Hi Wheels and welcome to Safer Networking Forums
Your HijackThis log looks quite clean. Do you know the location/filename of the infection ?
You should print these instructions or save these to a text file. Follow these instructions carefully.
Please download AVG Anti-Spyware to your Desktop or to your usual Download Folder.
http://www.ewido.net/en/download/
- Install AVG Anti-Spyware by double clicking the installer.
- Follow the prompts. Make sure that Launch AVG Anti-Spyware is checked.
- On the main screen under Your Computer's security.
- Click on Change state next to Resident shield. It should now change to inactive.
- Click on Change state next to Automatic updates. It should now change to inactive.
- Next to Last Update, click on Update now. (You will need an active internet connection to perform this)
- Wait until you see the Update succesfull message.
- Right-click the AVG Anti-Spyware Tray Icon and uncheck Start with Windows.
- Right-click the AVG Anti-Spyware Tray Icon and select Exit. Confirm by clicking Yes.
If you are having problems with the updater, you can use this link to manually update ewido.
AVG Anti-Spyware manual updates.
Download the
Full database to your Desktop or to your usual Download Folder and install it by double clicking the file. Make sure that AVG Anti-Spyware is closed before installing the update.
Download
ATF Cleaner by Atribune to your desktop.
Do NOT run yet.
Download HijackThis to your desktop from
here
Create a new folder named
HijackThis to your desktop and move
HijackThis.exe into that folder.
Run
HijackThis, click
Do a system scan only, and check the box next to each of these entries if still present. Close all other windows and press
Fix checked. If something isn't there, please continue with the next entry in the list.
O2 - BHO: Google Toolbar Helper - {AA58ED58-01DD-4d91-8333-CF10577473F7} - c:\program files\google\googletoolbar1.dll (file missing)
O3 - Toolbar: &Google - {2318C2B1-4965-11d4-9B18-009027A5CD4F} - c:\program files\google\googletoolbar1.dll (file missing)
Restart your computer to the safe mode:
- Restart your computer
- Start tapping the F8 key when the computer restarts.
- When the start menu opens, choose Safe mode
- Press Enter. The computer then begins to start in Safe mode.
Run
ATF Cleaner
- Under Main choose: Select All
Click the Empty Selected button.
If you use Firefox browser
- Click Firefox at the top and choose: Select All
Click the Empty Selected button.
NOTE: If you would like to keep your saved passwords, please click No at the prompt.
If you use Opera browser
- Click Opera at the top and choose: Select All
Click the Empty Selected button.
NOTE: If you would like to keep your saved passwords, please click No at the prompt.
Click
Exit on the Main menu to close the program.
Close
ALL open Windows / Programs / Folders. Please start
AVG Anti-Spyware and run a full scan.
- Click on Scanner on the toolbar.
- Click on the Settings tab.
- Under How to act?
- Click on Recommended Action and choose Quarantine from the popup menu.
- Under How to scan?
- All checkboxes should be ticked.
- Under Possibly unwanted software:
- All checkboxes should be ticked.
- Under Reports:
- Select Automatically generate report after every scan and uncheck Only if threats were found.
- Under What to scan?
- Click on the Scan tab.
- Click on Complete System Scan to start the scan process.
- Let the program scan the machine.
- When the scan has finished, follow the instructions below.
IMPORTANT : Don't click on the "Save Scan Report" button before you did hit the "Apply all Actions" button.
- Make sure that Set all elements to: shows Quarantine (1), if not click on the link and choose Quarantine from the popup menu. (2)
- At the bottom of the window click on the Apply all Actions button. (3)
- When done, click the Save Scan Report button. (4)
- Click the Save Report as button.
- Save the report to your Desktop.
- Right-click the AVG Anti-Spyware Tray Icon and select Exit. Confirm by clicking Yes.
Reboot in Normal Mode.
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When you're ready, please post the following logs to here:
- AVG's report