XPost: alt.windows-xp   
      
   On Thu, 29 Sep 2011 23:48:39 +0200, "Lynsey Doyle"   
    wrote:   
      
   >   
   > 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.   
   >   
   >"A little knowledge is a dangerous thing"   
   >   
   >Download and run Malware Bytes. Download and run Glary utilities.   
   >   
   >Comodo System Cleaner isn't malware. Go to Administrative tools in the   
   >Control Panel, then Services and disactivate the Comodo services there.   
   >have a look in the Start/startup menu too, if it's there delete it.   
      
     Did that many times --- must reboot to effect the change and it   
   resets task manager with reboot!   
      
      
    Read my detailed account elsewhere --- unbelievable effort to get rid   
   of it!! That's malware! Wouldn't uninstall, kept reloading itself in   
   into task manager, and on ann on. Also has an associated program   
   "Cleaner Validator" that is aa serious RAM and CPU hog (many times   
   using 98% of CPU for extended periods!   
      
   --- SoupGate-Win32 v1.05   
    * Origin: you cannot sedate... all the things you hate (1:229/2)