It appears you`re not running any antivirus or firewall software. If that`s the case, you should get some ASAP. The free AVG antivirus programme and the free Zonealarm, or free Kerio firewalls are available from
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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. 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
Do a full system scan with your antivirus programme and delete what ever it finds.
Click start/run and type services.msc into the run box and press the enter key.
When the window appears, maximise it. Double click on the following services(if there) and select stop if they are running. Set the startup type to disabled. Click apply/ok for each service you disable.
Winamp media player (winapa.exe)
Windows Media Player
Close the services window.
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).
mpwe.exe
avsoft.exe
winapa.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).
R1 - HKCU\Software\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Search,SearchAssistant = about:blank
O4 - HKLM\..\Run: [Windows Media Player] mpwe.exe
O4 - HKLM\..\Run: [firewall] C:\WINDOWS\avsoft.exe /i
O4 - HKLM\..\RunServices: [Windows Media Player] mpwe.exe
O4 - HKCU\..\Run: [Windows Media Player] mpwe.exe
O11 - Options group: [JAVA_IBM] Java (IBM)
O15 - Trusted Zone: .windowsupdate.com[/url]
O23 - Service: Winamp media player (winapa.exe) - Unknown owner - C:\WINDOWS\System32\winapa.exe" -netsvcs (file missing)
Click on the fix checked button.
Close HJT.
Locate and delete the following
bold files and/or directories(if there).
C:\WINDOWS\System32\
winapa.exe
C:\WINDOWS\
avsoft.exe
mpwe.exe You will need to search your system for this file and delete all instances of it.
Reboot into normal mode and turn system restore back on.
Post a fresh HJT log.
Regards Howard
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