Windows Defender And A Nasty Trojan

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Windows Defender And A Nasty Trojan

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endedge View Member Profile	Aug 21 2006, 07:59 AM Post #1
New Member Group: Members Posts: 1 Joined: 21-August 06 Member No.: 81,749	Ok. It picked up the trojan that was doing weird things to my computer. But it wouldn't delete or do anything- on the grounds that it's read-only. So on my history, they are programs that are simply being 'allowed' when defender still claims them to be potentially dangerous. This program is horrible. It seems to attack other antivirus programs so I can't get rid of it! I'm not allowed to update the Security Update for Microsoft .NET Framework, Version 1.1 Service Pack 1 (KB886903). Windows files are turning up corrupt and the computer keeps crashing. And the controls for my address bar on exlorer are faded out. The CPU is running at 100% - constantly! I have the registry entries here: HKLM\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Main\\Start Page HKLM\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Main\\Search Page HKLM\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Main\\Default_Search_URL HKLM\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Main\\Default_Page_URL HKLM\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\AboutURLs\\PostNotCached HKLM\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\AboutURLs\\NavigationFailure HKLM\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\AboutURLs\\NoAdd-ons and a few others like that. Is it okay to delete these entries manually? I'm not a computer expert, but I know they look important. The problem is, if they're infected, what way can they be disposed of? No problem I know can detect them or dispose of them, even when I am able to delete them.

Jacee View Member Profile	Aug 22 2006, 01:01 PM Post #2
Bleeping entraÎner Group: HJT Team Coach Posts: 1,715 Joined: 24-September 04 Member No.: 2,990	Hi endedge, looks like you have a CoolWebSearch (About:Blank) hijack. Follow the instructions in this link to get the help you need in our HijackThis forum: http://www.bleepingcomputer.com/forums/topic34773.html -------------------- *MS MVP Windows-Security 2006-2008* *Member of UNITE, the Unified Network of Instructors and Trusted Eliminators* Admin PC Pitstop

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