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HELP! Red X, pos.tmp files, Runs

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Name: roberto84
Date: March 4, 2008 at 14:14:20 Pacific
OS: Windows XP Profesional SP
CPU/Ram: AMD athlon XP 2500+ 1.83G
Comment:

Hi. I need some help, my pc have too many viruses and i can't seem to get rid of any of it...

Symptoms:

C drive has a red x
MyDocuments filled with pos.tmp files
Two icons on desktop that every time i delete appear again
Web pages pop ups with strange ads
PC starts and runs very slow

any help would be appreciated
Thanks in advance
Robert



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Name: Kaithlyn
Date: March 6, 2008 at 02:51:45 Pacific
Reply:

pop-ups are symptoms of adware or trojans. do you use any anti spyware? if you do, update it and run a scan. if you don't have any anti spyware on your computer, i recommend you Malwarebytes Anti Malware. its trial version is functional and you can use it for a month.

tc;


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Response Number 2
Name: jabuck
Date: March 6, 2008 at 18:10:10 Pacific
Reply:

Go to the this link:

Disable Realtime Protection

Follow their directions to disable any realtime protection that you have as it will interfere with the fix by reinstalling the corrupt files.

Please download Atribune's VundoFix.exe from the following site to your desktop:

Vundofix.exe

Double-click VundoFix.exe to run it.

Click the Scan for Vundo button.

Once it's done scanning, click the Remove Vundo button.

You will receive a prompt asking if you want to remove the files,
click "yes".

Once you click yes, your desktop will go blank as it starts removing
Vundo.

When completed, it will prompt that it will reboot your computer,
click "ok".

Please download and install the latest version of HijackThis v2.0.2:


Download the "HijackThis" Installer from this link:
Hijack This


1. Save " HJTInstall.exe" to your desktop.
2. Double click on HJTInstall.exe to run the program.
3. By default it will install to C:\Program Files\Trend Micro\HijackThis.
4. Accept the license agreement by clicking the "I Accept" button.
5.Click on the "Do a system scan and save a log file" button. It will scan and then ask you to save the log.
6. Click "Save log" to save the log file and then the log will open in Notepad.
7. Click on "Edit > Select All" then click on "Edit > Copy" to copy the entire contents of the log.
8. Paste the log in your next reply.
9. Do NOT have HijackThis fix anything yet! Most of what it finds will be harmless or even required.

Please download ComboFix to the desktop from one of the following links:

Link1

Link 2

Link 3

Double-click combofix.exe
Follow the prompts.
(Don't click on the window while the program is running, it may cause your system to hang.)
Please post the log it produces.


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