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Message: <blockquote data-quote="coyote6" data-source="post: 1833494" data-attributes="member: 1225">I second schporto's recommendation of HijackThis. Download it, run a scan, save the scan as a file, and post it at some helpful internet forum (here, if you want).Some spyware/malware/trojans/etc. seem to be able to avoid various anti-virus & anti-spyware programs while they're running. They mark themselves as hidden & system files, and hide in multiple places, sometimes using filenames that change. I've had to boot computers at work into safe mode, safe mode w/command prompt, or even Windows Recovery Console, to kill some persistent malware. If I could just reformat the systems, that would be faster, sometimes.Another thing to do -- empty both profiles' IE caches (go to Control Panel, Internet Options, click Delete Files, check the "Offline content" box, & click okay. If you have admin rights, you can also go to Documents and Settings\profileName\Local Settings\Temporary Internet Files and nuke the IE folder, though it will warn you about deleting system files. Note that you need to have Explorer set to show hidden files to see the Local Settings directory). If you're feeling really bold, you can go look in your Windows directory (probably either C:\winnt or C:\windows) and the system32 directory, and see if there are any unusual .DLL, .exe, or .bat files with relatively recent dates. The dates will correspond to when the files were created by MS or whomever, so most of the files will have dates that correspond to MS patch releases & such, and won't be, say, yesterday or last week or the like. If you've got a few executables (.bat, .dll, .exe, etc.) files with dates of today or yesterday, that's a sign that those files are probably the product of some malware -- it renames or recreates the files when you boot your computer.Google for the name of any questionable files, and see if they show up as spyware related. Again, you should have Explorer set to show hidden & system files (might as well show file extensions, too). (NOte that a family member is about to have surgery, and I don't check this forum much anyways, so forgive me if I don't reply again.)Hope that helps.</blockquote>

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