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**Glaswegian** · 05-07-2007, 03:18 PM

Hi again

OK, we’ll continue as best we can. Continue to post back here for now.

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Please read these instructions carefully and then print out or copy this page to Notepad in order to assist you when carrying out the fix. You should not have any open browsers or live internet connections when you are following the procedures below.

Click on the zip file attached to this post to open and extract the file quanta.reg to your desktop. Double click on the file quanta.reg to run it. Answer yes to any prompts and allow it to merge into the Registry.

Download this tool

http://securityresponse.symantec.com...FixLinkopt.exe

Please run FixLinkopt.exe and follow the prompts.

Once it has finished, it will create a log named FixLinkopt.txt on your desktop. Please post that log in your next reply.

Please reboot your computer.

Download the Gromozon rootkit removal tool from either of the following locations & save it to your Desktop:

Gromozon Remover 1

Gromozon Remover 2

Double-click to run it & follow the prompts.

If an infection is found, it will reboot your machine & produce a log at C:\armada_log.

Please run combofix again, just as you did previously.

Post back with

FixLinkopt.txt
c:\armada_log
c:\combofix.txt

Let me know how things are now.

05-07-2007, 03:18 PM	#4 (permalink)
Glaswegian Moderator/ Rangemaster TSF Academy; Analyst, Security Team; Oor Wullie; TSF Surgeon and Resident Comic Join Date: Sep 2005 Location: Glasgow Posts: 25,359 OS: Win XP Pro SP3 / Win 7 Pro My System Blog Entries: 10	Re: i cant get rid of StrongestOptimizer Hi again OK, we’ll continue as best we can. Continue to post back here for now. You may wish to Subscribe to this thread (Thread Tools > Subscribe to this thread) so that you are notified when you receive a reply. Please read these instructions carefully and then print out or copy this page to Notepad in order to assist you when carrying out the fix. You should not have any open browsers or live internet connections when you are following the procedures below. Click on the zip file attached to this post to open and extract the file quanta.reg to your desktop. Double click on the file quanta.reg to run it. Answer yes to any prompts and allow it to merge into the Registry. Download this tool http://securityresponse.symantec.com...FixLinkopt.exe Please run FixLinkopt.exe and follow the prompts. Once it has finished, it will create a log named FixLinkopt.txt on your desktop. Please post that log in your next reply. Please reboot your computer. Download the Gromozon rootkit removal tool from either of the following locations & save it to your Desktop: Gromozon Remover 1 Gromozon Remover 2 Double-click to run it & follow the prompts. If an infection is found, it will reboot your machine & produce a log at C:\armada_log. Please run combofix again, just as you did previously. Post back with FixLinkopt.txt c:\armada_log c:\combofix.txt Let me know how things are now. __________________ Iain - Defender of the Haggis and all things Scottish. I don't help by PM - post in the Forums. PC Safety & Security::PC running a bit slow?::Donate::Photographers Corner Last edited by Glaswegian; 03-27-2008 at 04:11 PM.