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Boot into safe mode. 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
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.
IRC Client
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).
updated.exe
Scheduler.exe
Close task manager.
Run HJT with no other programmes open. Have HJT fix the following, by placing a tick in the little box next to(if there).
R0 - HKLM\Software\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Search,SearchAssistant =
R0 - HKCU\Software\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Main,Local Page =
R0 - HKLM\Software\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Main,Local Page =
R1 - HKCU\Software\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Main,Window Title = Microsoft Internet Explorer
O4 - HKLM\..\RunServices: [IRC Client] updated.exe
O4 - HKCU\..\Run: [IRC Client] updated.exe
O4 - Startup: PowerReg Scheduler.exe
O16 - DPF: {0EB0E74A-2A76-4AB3-A7FB-9BD8C29F7F75} (CKAVWebScan Object) -
http://www.kaspersky.com/kos/english/kavwebscan_unicode.cab
O16 - DPF: {5D86DDB5-BDF9-441B-9E9E-D4730F4EE499} (BDSCANONLINE Control) -
http://download.bitdefender.com/resources/scan8/oscan8.cab
O16 - DPF: {9D190AE6-C81E-4039-8061-978EBAD10073} (F-Secure Online Scanner 3.0) -
http://support.f-secure.com/ols3/fscax.cab
O17 - HKLM\System\CCS\Services\Tcpip\..\{01E6BFDA-8E19-441E-B9F7-7AB0D8959890}: NameServer = 205.171.3.65 205.171.2.65
O17 - HKLM\System\CS1\Services\Tcpip\..\{01E6BFDA-8E19-441E-B9F7-7AB0D8959890}: NameServer = 205.171.3.65 205.171.2.65
<Only fix these 017 entries, if they don`t belong to your ISP.
O18 - Protocol: msnim - {828030A1-22C1-4009-854F-8E305202313F} - "C:\PROGRA~1\MSNMES~1\msgrapp.dll" (file missing)
Click on the fix checked button.
Close HJT.
Locate and delete the following
bold files(if there).
updated.exe
Reboot into normal mode and turn system restore back on.
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