Recent content by missymarie1014

Thanks to each of you for the heads up on the Norton removal tool. Norton Internet Security was the issue that was mucking up the machine. I removed it properly and everything cleaned up perfectly! Thanks a lot! Incidentally I never use nor recommend Norton. I think it's the world's worst...

Thanks for the heads up on the Norton removal tool. Norton Internet Security was the issue that was mucking up the machine. I removed it properly and everything cleaned up perfectly! Thanks a lot!

I posted this previously in the Virus/Spyware Forum, but my Hijack This log indicates the machine is clean, so I thought I would post here for more information. Let me start by saying a few things. This is my first experience with Windows 7, and this is 32-bit Windows 7. Initially I indicated...

Here is the Hijack this log.... Logfile of Trend Micro HijackThis v2.0.2 Scan saved at 9:55:25 AM, on 3/13/2010 Platform: Unknown Windows (WinNT 6.01.3504) MSIE: Internet Explorer v8.00 (8.00.7600.16385) Boot mode: Normal Running processes: C:\Windows\system32\Dwm.exe C:\Windows\Explorer.EXE...

Let me start by saying a few things. This is my first experience with Windows 7, and this is 64-bit Windows 7. I can't really identify whether this is an operating system issue or a virus/spyware/malware issue. I could wipe the machine and start over, but I'd really like to explore this first. I...

Last question, I was wanting to know if any or all of these tools, particularly Dr Web, SmitFraud, and Combo Fix, would have any issues being used in a Windows 7 environment? Thanks!

Thanks for all your help! I learned a lot which I can take with me when situations arise again.

Here is the HikackThis log .... Logfile of Trend Micro HijackThis v2.0.2 Scan saved at 5:49:22 PM, on 3/4/2010 Platform: Windows XP SP3 (WinNT 5.01.2600) MSIE: Internet Explorer v7.00 (7.00.6000.16981) Boot mode: Normal Running processes: C:\WINDOWS\System32\smss.exe...

The Dr Web log is 83000K. How do I go about posting that?

SuperAntiSpyware completed with 10 items found, all tracking cookies. Please advise on any remaining procedures. Thanks!

MalWareBytes log below. Now proceeding with SuperAntiSpyware. Malwarebytes' Anti-Malware 1.44 Database version: 3787 Windows 5.1.2600 Service Pack 3 Internet Explorer 7.0.5730.13 3/3/2010 5:20:23 PM mbam-log-2010-03-03 (17-20-23).txt Scan type: Full Scan (C:\|) Objects scanned: 327040 Time...

I will also proceed to run MalwareBytes and SuperAntiSpyWare and report back. See above post for current status. Thanks!

Well, I can report that the redirect symptoms associated with the malware/virus resident on my machine have been corrected. Dr Web CureIt identified 2 infected instances of atapi.sys and cured them upon reboot. Clearly, this damaged driver is also the reason for the machine's failure to boot...

Thanks for all your informative posts and suggestions. As suggested by guitarzan, I posted in the Virus/Spyware forum and am in the process of running through a set of procedures supervised by pechenegs. I have run ATF Cleaner and Combo Fix and am awaiting further instructions. As noted in your...

Bringing you up to date with the status of things. First, regarding the NVideo adapter, please note that no overclocking is enabled on this machine if that is the sole purpose of winsys32.exe. Second, I have run ATF Cleaner and Combo Fix at this point. There were no issues as I went through...