Okay, that's in quarantine, which means your computer is in good shape!!
If there are no more issues, then we shall clean up!
Clean up System Restore
Now, to get you off to a
clean start, we will be creating a new Restore Point, then clearing the old ones to make sure you do not get reinfected, in case you need to "restore back."
To manually create a new Restore Point
- Go to Control Panel and select System and Maintenance
- Select System
- On the left select Advance System Settings and accept the warning if you get one
- Select System Protection Tab
- Select Create at the bottom
- Type in a name I.e. Clean
- Select Create
Now we can purge the infected ones
- Go back to the System and Maintenance page
- Select Performance Information and Tools
- On the left select Open Disk Cleanup
- Select Files from all users and accept the warning if you get one
- In the drop down box select your main drive I.e. C
- For a few moments the system will make some calculations:
- Select the More Options tab
- In the System Restore and Shadow Backups select Clean up
- Select Delete on the pop up
- Select OK
- Select Delete
Run OTC to remove our tools
To remove all of the tools we used and the files and folders they created, please do the following:
Please download
OTC.exe by OldTimer:
- Save it to your Desktop.
- Double click OTC.exe.
- Click the CleanUp! button.
- If you are prompted to Reboot during the cleanup, select Yes.
- The tool will delete itself once it finishes.
Note: If any tool, file or folder (belonging to the program we have used) hasn't been deleted, please delete it manually.
Purge old temporary files
Please download
TFC by OldTimer to your desktop
- Please double-click TFC.exe to run it. (Note: If you are running on Vista, right-click on the file and choose Run As Administrator).
- It will close all programs when run, so make sure you have saved all your work before you begin.
- Click the Start
button to begin the process. Depending on how often you clean temp
files, execution time should be anywhere from a few seconds to a minute
or two. Let it run uninterrupted to completion.
- Once it's finished it should reboot your machine. If it does not, please manually reboot the machine yourself to ensure a complete clean.
Security Check
Please download
Security Check by screen317 from
SpywareInfoforum.org or
Changelog.fr.
- Save it to your Desktop.
- Double click SecurityCheck.exe and follow the onscreen instructions inside of the black box.
- A Notepad document should open automatically called checkup.txt; please post the contents of that document.
Tell me in your next reply, if you have completed these tasks:
- Cleaned System Restore
- Ran OTC
- Ran TFC
- Ran Security Check
Also, let me know how your computer is running, and don't forget to post the contents of the Security Check log.
