Hi, unfortunately I've got one of these boys, I tried everything other people have mentioned about how to remove it, but it just keeps coming back after I reboot. ** Before I tried to remove it by unregistering, I had double clicked on a file called sys.reg in the windows folder; In it contained a message somewhere along the lines of "SearchV"; I think I might of inadvertantly registered it. Could that be the problem? If it helps here is my hackthis log after I deleted files I thought were to be suspicious: Logfile of HijackThis v1.97.3 Scan saved at 1:32:05 AM, on 14/10/03 Platform: Windows 98 SE (Win9x 4.10.2222A) MSIE: Internet Explorer v6.00 SP1 (6.00.2800.1106) Running processes: C:\WINDOWS\SYSTEM\KERNEL32.DLL C:\WINDOWS\SYSTEM\MSGSRV32.exe C:\WINDOWS\SYSTEM\MPREXE.exe C:\WINDOWS\SYSTEM\mmtask.tsk C:\WINDOWS\SYSTEM\MSTASK.exe C:\WINDOWS\SVCHOST.exe C:\WINDOWS\EXPLORER.exe C:\WINDOWS\SYSTEM\HIDSERV.exe C:\WINDOWS\TASKMON.exe C:\WINDOWS\SYSTEM\SYSTRAY.exe C:\PROGRAM FILES\COMPAQ\EASY ACCESS BUTTON SUPPORT\CPQEADM.exe C:\COMPAQ\CPQINET\CPQINET.exe C:\PROGRAM FILES\COMPAQ\DIGITAL DASHBOARD\DEVGULP.exe C:\CPQS\BWTOOLS\SCCENTER.exe C:\WINDOWS\ptsnoop.exe C:\WINDOWS\LOADQM.exe C:\PROGRAM FILES\COMMON FILES\MICROSOFT SHARED\WORKS SHARED\WKCALREM.exe C:\PROGRAM FILES\COMPAQ\EASY ACCESS BUTTON SUPPORT\BTTNSERV.exe C:\PROGRAM FILES\COMPAQ\EASY ACCESS BUTTON SUPPORT\EAUSBKBD.exe C:\WINDOWS\SYSTEM\WMIEXE.exe C:\WINDOWS\NOTEPAD.exe C:\PROGRAM FILES\INTERNET EXPLORER\IEXPLORE.exe C:\WINDOWS\SYSTEM\PSTORES.exe C:\WINDOWS\DESKTOP\HIJACKTHIS.exe R0 - HKLM\Software\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Main,Start Page = R0 - HKLM\Software\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Search,CustomizeSearch = R0 - HKLM\Software\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Search,SearchAssistant = O3 - Toolbar: @msdxmLC.dll,-1@1033,&Radio - {8E718888-423F-11D2-876E-00A0C9082467} - C:\WINDOWS\SYSTEM\MSDXM.OCX O4 - HKLM\..\Run: [TaskMonitor] c:\windows\taskmon.exe O4 - HKLM\..\Run: [LoadPowerProfile] Rundll32.exe powrprof.dll,LoadCurrentPwrScheme O4 - HKLM\..\Run: [SystemTray] SysTray.exe O4 - HKLM\..\Run: [CPQEASYACC] C:\Program Files\Compaq\Easy Access Button Support\cpqeadm.exe O4 - HKLM\..\Run: [EACLEAN] C:\Program Files\Compaq\Easy Access Button Support\eaclean.exe O4 - HKLM\..\Run: [CPQInet] c:\compaq\CPQInet\CpqInet.exe O4 - HKLM\..\Run: [Digital Dashboard] C:\Program Files\Compaq\Digital Dashboard\DevGulp.exe O4 - HKLM\..\Run: [Service Connection] c:\cpqs\bwtools\sccenter.exe O4 - HKLM\..\Run: [CountrySelection] pctptt.exe O4 - HKLM\..\Run: [PTSNOOP] ptsnoop.exe O4 - HKLM\..\Run: [LoadQM] loadqm.exe O4 - HKLM\..\Run: [LVComs] c:\windows\SYSTEM\LVComS.exe O4 - HKLM\..\RunServices: [LoadPowerProfile] Rundll32.exe powrprof.dll,LoadCurrentPwrScheme O4 - HKLM\..\RunServices: [SchedulingAgent] mstask.exe O4 - HKLM\..\RunServices: [Hidserv] Hidserv.exe run O4 - HKLM\..\RunServices: [PowerManager] C:\WINDOWS\SVCHOST.exe O4 - Startup: MSupdater.exe O4 - Startup: Microsoft Works Calendar Reminders.lnk = C:\Program Files\Common Files\Microsoft Shared\Works Shared\wkcalrem.exe O9 - Extra button: Related (HKLM) O9 - Extra 'Tools' menuitem: Show &Related Links (HKLM) O9 - Extra button: Translate (HKLM) O9 - Extra 'Tools' menuitem: AV &Translate (HKLM) O9 - Extra 'Tools' menuitem: &Find Pages Linking to this URL (HKLM) O9 - Extra 'Tools' menuitem: Find Other Pages on this &Host (HKLM) O9 - Extra 'Tools' menuitem: AV Home (HKLM) O16 - DPF: {D27CDB6E-AE6D-11CF-96B8-444553540000} (Shockwave Flash Object) - http://download.macromedia.com/pub/shockwave/cabs/flash/swflash.cab O16 - DPF: {166B1BCA-3F9C-11CF-8075-444553540000} (Shockwave ActiveX Control) - http://download.macromedia.com/pub/shockwave/cabs/director/sw.cab O16 - DPF: {8E0D4DE5-3180-4024-A327-4DFAD1796A8D} (MessengerStatsClient Class) - http://messenger.zone.msn.com/binary/MessengerStatsClient.cab O16 - DPF: {2917297F-F02B-4B9D-81DF-494B6333150B} (Minesweeper Flags Class) - http://messenger.zone.msn.com/binary/MineSweeper.cab O16 - DPF: {00B71CFB-6864-4346-A978-C0A14556272C} (Checkers Class) - http://messenger.zone.msn.com/binary/msgrchkr.cab O16 - DPF: {F6BF0D00-0B2A-4A75-BF7B-F385591623AF} (Solitaire Showdown Class) - http://messenger.zone.msn.com/binary/SolitaireShowdown.cab O16 - DPF: {9F1C11AA-197B-4942-BA54-47A8489BB47F} (Update Class) - http://v4.windowsupdate.microsoft.com/CAB/x86/ansi/iuctl.CAB?37907.8425578704 O16 - DPF: {74D05D43-3236-11D4-BDCD-00C04F9A3B61} (HouseCall Control) - http://a840.g.akamai.net/7/840/537/bcd48c18cb7498/housecall.antivirus.com/housecall/xscan53.cab

You also have a W32.Jeefo infection: O4 - HKLM\..\RunServices: [PowerManager] C:\WINDOWS\SVCHOST.exe See this for removal tools and instructions: Jeefo Removal Run HT again and check the following, then click fix checked. Reboot and follow the Jeefo removal instructions. O4 - HKLM\..\RunServices: [PowerManager] C:\WINDOWS\SVCHOST.exe O4 - Startup: MSupdater.exe