XPost: alt.windows-xp   
   From: MrPounder@RationalThought.com   
      
   "Lynsey Doyle"  wrote in message   
   news:4e84e7b6$0$30780$ba4acef3@reader.news.orange.fr...   
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   >  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.   
      
   Malwarebytes leaves a rootkit.   
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