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problems removing w?auboot.exe

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Name: Cookie Monster
Date: July 15, 2006 at 08:47:41 Pacific
OS: XP
CPU/Ram: Intel Pentium 3 256MB RAM
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I was wondering if there was anyone out there who could help me delete this pesky file. It just won't go. I went online to find specific information about it and I found out that it was a file relivant to Windows Me the artical I read suggested looking instead for wuauboot.exe but again no luck.

Adaware cannot delete this file and AVG comes up with ERROR when trying to read it. Can anybody shedc any light please.

Frustrated thanks,

Cookie Monster



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Name: jabuck
Date: July 15, 2006 at 15:50:11 Pacific
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We can try to help you get rid of it. Please post a Hijack This log so that the files associated with the virus/spyware/hijacker can be identified.

Please download HJTsetup.exe from this link http://www.thespykiller.co.uk/files/HJTsetup.exe to your desktop.
Doubleclick on the HJTsetup.exe icon on your desktop.
By default it will install to C:\Program Files\Hijack This.
Continue to click "next" in the setup dialogue boxes until you get to the "Select Addition Tasks" dialogue.
Put a check by "Create a desktop icon" then click "Next" again.
Continue to follow the rest of the prompts from there.
At the final dialogue box click "Finish" and it will launch Hijack This.
Click on the "Do a system scan and save a logfile" button. It will scan and the log should open in notepad.
Click on "Edit > Select All" then click on "Edit > Copy" to copy the entire contents of the log and post it in this thread.

Do not fix anything yet unless you know what you are doing. This is a powerful tool that can crash the computer if used improperly.


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