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This might be of interest. A screengrab of my scottylog and the alert

I just got that Winpatrol message again. I denied it this time. I do have my igoogle gadgets back though. What is causing that message to reoccur...is it some google update thing?

Hey Ken-
Is this what you're wanting?

All processes killed
========== PROCESSES ==========
No active process named explorer.exe was found!
========== SERVICES/DRIVERS ==========
==========...

Say Ken, One more thing...Everything seems great now except for one item...I have an igoogle homepage with several gadgets like news and weather. They no longer load and my igoogle home page only has...

Thanks for all the help and info Ken.
I do have some tips that help me in airports. I fly a lot.

Fly southwest if you can. They have a program that allows A level members to bypass the lines at...

Thanks Ken! You have been a real pal! I see that you use malwarebytes pro. I also see all over the forums that people recommend that malwarebytes only be used by professionals or with professional...

Hi Ken-
Here is what I use currently. Are the tools you are recommending better than these?

iolo system mechanic 10 professional (if you aren't familiar, check it out)
spybot s+d (you do...

Hi Ken. It seems much better now. Is there more to do? Were you able to determine exactly how the infection occurred or what site I got it from?

Also...is there any way to prevent it in the future...

Hi Ken. Here is the scan log run after the custom fix...

OTL logfile created on: 4/1/2011 5:00:10 PM - Run 3
OTL by OldTimer - Version 3.2.22.3 Folder = C:\Users\1\Desktop
Windows Vista...

Here is the results if the fix log from OLT

All processes killed
========== PROCESSES ==========
========== OTL ==========
C:\Windows\System32\drivers\etc\hosts.20110329-233054.backup moved...

Would it be ok to backup the registry with iolo system mechanic? It has that feature

By the way, I havent said thank you for all the help your're giving so far. I appreciate it a bunch. If I can get through this and not lose all the images in my raid (HD1) I'll be real happy. I'm a...

Sorry Ken, but I'm still getting erunt problems like before. See the attached error screenshots.

Here it is. Same settings as before, just a scan...

OTL logfile created on: 3/31/2011 9:53:32 PM - Run 2
OTL by OldTimer - Version 3.2.22.3 Folder = C:\Users\1\Desktop
Windows Vista Business...

Hi Ken.
Ran combofix just fine. Here is the log...

ComboFix 11-03-31.01 - 1 03/31/2011 21:29:56.1.4 - x86
Microsoft® Windows Vista™ Business 6.0.6001.1.1252.1.1033.18.2046.1401 [GMT -4:00]...

OK here it is. I am also getting a hard disk error now which will require some tending. I think it is in my raid. Can I make the repair before a failure?
Dave
aswMBR version 0.9.4 Copyright(c) 2011...

aswMBR version 0.9.4 Copyright(c) 2011 AVAST Software
Run date: 2011-03-31 20:30:21
-----------------------------
20:30:21.505 OS Version: Windows 6.0.6001 Service Pack 1
20:30:21.505 ...

Also I just noticed this. Is this normal? I didnt intentionally block this.
Malwarebytes blocked on startup.

attached screenshot

here is what the "Windows has recovered from an unexpected shutdown" info on the next startup said....

Problem signature:
Problem Event Name: BlueScreen
OS Version: 6.0.6001.2.1.0.256.6
...

Big problem Ken. I saved combofix.exe to desktop as requested. Doubleclicked to start program, green status bar gets almost all the way across and then ....bluescreen and dump restart. First...

i also just set iolo services to manual start-up instead of automatic. OK?

Ken, Erunt wont run correctly.
see attached.

Maybe IOLO system mechanic is blocking?

Hey Ken,
I also just had this tab spawn by itself while I was away from my machine
See attached

I also have been getting this message on startup after the desktop loads, see attached.

Windows defender
Application failed to initialize
Dave

I have tried to remove that ASK entry with no success. I even restarted in safe mode and tried to uninstall that way but no luck. Should I still proceed with reg backup?

Hi Ken, I uninstalled Emule yesterday before we started talking. I used it one about a month ago. I screened the file I needed with my AV program and haven't used Emule since.
The Ask toolbar seems...

OTL Extras logfile created on: 3/30/2011 9:28:54 PM - Run 1
OTL by OldTimer - Version 3.2.22.3 Folder = C:\Users\1\Desktop
Windows Vista Business Edition Service Pack 1 (Version = 6.0.6001) -...

Hi Ken, here is my OLT log...standing by.

OTL logfile created on: 3/30/2011 9:28:53 PM - Run 1
OTL by OldTimer - Version 3.2.22.3 Folder = C:\Users\1\Desktop
Windows Vista Business Edition...

Hi Ken! Thanks for helping.
I ran ATF cleaner like you asked.

I ran Malwarebytes after that. Here is the results log from that scan...
Malwarebytes' Anti-Malware 1.50.1.1100...

Hello- I seem to have gotten this terrible infection yesterday. I think I picked it up from a google image result page when I visited a wallpapers page but didnt download anything intentionally. I...