Hello I have some malware problem that you guys seem to be familiar with and I was hoping you can help me out. Everytime I click on something in my C: drive I get this pop up:
Attention (Name)! Some dangerous viruses detected in your system. Microsoft Windows XP files corrupted. This may lead to the destruction of important files in C:\WINDOWS. Download protection software now! Click OK to download the antispyware. (recommended)
If it matters I have Windows XP. Thank you in advance for any help you can offer.
I am afraid both links you provided take me to a page that never loads. Im not sure if this is because of my PC but there are other websites that I frequently visited that will no longer load and I think this or a similar malware is the reason behind it.
You are infected with more than just the IE Defender Family of Trojans.
Download to your Desktop - ComboFix by sUBs from >> Geeks2Go <<
During the download rename Combofix to Combo-Fix. This is important do not rename after downloading. Combofix must be renamed before it is downloaded to your desktop.
Close ALL windows
Physically disconnect from the Internet, then disable your anti-virus and any real-time anti-spyware monitors that are running.
Double click Combo-Fix.exe follow the prompts
When finished, the program will produce a log
Note: 1. Do not mouseclick combofix's window while it's running. That may cause it to stall! 2. Remember to re-enable your anti-virus and anti-spyware before reconnecting to the Internet.
The installed version of Java on this compter is out-dated. Install Java Runtime Environment (JRE) 6u7 available from Sun Microsystems. Uninstall all older versions of Java on your computer, before installing the latest version of Java.
Copy the contents of the below quote box to Notepad; Save As FixReg.reg to your Desktop; make sure File Type: is set to All Files (*.*).
Locate FixReg.reg on your Desktop. Double-click on it and answer 'Yes' when asked if you want to merge with the registry.
Now run Pocket Killbox:
Choose Tools -> Delete Temp Files and click Delete Selected Temp Files Then after it deletes the files click the Exit (Save Settings) button.
NOTE: Pocket Killbox will only list the added files it is able to find on the system. So when you do the below, if some files do not show in the list after pasting them in, just continue..
Select:
Delete on Reboot
then Click on the All Files button.
Please copy the file paths below to the clipboard by highlighting ALL of them and pressing CTRL + C (or, after highlighting, right-click and choose copy):
As an added precaution, Go to Start -> Run and type: cleanmgr and then click OK. Make sure the boxes for these are checked:
Temporary Files Temporary Internet Files Recycle Bin
And Click OK.
REBOOT to Normal Mode.
Download Registry Search (see the link titled RegSearch Download Link)
Extract the files from Regsearch.zip into a folder.
Doubleclick regsearch.exe to start the program.
Enter cmdService and Network Monitor in the top area of the form and then click "OK". Notepad will be opened with text in it (the file named RegSearch.txt will be saved in the program's folder as well).