Hi this is my first time posting. I would like to commend you on your efforts at preventing and curing malware and trojan infecting normal peoples machines. I will appreciate any assistance/recommendations that you could give me in my matter.
Soon after the first, I noticed that a few of my desktop shortcuts were missing icons. As I investigated I noticed that many of my programs were renamed with a space separating the filename from the file extension. For example, yahoomessenger.exe was renamed to yahoomessenger .exe. The original file's name still remained on my pc, but it was 40KB in size. This happened for many of my desktop's application. After a few google searches, I found a program called SDFix. After downloading this and running it from my OS in safe mode, it seemed to have "Fixed" my problem. However, there are still a few applications that SDFix did not remedy. I am now getting various IE browsers opening up to ad sites.
I am running Windows XP SP3. I have Symantec EndPoint Protection 11.0.4. I have completed the 8 step process but it did not resolve my problem with the renaming of the files. Also, deleting the 40Kb impostor and renaming the original file back to its original name does not fix this either. It would either change again in time, or after a reboot. I am attaching the requested files for your review.
Thanks a million...
Will E. Stylzz
Soon after the first, I noticed that a few of my desktop shortcuts were missing icons. As I investigated I noticed that many of my programs were renamed with a space separating the filename from the file extension. For example, yahoomessenger.exe was renamed to yahoomessenger .exe. The original file's name still remained on my pc, but it was 40KB in size. This happened for many of my desktop's application. After a few google searches, I found a program called SDFix. After downloading this and running it from my OS in safe mode, it seemed to have "Fixed" my problem. However, there are still a few applications that SDFix did not remedy. I am now getting various IE browsers opening up to ad sites.
I am running Windows XP SP3. I have Symantec EndPoint Protection 11.0.4. I have completed the 8 step process but it did not resolve my problem with the renaming of the files. Also, deleting the 40Kb impostor and renaming the original file back to its original name does not fix this either. It would either change again in time, or after a reboot. I am attaching the requested files for your review.
Thanks a million...
Will E. Stylzz