I have AVG anti virus program it show i have a virus Trojan Horse Downloader.Small.18ah File name they give is ibis.exe the path they give is C:\windows\Temp\ibis.exe i have avg on several different times and it found it and said it cleaned it then the next time i run it its there again i downloaded a spyware program it was a free one so im not for sure how good it is So Please can some one help me get Rid of this virus

I have AVG anti virus program it show i have a virus Trojan Horse Downloader.Small.18ah File name they give is ibis.exe the path they give is C:\windows\Temp\ibis.exe i have avg on several dif

I have AVG anti virus program it show i have a virus Trojan Horse Downloader.Small.18ah File name they give is ibis.exe the path they give is C:\windows\Temp\ibis.exe i have avg on several dif

Sue Perry, a couple of possibilities come to mind here. Trojans and viruses are similar. They are different though and you may need a trojan specific cleaner to handle it. There's an online trojan scan at:
http://www.trojanscan.com/trojanscan
Give that a try and see if it gets rid of it for you. If that fails you may have to disable restore and try to clean again. Be aware that ME and XP both have a feature called 'Restore'. A nasty (virus, spyware, etc) can hide there and since it is a 'Windows' file, Windows won't allow any alteration so long as it is active. The registry gets re-written on the next bootup and the last successful boot is used and since nasties don't count, the boot appears to be sucessful, thus a 'nasty' gets replicated.
The solution is simple (assuming that's the problem), TEMPORARILY disable Restore (in order to 'unprotect'), scan/clean, re-enable restore and try again. May have to reboot.
During the disable process, you will destroy ALL your restore points, thus some folks disagree with that fix, feeling that any restore point (even a corrupted one!) is better than none at all. You can sidestep that pitfall by creating a new restore point as soon as you have a clean machine. FWIW, I have used it on both ME & XP Pro with no lasting ill effects.
HTH.
Ed in Texas.

How do I tempoorarily disable SysRest in Windows ME? I go thru start, programs, accessories, system tools and when I click on Syst.Rest., the program starts. There is no dialog box to check "turn off".

Microsoft instructions to turn off system restore in Windows ME are as follows:
1. In Control Panel, click System.
2. Click the Performance tab.
3. Click the File System button.
4. Click the Troubleshooting tab.
5. Click the Disable System Restore check box.
6. Click OK, and then click Close.
7. Restart your computer when prompted.

how do I disable system restore in Windows 2000?? I have the ibis.exe boot virus as well, and I'm trying to get rid of it without editing the registry, since I'm NOT a computer guru.

Did anyone ever figure this out? I have the same problem as the original poster. I'm running W2k. All the answers were for ME.