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dori2o

Hi, just tried that and it will not allow me to run it in safe mode either.

Is there anything else I can try.

If I was to make a recovery disk, is it likely that this virus would get onto the disks and leave me where I am now.?

aliEnRIK

If you were to make a recovery disc to where you are now you would have the exact same problem yes

Run LSPFIX

Download HostsXpert
http://www.softpedia.com/get/Security/Security-Related/Hoster.shtml
and then follow the below steps.

* Unzip HostsXpert.zip
* It will create a folder named HostsXpert in whatever folder you extract it to.
* Run HostsXpert.exe by double clicking on it.
* click the Make Writeable? button.
* click Restore Microsoft's Hosts File and then click OK.
* Click the X to exit the program

Now where upto trying malwarebytes and hijack again. If they STILL fail then its a case of trying to find ANYTHING that works for now

COMBOFIX is next port of call
Please run COMBOFIX
Follow the simple instructions it gives
Post the COMPLETE log it creates here (Split into sections if need be)

FIREFOX etc ~
If it comes up with a RENAMING error then RIGHT click the exe file and RENAME and call it QWERTY (Making the complete file name 'QWERTY.exe')

INTERNET EXPLORER ~
SAVE as 'QWERTY' on download THEN ok it to save to the desktop

Rock_Bottom

Use Google as your homepage and search engine.

dori2o

LSPFIX run- no errors.

Hostexpert run, instructions followed Malware/Hijack still not running

D/loaded, run as administrator, error and closed report sent to m/soft.

It's not looking good is it?

aliEnRIK

dori2o wrote: »

LSPFIX run- no errors.

Hostexpert run, instructions followed Malware/Hijack still not running

D/loaded, run as administrator, error and closed report sent to m/soft.

It's not looking good is it?

Ive never failed yet with these ~ but yours is one of those thats going to take a while

Try all these online scanners ~
http://forums.moneysavingexpert.com/showthread.html?t=78360

dori2o

Just want to say many thanks for all your help.

I'll try your latest suggestion now.

dori2o

tried all the online scanner, most didn't work, but of the other only one gave any results- as below.





Is this of any use?

dori2o

I don't see an end to this, so I have been thinking.

I've managed to get hold of a Vista disk (don't ask). I need to save about 40GB worth of files. so Can I partition my HDD to create a smaller disk drive, transfer the wanted files to that drive partition, and format the area that holds Vista, do a fresh install, then transfer the files back to the main drive and delete the partition?

dori2o

I've managed to get hold of a Vista disk (don't ask). I need to save about 40GB worth of files. so Can I partition my HDD to create a smaller disk drive, transfer the wanted files to that drive partition, and format the area that holds Vista, do a fresh install, then transfer the files back to the main drive and delete the partition?

Can anyone tell me if this is possible?

hotkee

Its a drastic measure - vista will allow you to partition the disk but by how much is restricted by your hard disk size and by vista itself.
You would be better off storing your data onto external storage.

But before going through that, try this http://housecall.trendmicro.com/uk/

Online virus checker and fixer for free.

Also if you go to your c:\ and turn hidden files off and look for autoexec.bat and config.sys - even though these are not relevant to vista - I recall that the virus I once dealt with (same sort of issue as yours) put something into one of these files.