Search redirects and unable to update vwindows and virus programs.

Hi Guys

Not sure how to form question, but basicly this is the trouble i been having.

About 30secs after booting windows firewall would come up as turned off (regardless of being turned on prior to restart).

In windows explorer 7 (google home page). Do a search, pick any of the results and first 2 choices will always be redirected to another search engine after those two choices will direct correctly.

Cannot update windows, will always redirect to home page.

Bit Defender antivirus 2009 and ad-ware se will always fail updates.

I also have spybot but although its operating in system tray i cannot open i to run scan.

If i open up a second explorer page system will freeze.

Hope you guys can help

Cheers
Lee

Edited by bluepezz, 07 April 2009 - 09:20 AM.

I can no longer access web, when i open web page it just freeZes system.

I ran a program ´smitfraud´ and it found (not sure about extension ´fix´ is on all of them). vacfix, winsock2 fix, generic renos fix, iedfix, agent.omZ.fix and 404fix.

there is a file it cant delete either (i tried manually and couldn´t) ~DFE9F2.tmp

Edited by bluepezz, 07 April 2009 - 06:09 PM.

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Note 2:
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