Can't figure this virus out

I don't know if the computer I am trying to fix just had AntiVirusXP2008 or
something more. I have found the manual removal instructions for AVXP and
that seemed to work except the computer cannot access a whole host of sites.

Mcafee.com
Symantec.com
windowsupdate.microsoft.com
PandaSecurity.com
And so on.

I can ping the sites fine and tracert fine but when I try to go to them in
IE7 a couple of strange things happen. First, when I try Mcafee.com it
brings me to a google search result page as if I did a google search for
mcafee.com. Then if I click on Mcafee.com link in those results IE7 wiill
give me the error page as if I were not connected to the Inernet.

If I try Symantec, Windows Update, Panda Security, or a few other sites I
just get the standard not connected to the Internet page from IE7. Other
sites like going to IBM, Google, MSN, etc appear to be working fine.

I have checked the Hosts file to see if this was altered, but it is OK and I
also checked to make sure my DNS server settings were not hijacked and they
were OK showing my ISP's DNS servers. I wanted to be sure it was not the
site so instead of going to PandaSecurity.com and getting blocked I went to
the IP address and was able to browse the site fine. I also ran LSPFix.exe
and there were not any additional protocols installed and HijackThis did not
show any BHOs or anything

I have tried to reinstall Panda AV, however it will not restart on reboot.
It is obvious that something is blocking it. This is obviously specifically
blocking Anti-virus programs and sites.

Yes, I could just format this computer, but what fun is that.



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