hellig
2009-12-20, 20:45
This morning, my computer was attacked by a trojan called psw.generic7.AUZH. AVG was able to 'stop' the virus (or so it said) but since the attack two things have started to happen:
- All browser pages (IE and Google Chrome), especially search results, redirect to hochu-spat DOT com, and of course, the page never loads and I get ad sites instead -- if at all.
- When I click on an application, a pop-up warning appears which reads "the application has failed to start because netlhwlnlp.dll was not found. Re-installing the program may fix the problem." However, the applications load anyway. A Google search for that .dll file produces no results, so I'm wondering if it's just something the virus created. I'm not sure.
Ran Ad-Aware, Spybot, and nothing helped.
Followed the instructions per sticky posts. Backed up the registry but HJT is being prevented from installation. A warning comes up saying 'the system administrator has set policies to prevent this installation" which I think is bogus because my only account in the machine has all admin permissions. So unfortunately, I cannot copy/paste HJT results.
Any help would be appreciated.
Thanks.
- All browser pages (IE and Google Chrome), especially search results, redirect to hochu-spat DOT com, and of course, the page never loads and I get ad sites instead -- if at all.
- When I click on an application, a pop-up warning appears which reads "the application has failed to start because netlhwlnlp.dll was not found. Re-installing the program may fix the problem." However, the applications load anyway. A Google search for that .dll file produces no results, so I'm wondering if it's just something the virus created. I'm not sure.
Ran Ad-Aware, Spybot, and nothing helped.
Followed the instructions per sticky posts. Backed up the registry but HJT is being prevented from installation. A warning comes up saying 'the system administrator has set policies to prevent this installation" which I think is bogus because my only account in the machine has all admin permissions. So unfortunately, I cannot copy/paste HJT results.
Any help would be appreciated.
Thanks.