MSMSGS - among others

[kmqq2]

Hi,
I've read a couple of the malware posts and have followed instructions for removing things with hijackthis. Then I scanned with spybot and looked in the advanced section. After my spybot first scan, I saved the log then did a search.com search for definitions of each of the items found so I wouldn't kill something that I really needed. One of the things I tried to kill was MSMSGS.exe because I don't use any messaging - period! However, I keep getting spybot's box that says that MSMSGS can't be removed. I get a large box (which I don't understand what it expects me to do)

followed by a small popup saying it again

after I click on the larger boxes "x" to close it. I copied spybot's log with this message

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How can I either kill MSMSGS for good, or stop the spybot warnings regarding the inability to remove it from my registry?

I also get this when spybot does a scan.

So far I haven't done anything with it - but I did print the contents and got this (as saving the log wasn't an option)

Is this stuff "nasties"? If so, can I kill this file without screwing up my Anti Virus Protection?



On the good side - things are running faster and my CPU usage is way down - Thank YOu!

kmqq2

 

[shelf life]

hi kmqq2,

it looks like you have spybots tea timer running. this might prevent hjt from making changes. messenger i think is built into the OS and cant be removed, but it can be disabled.

the antivrusdisable i think is do to the settings in the windows "security center"

the list looks likes definition? files for spybot.

why not post a hjt log for a quick look

info about half way down this thread about downloading using a hjt log:

http://forums.spybot.info/showthread.php?t=288

shelf life

 

[tashi]

How is it going kmqq2

 

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