I failed to mention that first I disabled system restore which  unfortunately 
deletes all previous restore points so you may try restore first  but I doubt 
it will cure your problem.
 
 
In a message dated 9/21/2007 5:00:29 PM Atlantic Standard Time, Phillipwlly  
writes:

 
How do  I remove this spyware that has infected one of our pc's in  the
department?
-- 



Chipo,
 
 I'm just got rid of a spyware/virus bug that put three "spyware  cleaner" 
type icons on my desktop and repeatedly opened message boxes saying I  was 
infected and attempted to open a connection to a spyware site. I'm not  sure if 
this is the same that has attacked you but here is what I did.
 
 Started computer in safe mode. Ran Hijack this and deleted first  entry. (Be 
very careful with this program because it deletes the file pretty  thoroughly 
including registry values which can be a problem if you delete  something 
your computer actually needs. I knew to delete this entry because it  wasn't 
listed before the infection and was related to internet explorer which  I never 
use).
 
Ran AdAware, Spybot Search and Destroy and Avast  anti-virus deleteing all 
entries. 
 
Deleted desktop icons then rebooted. 
 
I don't know if all these steps were really necessary but figured a  little 
over-kill was acceptable as opposed to the aggrivation of the infection  and 
now I'm running clean with no problems.
 
Hope this helps,
-Phil Williams-



 



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