Urgent Help..

[Rach]

I really need some help, My computer is trashed, seriously. Ok it started on...Friday when I came on my computer as usual and Internet Explorer wouldn't open, I also had a blue toolbar, which isn't the first time... I found out i had 21 viruses/trojans. Well my computer was semi-ok, but IE is still not fully working. When I did my scan on Friday it healed all the viruses but one 'Could be infected Startpage', it couldn't delete it and put it in the Virus Vault. I trashed the Virus Vault yesterday hoping that would cure IE but unfortunatly [big suprise] it didn't. Well, today I scanned earlier [iE Still not working] and no virus found, I went down for my tea about an hour ago to come back up with an error message from AVG:

VIRUS FOUND!

C:\WINDOWS\something or other\something.tmp

Name: trojan.something.exe [or something..]

I had recently changed my computer theme from XP to classical [this may be the cause of something small] I recieved 2 e-mails through outlook express, my default e-mail program, I went to go to the Inbox and Outlook Express Crashed, I don't know how many times I've tried it, also changing my theme back to XP default, but still it keeps crashed, now I have 6 e-mails and I can't read them [argh..how bad I wanna see them]. As I said before I have apparently got a Trojan hidden somewhere, I have been doing the virus scan for the last..around an hour, and still nothing..The virus scan is nearly finished and no trojan or virus. I really need help, it is urgent..Oh, and a note..I have done System Restore and I have a new version of XP which needs no disc, no nothing, the restore dosen't delete hardly any of you'r files and I was suprised to see the Trojan's I had got before were in my old owner.RACH file, from my first System Restore [which more or less meens I have had this trojan for a long time] So doing a System Restore won't help...

I would really like some help here guys...thanks =)

[Datalore]

Hello! It looks like you may be infested with spyware. There is no need to panic, as several easy-to-use tools exist to aid you in removing the spyware. What is spyware, you may ask? Spyware or Adware commonly tracks your browsing patterns and sends data back to advertisers. It is a security and privacy risk, and should be dealt with immediately.

To remedy this problem, you have the choice of 2 programs to download.

1. Lavasoft Ad-aware (Download here) The leader in spyware removal. Once downloaded and installed, update the built-in spyware scanner by selecting "Update" on the main screen.

2. Spybot-S&D (Download here) It is best to run Ad-aware first and then run Spybot afterwards to remove anything Ad-aware didn't pick up.

The reason I suggest scanning for spyware is because of you mentioning "Changing the start page". That is a common practice of spyware.

Afterwards, try running an online virus scan to see if there was something AVG didn't catch. Also make sure AVG is up-to-date.

[Rach]

I have got Lavasoft Adware, the Trojan i had was a sort of Spyware from LOP.COM, I once had it and got rid of it using Adware. When I scanned yesterday the Spyware I had was just Tracking cookies..I deleted them all but still no good.

My virus scan finished, and even though AVG said I had a virus and to scan, nothing came up...AVG Is [as far as I know] up to date as I only re-downloaded it..Friday, I shall do an online virus scan now..=)

[likuidkewl]

Go to another computer and then go here http://vil.nai.com/vil/virus-4d.asp and then dl the command line virus scanner, burn it to a CD(this is so no virus can infect it), pop it your computer and type in %virusDir%\Scan.exe /AD /ALL

[TomcaT]

Look at the last post on this thread by Talon it was most useful and will definately help you out.

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[strekship]

First suggestrion: Dump IE and get Firefox.

Second: After you have run virus scans, adware scans, spyware scans, run a disk cleanup and scandisk.