Very Important: Before deciding whether you should clean or reformat your system, go and read this thread HERE and decide what it is you want to do.
If after reading the above, you wish to clean your system, do the following.
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.
In Windows Explorer, turn on "Show all files and folders, including hidden and system". See how
HERE.
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.
perfmons Service (perfmons)
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).
perfs.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).
O2 - BHO: CyberFlash - {5FC650AA-7947-405F-986E-FD894CE69723} - (no file)
O2 - BHO: (no name) - {7E853D72-626A-48EC-A868-BA8D5E23E045} - (no file)
O23 - Service: perfmons Service (perfmons) - Unknown owner - C:\WINDOWS\system32\perfs.exe
Click on the fix checked button.
Close HJT.
Locate and delete the following
bold files and/or directories(
if there).
C:\WINDOWS\system32\
perfs.exe
Reboot into normal mode and rehide your protected OS files.
Go and read the
Viruses/Spyware/Malware, preliminary removal instructions. Follow all the instructions exactly.
Post fresh
HJT,
AVG Antispyware and Combofix logs as attachments into this thread, only after doing the above.
Also, let me know the results of the Panda Antirootkit scan.
Regards Howard
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