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XP Antivirus 2012 removed but still problems

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Posted 28 December 2011 - 07:48 PM

Hello and thank you for looking at my issue. Have a HP DC5700 Windows XP Pro sp3 computer. It had XP Antivirus 2012 and I followed the steps at http://www.bleepingcomputer.com/virus-removal/remove-xp-antivirus-2012 . But the computer is slow and no icons would appear on desktop or file manager - I unchecked hide files and folders and all folders appeared but no + signs ( local settings, etc ) and the desktop icons are ghostly ( not full ). And Start/programs only show Malwarebytes - nothing else...

If anybody can help me it would really help - This is my 1st post...

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Mod Edit: Removed email addy, security measure ~ Hamluis.

This post has been edited by hamluis: 28 December 2011 - 07:50 PM
Reason for edit: Moved from XP to Am I Infected.


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Posted 28 December 2011 - 09:49 PM

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Posted 28 December 2011 - 10:06 PM

Also IExployer.exe about 5 of them are running in Task Manager - no IE are on the screen but they are running, I keep ending task and they keep coming back as fast as I end them..

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Posted 28 December 2011 - 10:16 PM

You have more serious issues then.

Please follow the instructions in ==>This Guide<== starting at Step 6. If you cannot complete a step, skip it and continue.

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