: NameServer = 85.255.116.69,85.255.112.110
O17 - HKLM\System\CCS\Services\Tcpip\..\{80F41DC4-DEBA-4FB0-A6F2-17004D4F36B3}: NameServer = 85.255.116.69,85.255.112.110
O17 - HKLM\System\CCS\Services\Tcpip\..\{8814F931-AC3A-428D-889F-6D5AE0FFBB8F}: NameServer = 85.255.116.69,85.255.112.110
O17 - HKLM\System\CCS\Services\Tcpip\..\{F6EA64E3-D706-40A8-9363-514B409E637A}: NameServer = 85.255.116.69,85.255.112.110
O17 - HKLM\System\CS1\Services\Tcpip\Parameters: NameServer = 85.255.116.69 85.255.112.110
O17 - HKLM\System\CS1\Services\Tcpip\..\{345C60D4-CCDC-49D3-BC24-E410FD583818}: NameServer = 85.255.116.69,85.255.112.110
O17 - HKLM\System\CCS\Services\Tcpip\Parameters: NameServer = 85.255.116.69 85.255.112.110
Only fix the above 017 entries, if they don`t belong to your ISP.
Click on the fix checked button.
Close HJT.
Locate and delete the following
bold files and/or directories(if there).
ALCXMNTR.EXE Search your system for this file and delete all instances of it.
Reboot into normal mode and turn system restore back on.
Regards Howard
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