Hi,
Recently I noticed that my internet connection would "die". I am connected to a wireless router, and afteer disconnecting from the wireless network, reconnecting and then refreshing the IP address, it was fine. I didn't suspect any problems. (Not sure if it is related, but this problem would occur when I was using IE. Firefox was OK)>
Further to that, every time I turned the computer on, after about 10 minutes, the Nero Indexer executable would throw an error, and shut down. I only suspected a corrupt executable file, and would look into it at a later stage.
Today I tried to synchronise my eWallet between my PC, my iPod, and a USB hard drive that is connected to the router. Everything failed. This is when little light bulbs started going off in my head. Also AVG kept warning about infected files in a .../Local Settings/Temp folder. (I could never find these), and referred also to a problem with the Nero Indexer. Maybe a bit overdone, but I deleted the Indexer executable that was reported.
Then I ran rootkit revealer, and it showed many "problems". One was to do with a strange HKU node. As well as issue with other keys in the registry.
I have had a problem with a rootkit in 2007, and still had some of the tools that I had used back then - IceSword - this reported many problems with inline code. So I ran GMER also.
And...to be honest, I am way out of my depth here. I din't want to screw things up, so I ask for help.
Can anyone help me determine whether I am actually infected or not?
Many Thanks