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Why is it able to make the immunization changes so quickly, but not the other way around?

It should be able to undo it as fast as it enables it. 1.4 didn't have this problem.

Confirmed. Same issue here.

XP Pro SP2 Updated
Firefox 2.0.0.6 and IE7
Spybot SD 1.5 (teatimer off)
Adaware 6 SE
Spyware Blaster
Windows Defender (realtime off)
Avast AV

Oops, I skipped the XP Firewall part when I was reading your tips/suggestions. Thaniks again for all your help. My friend sends their thanks as well :)

This was a friend's PC. I was asked to clean it up since I know more about PCs than her. Good advice nonetheless and I've just finished applying SP2 with all updates. All thats left to do is install...

No, everything is good. Thanks so much for your help :)

That got it! :eek: So was this a false positive?

** I forgot that I ran AVG Antispy and removed yet more crap. The same regkey continues to appear and is only detected by Spybot as far as I can tell. Here is a fresh HJT logfile:


Logfile of...

REGEDIT4
; RegSrch.vbs © Bill James

; Registry search results for string "RpcApi" 7/13/2007 4:58:59 PM

; NOTE: This file will be deleted when you close WordPad.
; You must manually save this...

Its quite long and over the size limit so here it is as an attachment. Thanks for your help :)

I have this PC in front of me that has been a breeding ground for malware. This PC has been scanned, cleansed and rescanned till I'm blue in the face and this one stupid POS thing named PWS.LDPinchIE...

It was Wild Tangent. Sorry to bother you guys :(

I've scanned for viruses and spybot, adaware, windows defender are saying everything is ok. Whats got me curious is that Dialup-connection dialog pops up randomly wanting me to connect to the net....

good tips, thanks :)

Everything seems good on this end. Thanks for your help and I'll report back if something goes wrong. Hope this gets added to Spybot's detection database incase it happens again :)

Hi and thanls for helping :) Here is the new log:

I have removed all viruses and all the spyware that Spybot and ad-aware can find, but this keeps coming back. Also neither spybot or Ad-aware pick this up as both say the PC is clean. I have ran...

Hi and sorry I took so long to come back. Was building a new PC :)

I was able to get rid of the infection. Thanks for your assistance.

Removed all viruses and scanned with Spybot, Ad-Aware but these keep coming back. Here is a Hjt logfile:

Logfile of HijackThis v1.99.1
Scan saved at 8:56:12 PM, on 11/22/2005
Platform: Windows...

Cool, thanks for the info :)

I thought that host files were easily manipulated by programs like coolwebsearch? Just something I heard before, thats all...

I ran Housecall AV, Kaspersky and AVG and they're all good. Just finished running Spybot, Ad-aware and WAS and they all report %100 clean as of now.

Thanks so much for your help. My friends sends...

"msplock32.dll" didn't exist but everything else went fine. I think the infection is now gone. Just running another scan after rebooting to confirm. Will report back with findings.

BTW: May I ask...

No go. It came back after reboot :(


Logfile of HijackThis v1.99.1
Scan saved at 9:20:43 PM, on 11/16/2005
Platform: Windows 2000 SP4 (WinNT 5.00.2195)
MSIE: Internet Explorer v6.00 SP1...

Logfile of HijackThis v1.99.1
Scan saved at 4:58:51 PM, on 11/16/2005
Platform: Windows 2000 SP4 (WinNT 5.00.2195)
MSIE: Internet Explorer v6.00 SP1 (6.00.2800.1106)

Running processes:...

Here's the log:

Logfile of HijackThis v1.99.1
Scan saved at 4:42:05 PM, on 11/16/2005
Platform: Windows 2000 SP4 (WinNT 5.00.2195)
MSIE: Internet Explorer v6.00 SP1 (6.00.2800.1106)

Running...

I am trying to rid MagicControl from a friends PC, but the crap keeps re-installing! I un-installed mailskinner, viewpoint software, ran Spybot, Ad-aware and Windows Antispyware but spybot is the...