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Old 07-06-2006, 08:26 PM   #1 (permalink)
 
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Default Background is a ad for anti-spyware...Help please!

Just as the topic says. My background is a add for anti-spyware saying my comp is infected and I can't get it to change back. I used hi-jack this to get rid of any unwanted files and am about to run spybot for the 2nd time today...but it didn't catch it the first time so I doubt it will this time. I'm going to try ad-aware next but if anyone knows any details about how to get rid of this thing I would be realy realy thankful...Especialy since my dad is probably going to kill me when he gets home saturday. Wah, so doomed.
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Follow these instructions carefully

Download ALL 10 programs and update if needed.

Ad Aware SE Personal Free

Ad-aware Messenger Service Plugin

Ad-Aware VX2 Cleaner Plug-In 2.0

Spybot Search and Destroy Free

Windows Defender 2 Beta

HijackThis

Ewido

CCleaner

Cleanup!

Follow these steps

Delete the prefetch folder C:\WINDOWS\Prefetch, this folder will come back on next reboot.

Delete all cookies and temporary internet files in the control panel, Internet Options.

Go to Start, run, type msconfig, go to startup, disable everything except your antivirus, Firewall, click apply, don¡¦t reboot yet.

Download Msconfig Cleanup below

Msconfig Cleanup

Run Msconfig Cleanup after you unchecked the items you were told to uncheck and recheck, click "Select All", then click "Clean up Selected", then click "Quit". Make sure your antivirus and firewall are not checked.

Now run each Spyware program 1 by 1. Running all 3 at the same time will slow most systems down.

When each program has finished scanning, remove everything.

Now go to the recycle bin and delete everything that is in it.

Then run CCleaner „² make sure you run the Cleaner section of Windows and Applications and then the Registry Cleaner. Make a backup if you wish while running the Registry Cleaner when it asks you.

When finished with the scans, reboot, and go into Safe Mode and run these scans again, remove everything they find, and then reboot back into Windows in normal mode.

Then run HiJackthis!

Save the log, copy and paste the log on www.tech-forums.net
Do not attach the log, copy and paste always. This will make things go much faster.
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