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**Fren Banklin** · 01-08-2009, 08:43 AM

It's always best to have malwre removed by a TSF expert, rather than attempting to do it yourself, but the reality is that there is a long delay.

Forum rules restrict the level of assistance I (or anyone else) can offer here. There's a line, somewhere, and I need to make sure not to cross it.

I can tell you that it is recommended that Users have only one AV and one AS program, any more than that is unnecessarily redundant, a drain on system resources and can have conflicts. Also, Spybot's Tea Timer prevents legitimate reg changes and causes many Users problems as a result.

Autoruns is an extremely useful program for removing non-MS and illegitimate startup items, and is a true "must have" for anyone that wants to learn more about their computers and how to maintain them.

QBReplace appears to be related to Quickbooks. Is this still installed and being used ?

I'm not able to help you with combofix, in part to the statement I made above, and also because I've never used it.

Reg Seeker is an excellent tool for doing manual uninstallations. I've learned to never delete a reg key that has the word "Legacy" in it, and I have no idea why. It's just a bad idea.

That's the best I can do for you here, I think. You should seriously consider getting help with malware removal in the Securities sub-forum.

01-08-2009, 08:43 AM	#6 (permalink)
Fren Banklin gone Join Date: Nov 2008 Posts: 1,912 OS: gone	Re: Windows Installer on xp pro Startup/Boot It's always best to have malwre removed by a TSF expert, rather than attempting to do it yourself, but the reality is that there is a long delay. Forum rules restrict the level of assistance I (or anyone else) can offer here. There's a line, somewhere, and I need to make sure not to cross it. I can tell you that it is recommended that Users have only one AV and one AS program, any more than that is unnecessarily redundant, a drain on system resources and can have conflicts. Also, Spybot's Tea Timer prevents legitimate reg changes and causes many Users problems as a result. Autoruns is an extremely useful program for removing non-MS and illegitimate startup items, and is a true "must have" for anyone that wants to learn more about their computers and how to maintain them. QBReplace appears to be related to Quickbooks. Is this still installed and being used ? I'm not able to help you with combofix, in part to the statement I made above, and also because I've never used it. Reg Seeker is an excellent tool for doing manual uninstallations. I've learned to never delete a reg key that has the word "Legacy" in it, and I have no idea why. It's just a bad idea. That's the best I can do for you here, I think. You should seriously consider getting help with malware removal in the Securities sub-forum.