Computer might be infected and now can't connect to internet

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Oh, your gonna need help again soon.

At the very least, you should delete those nasty sites from your trusted zone, flush your dns, and reset any router/modems on your network.

Here's a shortcut for removing the sites from the trusted zone:

Using Internet Explorer right click on this link DelO15Domains.inf and choose Save As. Save it to your desktop. Right click on that file and choose Install. It will run immediately (you won't be able to see anything happen). You may delete it afterwards. NOTE: This script will delete any sites you may have added to the Trusted Sites. So if you want them back, you have to add them back to the Trusted Sites again.
 
Your computer still has IE on it. Or you can manually delete the 015 entries from hijackthis - though there may be more that arent showing
 
a restore point must be loading on startup or with a restart...

This is where I became confused.:suspiciou I didn't think that the PC would load from a restore point on a normal system start.
If you were to disable system restore and delete restore points...how does the system start?:confused:
 
Ok so Blind Dragon I did that but like you said I didn't see anything, so how do I know its finished and if it took them off?
 
Good - the other thing I'll suggest is that you install and anti-virus. It appears you used to have Norton 360, but it doesn't appear to be running or loading with windows.

Avira Antivir has a free personal AV
Avast Antivirus has a free personal AV
 
Then I would contact their support and tell them you had an infection and that you think it may have removed the startup registry entry.

I would also tell them that you think there may be some of their files corrupt or missing.
 
From Microsoft:
System Restore takes "snapshots" of critical system files and some program files and registry settings and stores this information as restore points.
If your computer is not functioning correctly, you can use these restore points to return Windows XP to a previous state when your computer was functioning correctly.

Strategic, you are correct: The PC doesn't load from a restore point.

You have to tell a computer to use a restore point. Only then will a restore point be used.

The system doesn't 'keep' a restore point to load at the next logon.

The reason it's not good practice to remove all the restore points at the beginning of cleaning is because you might have to invoke one of the restore points to load the settings, such as booting into Safe Mode> "restore my computer to an earlier time"> at which point the user chooses the date to restore back to.
 
Ok so asked Norton and they suggest I uninstall and reinstall. So I did, then I ran a rootkit, but have no idea how to read it, can you read it and see if the virus/spyware is gone? I can also send you hijackthis again and see what it says?
 
You should not be running random programs without the guidance of a helper. You can't read it because you weren't meant to read it! If you need continued help, please try this site: Virus and Malware Removal.

Please note there is a thread with the recommended cleaning programs to follow. You will be assisted by trained malware helpers. At this time, we are temporarily short of trained helpers on TechSpot.
 
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