Hi Hi.Im.New
Please print out or copy this page to Notepad. Make sure to work through the fixes in the exact order it is mentioned below. If there's
anything that you don't understand, ask your question(s) before proceeding with the fixes. You should
not have any open browsers
when you are following the procedures below.
Go to
My Computer->Tools/View->Folder Options->View tab and make sure that 'Show hidden files and folders' (or 'Show all files') is
enabled. Also make sure that 'Display the contents of system folders' is checked. Windows XP's search feature is a little different. When
you click on 'All files and folders' on the left pane, click on the 'More advanced options' at the bottom. Make sure that
Search system
folders,
Search hidden files and folders, and
Search subfolders are checked.
For the options that you checked/enabled earlier, you may uncheck them after your log is clean. If we ask you to fix a program that you use
or want to keep, please post back saying that (we don't know every program that exists, so we may tell you to delete a program that we
think is bad to keep).
Go to
Add/Remove programs and remove(uninstall) the following, if present:
Web Related
The above could appear anywhere within the entry. Be careful not to remove any
personal or
system software.
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Download, then unzip to "
C:\HJT", the newest version of
HiJackThis;
version 1.99.1. Then repost your log, either now, or after following the steps in the solution (
if provided in this post).
This version has features that might be more helpful in 'cleaning' up your system.
Boot into "
Safe Mode".
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Run
HiJackThis and click "
Scan", then check(tick) the following, if present:
O4 - HKLM\..\Run: [Windows Update] G:\WINDOWS\System32\wxtdcjpx.exe
O4 - Global Startup: TweakYC.lnk = ?
O9 - Extra button: Related - {c95fe080-8f5d-11d2-a20b-00aa003c157a} - G:\WINDOWS\web\related.htm
O9 - Extra 'Tools' menuitem: Show &Related Links - {c95fe080-8f5d-11d2-a20b-00aa003c157a} - G:\WINDOWS\web\related.htm
O9 - Extra button: AbsolutePoker.com - {EFFF8D47-D060-4108-B761-E8EC86622E56} - G:\Documents and Settings\All Users\Start Menu\Programs\Absolute Poker\Absolute Poker.lnk
O9 - Extra 'Tools' menuitem: AbsolutePoker.com - {EFFF8D47-D060-4108-B761-E8EC86622E56} - G:\Documents and Settings\All Users\Start Menu\Programs\Absolute Poker\Absolute Poker.lnk
Now, with all windows closed except
HiJackThis, click "
Fix checked".
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Locate and
delete the following item(s), if present. Make sure your able to view system and hidden files/ folders:
files...
G:\WINDOWS\System32\wxtdcjpx.exe
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Then download and install all the
critical windows updates available from
Microsoft, at least up to
service pack 1. This will help to make your system more secure and prevent many '
problems' from reoccuring in the future.
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Post back a new log, and let me know how everything goes.
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Lobos.