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Pskelley saved my skin. His title might be Security Expert but I think it should be Guardian Angel.

My thanks and well wishes to him. :thanks:

Malwarebytes shows no problems or warnings when run in Vista (scanned the whole system to be safe). :D:

Still caution shall be my watch word for the immediate future.

I guess this brings us the...

THanks for the above.

One final note. The machine in question dual boots XP and Vista. XP caught the infection. Should I take any specific precautions on the Vista boot part of the machine?

After the first good nights sleep since this happened I have the logs

Malwarebytes reports no problems

Avira reports three warnings only:

c:\pagefile.sys could not be opened...

Combofix is now removed

As per your instructions I disabled System Restore , rebooted and then re-enabled.

I patched up Avira and also checked mwb (it seems to be up to date).

I will run...

I followed instructions by first looking at my installs. I removed many things I did not need and installed the scanner you recommended then did what it asked... except it kept telling me my Firefox...

Logfile of Trend Micro HijackThis v2.0.2

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Hi Phil,
Hi Phil,
SorryScan saved at 10:28:48 PM, on 8/06/2009
Platform: Windows XP SP3 (WinNT 5.01.2600)
MSIE: Internet Explorer v8.00...

Thank you for you help so far. I will restrain my urges to tinker and follow instructions faithfully.

I removed all traces of combofix. I disabled Avira and exited Comodo. I ran ERUNT. I tried to...

I have lurked on and off for a while but I have finally joined up to plead for help. I think I really broke my OS this time. Hijackthis will not run. Most malware removal tools seem to fail and the...