Hey guys...firstly may I set the scene?
I recently got the old 'your computer is infected' message after trying to download what I thought were some codecs. I realised straight away that this was a bogus message, and that all I should do is run my own programs to try and remove this problem.
I have AVG free, sophos anti-root and also malwarebytes anti-malware, and found varying results. AVG just found a bunch of cookies...sophos found a number of 'unknown hidden files' and 2 'hidden registry keys'. Malwarebytes anti-malware found 3 problems and were deleted accordingly (all logs can be posted).
The good news is the message 'your computer is infected' has gone, though I noticed iexplore.exe running in the processes under 'system' rather than my user name. I did some research and found this seems to be some sort of security issue, with people using iexplore to hide the fact that a trojan or something similar is running.
So, my question now, is what do people advise I do? What do I need for people to see if/what the problem might be?
Thanks a bunch in advance, any help would be brilliant