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No change! Combo fix runs right up to giving me log then freezes. RougeKiller won't run at all as does all 5 of the others. It is about time for your day to be over, do you want me to start from the beginning and run everything right from the start? Later, Harold
 
Give this a shot

  • Physically disconnect from the internet and STOP all your monitoring programs (Antivirus/Antispyware, Guards and Shields)
  • Click on your START button and choose Run. Then copy/paste the entire code in RED (Including the "" marks and the Symbols) into the run box.

    Go to
    StartBtn.gif
    Then Run

    "%userprofile%\desktop\combofix.exe" /killall ​

    killall.JPG

  • Click OK and this will start ComboFix in a special way.
  • When finished, it will produce a log. Please save that log to a Notepad File to post in your next reply .
 
Ken545; I am beginning to think the problem is PEBKAC. I must be doing something wrong. I did what you said, as a matter of fact about 5 times. windows open and close to fast for me to understand what it says. It says that it is putting something in drivw c>windows>ERDNT>Hiv-backup. But what is in there appears to be the program itself. I stopped just now and ran it again and what I just told you about happens while the progress bar is about half way across, it then continues the scan and freezes up at the end. Please, look and see if I have missed some monitoring programs (Antivirus/Antispyware, Guards and Shields) and left it on. I can't find anything myself, but that's not sayin' much :-). Are we having fun yet... Harold
 
Well Harold, i think this computer is pretty well shot as far as malware and possibly a corrupted Operating System. I forgot to mention before but even if we cleaned this systems so it was operational , with the amount and type of malware on it it would leave this computer compromised, what that means is even after its cleaned it could not be trusted to do any personal choirs like banking online or purchase goods from a website using a credit card. I think at this point it would be best to format and do a clean install of windows this way you will be 100% guaranteed that the malware is gone and you have an operational computer.

You can post here for help with this, you can also link them to this thread if you wish so they can see what we have done and go from there.

This site like Safer is free but you will need to register. After you sign up than go to the windows forum, tell them you got this computer from a friend that did no updates and had no antivirus programs installed and that the computer is so infected it will hardly run and it was suggested by a helper at Safer that a format and reinstall of windows would be a better option

http://forums.whatthetech.com/index.php?showforum=119

Good luck Harold, I am a member of WhattheTech and after you post I will find you and follow along offering my 2 cents if its needed. Be sure to use the same user name ( Harold Raby ) so I can find you


Ken :)
 
OK, Ken; I was afraid it would come to this, even if we got it all out. I just hate to let the bastards win. Sorry, only word I know for them. The young lady that gave me this is a sweetie, really. She was just not informed. She does better now, she lives with, by, and for an Android phone but she will get the lecture anyway. I traveled once with the laptop I gave away and loved the convenience but I spent way to much time worrying about losing it or breaking it. this one will be much better, if anything happens it would be no big loss. I carry everything on little USB external hard drives. I am going to copy a couple of the logs and some of our conversations to notepad and put on a thumb drive and keep it like you might keep a picture of a boil on your butt :-). Thank you Ken for being there and all of your help, time, and effort. By the way, I have never been there but Stamford is one of my favorite cities for two reasons, There was (and may still be) a place there that sells new and used OEM parts for 1954 Austen-Healey 100's (I had one back around 1980) and that is the place where at least some of the cross country races that became known as 'Cannonball runs' started. If you haven't seen "Gumball Rally" then you should. I am off to whatthetech, I will check back here until the thread is closed. Thanks again, Harold
 
OK, Harold, I will keep this thread open for you for about a week in case you have anymore questions.

Stamford is nice, actually not now as the temp is in the low 30s and we have some light snow and freezing rain on the horizon.

Take care my friend, feel free to post back with any questions and I will do my best to answer them if I can.
 
Ken; I have posted over there and am waiting. I won't moan about our misting rain and 61 degree weather :-). My sister who lived here for decades now lives up near Keene, NH. She loves the weather. Late, H.
 
Yeah, we are still working on communication. Figuring out what my problem is and what will fix my problem. At this point I still can't get the Compaq to open on their website. We'll get there.
 
Hey, Ken; We are making progress. He finally figured out what I was doing wrong, and we scanned the disc to make sure it is not damaged. I am now waiting to be told what to do next. I'll keep you posted, Harold
 
Been following along, your in good hands with Paws, been working with him for many years and your doing well yourself, this is going to be a great learning experience for you
 
Since this issue appears to be resolved ... this Topic has been closed. Glad I could help.
 
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