Re: Can't figure this virus out

Have you tried Malwarebytes? www.malwarebytes.com

If not, give it a try!

HTH

Dave

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"JN" <me@xxxxxxxx> wrote in message news:%237hx93aHJHA.1432@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
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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