dementia13

Fixed! This AVG anti-virus program is excellent, I'd highly recommend it. Best of all, it's free! http://free.grisoft.com/doc/1 Somehow it recognized the "Isass.exe" file and deleted it upon a reboot; it also picked up a few others I didn't even know were there. Good-bye Norton, good-bye Ad-Aware, hello AVG! Thanks all!

I looked through msconfig but couldn't find anything suspicious or anything that seemed like it is what was starting this thing. Since I last posted I downloaded the AVG anti-virus program and am running a full scan now, so far it seems to be doing a better job than either Norton, Ad-Aware, or Adsgone. Just now I see that it's found the Isass.exe file and in the proper location, C:\WINDOWS. I only hope that when I'm done the scan it will be able to delete it properly. It seems that I picked the thing up when I downloaded a copy of Alochol 120% through bit torrent... Thanks for the suggestions, hopefully this AVG scan will fix everything up. Luckily I'm calming down now. I'm sure you all know what it's like to suddenly find a virus that you just cannot remove; the panic, the desperation, the frustration. It always drives me nuts. For the time being, I think I've got the thing beat. If AVG fixes it, I'll make sure to post back here for posterities sake - I know that google helped lead me here in the first place and if I can help some other poor souls I'd be happy to.

Hrm... I may have found a partial solution, but it's not a very good one. Basically I restarted my computer and opened up Process Explorer right away, then as soon as "Isass.exe" popped up I right clicked and "Suspended" it. This caused it to go grey in Process Explorer and it seems that it has in fact been suspended. However, I still cannot find a way to recgonzie that it is in C:\WINDOWS or to remove it, and given that I don't want to have to "suspend" it every time I turn on a computer, I'm still looking for suggestions. Hm... maybe I should just always leave my computer on? Until I decide to reformat?

Hello all, I've been going out of my mind these past two hours trying to get rid of this bug. It seems that "mcl768" found a solution to the problem, however it isn't working for me entirely: http://www.msfn.org/board/index.php?showto...=0entry413195 You see, the thing is when I find "lsass.exe" with the process manager, I can see that there are two running. Also, I know that one is the bug because it doesn't have anything under the description, and under the path it shows that it is in C:\WINDOWS. However, the problem is that I can't find it in C:\WINDOWS! Yes, I made sure to activate the thing in Folder Options where I can view all hidden files. And yes, I am searching for "lsass.exe" spealt both with a "L" and an "I". I really don't know why I can see it in the process manager, and in the default windows one (without a path) but I cannot see in in the WINDOWS folder OR find it when I search. In the process manager I right-clicked and saw the following: Path: C:\WINDOWS\lsass.exe Command Line: "C:\WINDOWS\lsass.exe" Current Directory: C:\WINDOWS\System32 Why would it list it under the Windows folder for the other two, but then for the "current directory" say that it is in System32? Is this **** thing masking itself somehow? I really have no idea what to do here, the stupid bug is making these dumb files (usbdr.exe and IELower.exe) which keep me from using the internet. Any help would be greatly appreciated. Thanks!

Please help, this has been driving me mad! I have a lot of work to do but have spent the past two hours messing with this and still no progress. I tried what mcl768 suggested above, and it seemed to work, however I ran into a problem. I cannot, for the life of me, find lsass.exe in my C:\WINDOWS folder. Yes, I made sure to select the Folder Options thing to view all hidden files, I can see ALL other hidden and weird looking files, but I cannot find lsass.exe. Furthermore, when I look in process explorer I see the **** file and it says that it IS in C:\WINDOWS however when I search for it and look for it manually I don't see it. So what's going on here, all signs point to it being there, yet I cannot find it to delete it. Any help would be GREATLY appreciated. Thanks!