Got rid of Braviax, now have Brastk.exe

[Fatboy_97]

All seems to be going quite well, aside from some peripheral issues like the mouse drivers & such. Thanks for asking.

[Blender]

Hi,

See if you can uninstall the mouse & let windows re-install it at boot.
Right click "my computer" then "properties"
Click "hardware" tab.
Click "device manager"
Expand "mouse & other pointing devices"
Right click the entry for your mouse & choose "uninstall"
OK the prompt & reboot.
Windows should see the "new" device & re-install it.
If still running TeaTimer you will need to allow! (tell TT to remember)

Let me know if that helps.

Thanks

[Fatboy_97]

Thanks for checking up. I had already done the uninstall/install thing to the mouse & it's drivers to no avail.

On an unrelated issue, during boot up the screen has the option of starting in Windows Recovery Console or Windows XP Home & still shows the Trend ChipAwayVirus(R) On Guard. Also, after booting up & signing on it had a notice in the toolbar saying that the Windows Firwall wasn't turned on. I opened the control panel/windows firewall & it showed that it was in fact on. Also showing "new version of Avast!" is available for download; do you want to download now?

No major problems; just little annoyances.

[Blender]

Hi,

I recommend you keep the recovery console installed.
ComboFix is what installed it and it only adds 2 seconds to your boot time.
If you want it gone -- let me know & we'll remove it.

If you want to disable the BIOS virus guard you can do so in the BIOS setup utility. Normally there is onscreen instructions at boot what key to hit to get into "setup"
Once in BIOS there should be onscreen instructions how to move around in there.
Looking for Virus protection -- can toggle on or off.
Save changes & exit.

For the Avast -- there likely is a new software version. Go ahead & download it. That should stop that annoyance.

Firewall warnings...

Click start> run> type cmd and hit enter.
In the cmd window type the following commands exactly as you see em giving each one time to finish:

net stop winmgmt
cd /d %windir%\system32\wbem
ren repository repository.old
net start winmgmt
exit

Reboot.

Let me know if you still get security center alerts.

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Mouse...
Open Device manager. Any yellow ? or ! present?
To get to device manager...
Right click "my computer" then hit "properties"
Click "hardware" tab then "device manager"

In the mean-time leme go back & look to see if we busted something with the mouse along the way or if it too was victim of ThreatFire/TeaTimer wars.

Thanks

[Blender]

You still have the install CD for your motherboard?

hmmmm

REGEDIT4

[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run]
"POINTER"="point32.exe"

Open Notepad & copy the above text inside the code box to it.
Click "file" menu then "save as.."
Save as file name fix.reg as file types: all files and save it to the desktop.
Right click it> choose merge then asswer yes to the prompt.
Should get success message.
If asked by security programs about the change please allow & tell the app to remember decision.

REboot> let me know if mouse works right.

Thanks

[Fatboy_97]

Thank you again!

The mouse is working fine again & only had the "firewall" issue one time, but did your fix anyway.

Leaving the Recovery Console in & the BIOS guard too.

[Blender]

HI,

Good to hear that worked well.
Keep in mind that if you ever update your BIOS (not something to do unless really needed & you know what you are doing) you will need to disable the BIOS virus guard otherwise the flash might not work proper. (flash utility likely will tell you this anyway)

Let's clean up our battle field now.

Please download OTCleanIT from HERE to your desktop.
Double click to run it. It will clean up the assortment of tools used during malware removal. When it has finnished, it will ask you to reboot in order to remove itself.

Once restarted, go ahead & make yourself a fresh ERUNT backup then you can clean out the old backups we made as we worked from here:

C:\Windows\ERDNT

Keep today's & empty the rest.

I recommend keeping ERUNT as it can be a very handy tool to get one out of trouble provided regular backups are made and a backup is made before doing anything "serious" to the system.
I let mine make backup every boot and there have been a couple times I was glad I had it & saved me a OS re-install.

After a few reboots and checking to see that all is well; it is highly recommended to reset your system restore to remove any possible backed up infected files there.

Right click "my computer"
Click "properties"
Click "system restore" tab
Checkmark "turn off system restore"
Hit apply> ok> ok.

Reboot

Go back and turn system restore back on by removing the check, hit apply, and OK.

A new restore point is created at this time.

here is some great information to help you stay clean and safe online:
http://users.telenet.be/bluepatchy/m...revention.html

If you want to help speed up your system Miekiemoes has some great information here:
http://users.telenet.be/bluepatchy/m...wcomputer.html

Take care & surf safe!

Blender

[Fatboy_97]

Blender, I know it might be getting a little bit overused here but once again:

THANK YOU for all you have done & for your patience. Its been a very pleasant learning experience & I have thoroughly enjoyed it. (even the very frustrating times when I nOOb'd stuff up. LOL) I'll check back once in awhile & give a progress report.

Here's hoping you have a very happy holiday season & thanks again.

Dennis.

[Blender]

You're very welcome.
Glad we could help.
It was a bit of a rough trip but hey, We made it.

Always a good thing when one can learn something good from a bad experience.

Happy Holidays to you & yours as well.

Surf safely!

I'll move topic now to archives. If any new issues please start a new thread.

Thanks,

Tammy