XPost: alt.windows-xp   
   From: MrPounder@RationalThought.com   
      
   "Auric__"  wrote in message   
   news:Xns9F718B22D5F61auricauricauricauric@88.198.244.100...   
   > Mr Pounder wrote:   
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   >>   
   >> "Lynsey Doyle"  wrote in message   
   >> news:4e84e7b6$0$30780$ba4acef3@reader.news.orange.fr...   
   >>>   
   >>>  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.   
   >   
   > Prove it.   
      
   AVG found it.   
   >   
   > --   
   > Okay, yes, it sounds far-fetched...   
      
   --- SoupGate-Win32 v1.05   
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