I've acquired "Virtumonde"

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OK, then I will run a scan tonight and see what happens. I've posted on the MBAM forum regarding the update issue as well. I'll report back tonight. Thank you again for all your help, it is sincerely appreciated.
 
With help from the MBAM forum, it turns out the update problem was an IE configuration. I was able to update and scan, returning no problems. I also updated and ran another AVG scan and returned no problems. I think I'm clean! Thank you again for your help...

As for where to go from here... I plan on using the secunia program to ensure that everything I'm running is up to date. Would that program also monitor Java? I was unaware that when I updated to the new version it never removed/replaced the old one. As for controlling the cookies, the links you provided are specifically for IE, not firefox, which is what I use. Does it still apply or is there a better link for me to follow?
 
Thanks for letting me know about MBAM, I am glad they were able to help you resolve that issue.

Secunia PSI questions: http://secunia.com/community/forum/
Yes it does check Java.

Mozilla Firefox. look at the information I post carefully, the last links in my post #13 apply to Firefox.

Thanks
 
Alright, I've set up cookies so that Firefox asks me everytime one is attempted. I've downloaded spywareblaster, which is now running. I've replaced the windows firewall with Online Armor, and I'm running the updated version of AVG. Once in a while I'll run a scan with MBAM, as well. That looks pretty good right? One thing I'm wondering about is that it seems this computer is still running a bit slower than it used to. Could that be because I'm disabling alot of cookies?
 
Well, I posted this information for you and it appears you decided not to use it?
Read these instructions in case you wish to save these resources:
How to Install Free version AVG 8.0 without LinkScanner feature
http://russelltexas.com/tutorials/avg8install.htm

Have a look at this information, it may help you help the computer to run better:
http://www.netsquirrel.com/msconfig/msconfig_xp.html
http://www.malwareremoval.com/tutorials/runningslowly.php
http://users.telenet.be/bluepatchy/miekiemoes/slowcomputer.html
http://www.microsoft.com/atwork/getstarted/speed.mspx

I have done about all I can for you.

Thanks
 
Ohhh, sorry. You posted so many links I must've missed it. Thank you again for all your help. You can close this thread now, I'm good to go.
 
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