Search:

Okay. :thanks:

Have a great day!

Thank you so much for the help! :)

I actually have it installed already, and if you don't mind me asking, what are the dangers in having Microsoft Office 2000 installed? Secunia always reports it...

Okay, ran the fixes, restarted my computer, and it looks like we're down to 3 entries from the original 5:

REGEDIT4
; RegSrch.vbs © Bill James

; Registry search results for string...

Here it is:

REGEDIT4
; RegSrch.vbs © Bill James

; Registry search results for string "SearchSettings" 4/21/2011 11:55:51 AM

; NOTE: This file will be deleted when you close WordPad.
; You...

No such value was present. Only a (default) with "value not set" and one for realtek audio. I'm positive it showed up in the scan though, is it perhaps just an error?

Yes, that is odd. It was indeed run afterward.

I just took another one (DDS) and found the exact same entry on it, so it's definitely there.

Nope. No more prompts, no more changing to yahoo, no more search settings icon in the taskbar. Thank you so much! :angel:

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DDS (Ver_11-03-05.01) - NTFS_AMD64
Run by Gary at 9:49:16.62 on Thu...

Hi! Thank you for helping me out. :)

I've uninstalled Foxit Reader and deleted the corresponding folder.

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DDS (Ver_11-03-05.01) - NTFS_AMD64
Run by Gary at 9:18:22.15 on Thu 04/21/2011...

Hi :)

I noticed recently (a few days ago, a week at the most) that I was receiving prompts that a program was being blocked from changing my search settings. I figured it was some sort of...

Problem resolved. I apologize for my hasty post and waste of space and time. Thank you.

This thing started running on my other computer, and I never noticed it until it took over the whole thing. Whenever I try to run any program or executable, even command prompt, it comes up with a...

alright, scans looked good! only thing found were some tracking cookies on firefox in AVG

thank you so much for all of your help! very very appreciated!

Computer is running good, none as far as I know!
I also downloaded Spybot Search & Destroy to prevent future problems. Everything seems to be running well!

Thank you so much for all of your...

ComboFix 09-04-23.02 - Frank Leutheuser 04/22/2009 19:04.3 - NTFSx86
Microsoft Windows 2000 Professional 5.0.2195.4.1252.1.1033.18.2047.1674 [GMT -5:00]
Running from: c:\documents and...

HJT Log:

Logfile of Trend Micro HijackThis v2.0.2
Scan saved at 6:31:46 PM, on 4/22/2009
Platform: Windows 2000 SP4 (WinNT 5.00.2195)
MSIE: Internet Explorer v6.00 SP1 (6.00.2800.1106)
Boot...

O20 - AppInit_DLLs: C:\WINNT\system32\gizoroda.dll
That file didn't appear in the HJT scan so I obviously couldn't check the box, but I guess that means it's gone anyways.

HJT log wouldn't fit so...

okay done with everything

HJT Log:

Logfile of Trend Micro HijackThis v2.0.2
Scan saved at 7:29:47 PM, on 4/21/2009
Platform: Windows 2000 SP4 (WinNT 5.00.2195)
MSIE: Internet Explorer v6.00...

Okay, I've run the remover.

New HJT log:

Logfile of Trend Micro HijackThis v2.0.2
Scan saved at 6:28:18 PM, on 4/21/2009
Platform: Windows 2000 SP4 (WinNT 5.00.2195)
MSIE: Internet Explorer...

Okay. I decided to uninstall McAfee. I couldn't find a shortcut to the 'uninstall option' with the program in the start menu, so I decided to use Add/Remove programs. When I selected it and hit...

Logfile of Trend Micro HijackThis v2.0.2
Scan saved at 5:33:18 PM, on 4/20/2009
Platform: Windows 2000 SP4 (WinNT 5.00.2195)
MSIE: Internet Explorer v6.00 SP1 (6.00.2800.1106)
Boot mode: Normal
...