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    Hello, yesterday i had discovered that my computer has been infected with some spyware and was wonding if i could get some advice about it. Spybot S&D has discovered that i probably have been infected with Virtumonde (and another piece of spyware that I cannot remember that name of at this point( something with a C variant)). However after trying nemerous times using spybot to remove these i have been unsucessful and have developed futher symptons, now I am unable to log in properly as my userinit.exe will not run properly and have been for some time experiencing trouble with the control panel which I have recently found out is another sympton of the secondary peice of software.

    in short, symptons include:
    blue windows '98-2000 background.
    control panel crashing/not opening
    userinit.exe corrupted/enountering problems (because of this i fear that i will not be able to run HJT(although i am unsure if it will run in safe mode))

    For the record, i have read the before you post threds in the malware removal forum, the thread on file sharing(which i have been doing recently(also norton has had pop-ups alerting me that i have been attempted to be attacked during the time of downloading on uTorrent)).

    If I should've just posted this in the malware removal forum if it could be moved i would appreciate it, and thank you in advance to anyone who helps me.

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    Hello Necrons. This sounds like a nasty malware infection. From your symptoms, it sounds like Virtumonde and SmitFraud.C. The malware may disable the Control Panel and change your desktop background with a BSOD (fake) or to a rogue wallpaper such as "WARNING! Your computer is infected!". It's just a tactic to scare you.
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    Consider posting in the Malware Removal forum and having someone take a look at your system.

    If you decide to have an experienced malware removal specialist assist you, please follow the procedure in this link to run scans and produce a HijackThis log:
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    Good Luck.

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