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   Lynsey Doyle to All   
   Re: Need Malware Removal Help   
   29 Sep 11 23:48:39   
   
   XPost: alt.windows-xp   
   From: blackhole@3rdleft.com   
      
    a écrit dans le message de groupe de discussion :   
   ofh98752jdp0vjgnk4dre78a50p6b2vtcu@4ax.com...   
   >  I need some serious help here with malware (?).   
   > (an XP Pro machine with all updates)   
   >   I downloaded a piece of software billed as   
   > a system cleaner (registry, files, and privacy   
   > info) -- Comodo System Cleaner. It has been a nightmare   
   > It seemed to work fine but having other problems, I decided   
   > to remove it. I looked in Control Panel/Add,Remove Programs   
   > and clicked to uninstall it --- the screen went to the green screen   
   > that appears just before desktop icons are set up. And nothing   
   > was uninstalled. I tried to drag it to the recycle bin but it   
   > wouldn't drag. Having a partitioned hard drive, I emptied one   
   > partition and dragged it to that partition. It simply copied   
   > itself and left a copy then in two partitions! I tried to format   
   > the partition which contained only it, but format couldn't   
   > run for that partition!   
   >  I did a registry search ans eliminated all references to it.   
   > Then I could delete the software ( the findable parts).   
   >  But now, it shows up by name in MSConfig services and I can't   
   > get rid of it. I "disable" it there but to apply I have to reboot   
   > and it's back again! And I can't make MSConfig do a "normal"   
   > startup. I check it as normal, have to reboot to apply, and I back   
   > again to where I was!!   
   >   Any helpful ideas would be greatly appreciated.   
      
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