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Hello JohnDeereMan13 and welcome to TSF,


Please print out or copy this page to Notepad since you will not have any of browsers open while you are fixing this. Make sure to work through the fixes in the exact order it is mentioned below. If there's anything that you don't understand, ask your question(s) before proceeding with the fixes. Again, you should not have any open browsers when you are following the procedures below.

Go to My Computer->Tools/View->Folder Options->View tab and make sure that 'Show hidden files and folders' (or 'Show all files') is enabled. Also make sure that 'Display the contents of system folders' is checked. If you have Windows XP, the search feature is a little different. When you click on 'All files and folders' on the left pane, click on the 'More advanced options' at the bottom. Make sure that 'Search system folders', 'Search hidden files and folders', and 'Search subfolders' are checked.

For the options that you checked/enabled earlier, you may uncheck them after your log is clean. If we ask you to fix a program that you use or want to keep, please post back saying that (we don't know every program that exists, so we may tell you to delete a program that we think is bad to keep).

The Temp folders should be cleaned out periodically as installation programs and hijack programs leave a lot of junk there. Download CleanUp! (Alternate Link if main link doesn't work) and install it. Do not run it yet.

Download AboutBuster http://www.greyknight17.com/spy/AboutBuster.zip and unzip it to a folder on your the Desktop. Run AboutBuster and click OK. Click Update and then Check For Update to see if there are any updates. Close the program now.

Download CWShredder at http://www.greyknight17.com/spy/CWShredder.exe and run it. Click on 'I Agree' button if you agree with it. Click on 'Fix' (it will automatically fix anything it finds for you) and OK. If it asks if you want to delete a certain random file, choose No and post that filename here. Let it finish the scan and then hit Next and Exit.

Reboot your system in Safe Mode (By repeatedly tapping the F8 key until the menu appears).

Go to Start->Run and type in services.msc and hit OK. Then look for Workstation NetLogon Service ( 11Fßä#·ºÄÖ`I) and double click on it. Click on the Stop button and under Startup type, choose Disabled.

Go into Hijack This->Config->Misc. Tools->Open process manager. Select the following and click “Kill process” for each one if they are still listed (they shouldn't be - but double check it):(You must kill them one at a time).

C:\WINDOWS\system32\sdkiw.exe
C:\WINDOWS\appia.exe

Run a scan in HijackThis. Check each of the following and hit 'Fix checked' (after checking them) if they still exist (make sure not to miss any):

R1 - HKCU\Software\Microsoft\Internet Connection Wizard,ShellNext = http://qus8l.hpwis.com/
R3 - Default URLSearchHook is missing
O2 - BHO: (no name) - {86C67865-5E4B-89A3-AC2F-5B5A6034A958} - C:\WINDOWS\iptg32.dll
O4 - HKLM\..\Run: [netbk32.exe] C:\WINDOWS\system32\netbk32.exe
O4 - HKLM\..\RunOnce: [nettc32.exe] C:\WINDOWS\system32\nettc32.exe
O14 - IERESET.INF: START_PAGE_URL=http://qus8l.hpwis.com
O23 - Service: Workstation NetLogon Service ( 11Fßä#·ºÄÖ`I) - Unknown owner - C:\WINDOWS\system32\netzf32.exe (file missing)

Delete the following Files indicated in RED and Folders indicated in BLUE if they still exist.

C:\WINDOWS\system32\sdkiw.exe
C:\WINDOWS\appia.exe
C:\WINDOWS\iptg32.dll
C:\WINDOWS\system32\netbk32.exe
C:\WINDOWS\system32\nettc32.exe
C:\WINDOWS\system32\netzf32.exe

Run AboutBuster and click OK. Click Start->OK and then follow the rest of the prompts to scan (choose Yes/OK for all). It will ask you if you want a second scan, choose Yes. Save the log file and post it here.

Run CleanUp! and click on CleanUp! button. When it asks you if you want to logoff, click on Yes.

Reboot into Normal Mode run a new HijackThis scan. Save the log file and run KRC HijackThis Analyzer http://www.greyknight17.com/spy/KRC%...20Analyzer.zip in the same folder to get the result.txt log. Just post the contents of the result.txt file in your next reply.

Please download and run the following programs:
notify.bat - right click on this link http://www.greyknight17.com/spy/notify.bat and choose Save As...Save it.

VX2Finder http://www.downloads.subratam.org/VX2Finder.exe

Run VX2Finder(126) and click on the Find VX2.BetterInternet button. Click Make Log and post this in this thread.

Run notify.bat and it should open up a notify.txt Notepad file. Copy and paste this in the thread.