Hello! Note that my english is not that good but I try to explain my problem. For a long time I have had problems with my computer, explorer.exe stopped working from time to time and when I restarted it, it worked for about 30 seconds before the same error pops up again. I found a "solution"" to this problem a few days ago by turning off nod32, and so it worked great. No more annoying popups that explorer stopped working, yay... Some week later, yesterday - I uninstall nod32 totally as it tangled so much, and install the free version of avast! instead. Ran a virus scan and it turns out that I have a malware/trojan/virus called Win32: Bamital-AO, which braces itself to the explorer.exe and Wininit.exe. Is there anyone who can help me with my problem? I really don't wanna format my computer since I have really important information which contains large files about things to do with my job. I become enormously grateful for a response, or questions if I missed something or should to something diffrent! - According to the avast! I can not remove the virus because it is the "Specified file is read only (6009). - Malwarebytes Anti-Malware does not be able to find it. - Ad-Aware only find some boring tracking cookies. - Ran CCleaner some hour ago, unsure if this helped. - HijackThis log (under) Note that explorer.exe is blocked + I cannot see my desktop icons. To lanch a program I need to do it in "Windows Task Manager" with "New Task..." Logfile of Trend Micro HijackThis v2.0.4 Scan saved at 00:51:54, on 2010-12-04 Platform: Windows 7 (WinNT 6.00.3504) MSIE: Internet Explorer v8.00 (8.00.7600.16671) Boot mode: Normal Running processes: C:\Program Files (x86)\DAEMON Tools Lite\DTLite.exe D:\Program\Steam\Steam.exe C:\Users\Ludde\AppData\Roaming\Dropbox\bin\Dropbox.exe C:\Program Files (x86)\Common Files\Adobe\ARM\1.0\AdobeARM.exe C:\Program Files (x86)\Common Files\Java\Java Update\jusched.exe C:\Program Files\Alwil Software\Avast5\AvastUI.exe C:\Program Files (x86)\Lavasoft\Ad-Aware\AAWTray.exe C:\Users\Ludde\AppData\Local\Google\Chrome\Application\chrome.exe C:\Users\Ludde\AppData\Local\Google\Chrome\Application\chrome.exe C:\Users\Ludde\AppData\Local\Google\Chrome\Application\chrome.exe C:\Users\Ludde\AppData\Local\Google\Chrome\Application\chrome.exe C:\Users\Ludde\AppData\Local\Google\Chrome\Application\chrome.exe C:\Program Files (x86)\Internet Explorer\IELowutil.exe C:\Users\Ludde\AppData\Local\Google\Chrome\Application\chrome.exe C:\Users\Ludde\AppData\Local\Google\Chrome\Application\chrome.exe C:\Users\Ludde\AppData\Local\Google\Chrome\Application\chrome.exe C:\Users\Ludde\AppData\Local\Google\Chrome\Application\chrome.exe C:\Users\Ludde\AppData\Local\Google\Chrome\Application\chrome.exe C:\Users\Ludde\AppData\Local\Google\Chrome\Application\chrome.exe C:\Program Files (x86)\HiJackThis\Trend Micro\HiJackThis\HiJackThis.exe R1 - HKCU\Software\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Main,Search Page = http://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?LinkId=54896 R0 - HKCU\Software\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Main,Start Page = http://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?LinkId=69157 R1 - HKLM\Software\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Main,Default_Page_URL = http://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?LinkId=69157 R1 - HKLM\Software\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Main,Default_Search_URL = http://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?LinkId=54896 R1 - HKLM\Software\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Main,Search Page = http://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?LinkId=54896 R0 - HKLM\Software\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Main,Start Page = http://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?LinkId=69157 R0 - HKLM\Software\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Search,SearchAssistant = R0 - HKLM\Software\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Search,CustomizeSearch = R0 - HKLM\Software\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Main,Local Page = C:\Windows\SysWOW64\blank.htm R0 - HKCU\Software\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Toolbar,LinksFolderName = O2 - BHO: AcroIEHelperStub - {18DF081C-E8AD-4283-A596-FA578C2EBDC3} - C:\Program Files (x86)\Common Files\Adobe\Acrobat\ActiveX\AcroIEHelperShim.dll O2 - BHO: Windows Live ID Sign-in Helper - {9030D464-4C02-4ABF-8ECC-5164760863C6} - C:\Program Files (x86)\Common Files\Microsoft Shared\Windows Live\WindowsLiveLogin.dll O2 - BHO: SkypeIEPluginBHO - {AE805869-2E5C-4ED4-8F7B-F1F7851A4497} - C:\Program Files (x86)\Skype\Toolbars\Internet Explorer\skypeieplugin.dll O2 - BHO: URLRedirectionBHO - {B4F3A835-0E21-4959-BA22-42B3008E02FF} - C:\PROGRA~2\MICROS~2\Office14\URLREDIR.DLL O2 - BHO: Java Plug-In 2 SSV Helper - {DBC80044-A445-435b-BC74-9C25C1C588A9} - C:\Program Files (x86)\Java\jre6\bin\jp2ssv.dll O4 - HKLM\..\Run: [switchBoard] C:\Program Files (x86)\Common Files\Adobe\SwitchBoard\SwitchBoard.exe O4 - HKLM\..\Run: [AdobeCS5ServiceManager] "C:\Program Files (x86)\Common Files\Adobe\CS5ServiceManager\CS5ServiceManager.exe" -launchedbylogin O4 - HKLM\..\Run: [Adobe Reader Speed Launcher] "C:\Program Files (x86)\Adobe\Reader 9.0\Reader\Reader_sl.exe" O4 - HKLM\..\Run: [Adobe ARM] "C:\Program Files (x86)\Common Files\Adobe\ARM\1.0\AdobeARM.exe" O4 - HKLM\..\Run: [QuickTime Task] "C:\Program Files (x86)\QuickTime\QTTask.exe" -atboottime O4 - HKLM\..\Run: [ATICustomerCare] "C:\Program Files (x86)\ATI\ATICustomerCare\ATICustomerCare.exe" O4 - HKLM\..\Run: [startCCC] "C:\Program Files (x86)\ATI Technologies\ATI.ACE\Core-Static\CLIStart.exe" MSRun O4 - HKLM\..\Run: [sunJavaUpdateSched] "C:\Program Files (x86)\Common Files\Java\Java Update\jusched.exe" O4 - HKLM\..\Run: [avast5] "C:\Program Files\Alwil Software\Avast5\avastUI.exe" /nogui O4 - HKCU\..\Run: [msnmsgr] "C:\Program Files (x86)\Windows Live\Messenger\msnmsgr.exe" /background O4 - HKCU\..\Run: [Google Update] "C:\Users\Ludde\AppData\Local\Google\Update\GoogleUpdate.exe" /c O4 - HKCU\..\Run: [DAEMON Tools Lite] "C:\Program Files (x86)\DAEMON Tools Lite\DTLite.exe" -autorun O4 - HKCU\..\Run: [steam] "D:\Program\Steam\steam.exe" -silent O4 - HKUS\S-1-5-19\..\Run: [sidebar] %ProgramFiles%\Windows Sidebar\Sidebar.exe /autoRun (User 'LOCAL SERVICE') O4 - HKUS\S-1-5-19\..\RunOnce: [mctadmin] C:\Windows\System32\mctadmin.exe (User 'LOCAL SERVICE') O4 - HKUS\S-1-5-20\..\Run: [sidebar] %ProgramFiles%\Windows Sidebar\Sidebar.exe /autoRun (User 'NETWORK SERVICE') O4 - HKUS\S-1-5-20\..\RunOnce: [mctadmin] C:\Windows\System32\mctadmin.exe (User 'NETWORK SERVICE') O4 - Startup: Dropbox.lnk = Ludde\AppData\Roaming\Dropbox\bin\Dropbox.exe O4 - Startup: LimeWire On Startup.lnk = C:\Program Files (x86)\LimeWire\LimeWire.exe O9 - Extra button: Skype Plug-In - {898EA8C8-E7FF-479B-8935-AEC46303B9E5} - C:\Program Files (x86)\Skype\Toolbars\Internet Explorer\skypeieplugin.dll O9 - Extra 'Tools' menuitem: Skype Plug-In - {898EA8C8-E7FF-479B-8935-AEC46303B9E5} - C:\Program Files (x86)\Skype\Toolbars\Internet Explorer\skypeieplugin.dll O10 - Unknown file in Winsock LSP: c:\program files (x86)\common files\microsoft shared\windows live\wlidnsp.dll O10 - Unknown file in Winsock LSP: c:\program files (x86)\common files\microsoft shared\windows live\wlidnsp.dll O16 - DPF: {D1E7CBDA-E60E-4970-A01C-37301EF7BF98} (Futuremark SystemInfo) - http://service.futuremark.com/openapi/receivers/FMSI.cab O16 - DPF: {E2883E8F-472F-4FB0-9522-AC9BF37916A7} - http://platformdl.adobe.com/NOS/getPlusPlus/1.6/gp.cab O18 - Protocol: skype-ie-addon-data - {91774881-D725-4E58-B298-07617B9B86A8} - C:\Program Files (x86)\Skype\Toolbars\Internet Explorer\skypeieplugin.dll O18 - Protocol: skype4com - {FFC8B962-9B40-4DFF-9458-1830C7DD7F5D} - C:\PROGRA~2\COMMON~1\Skype\SKYPE4~1.DLL O18 - Filter hijack: text/xml - {807573E5-5146-11D5-A672-00B0D022E945} - C:\Program Files (x86)\Common Files\Microsoft Shared\OFFICE14\MSOXMLMF.DLL O23 - Service: @%SystemRoot%\system32\Alg.exe,-112 (ALG) - Unknown owner - C:\Windows\System32\alg.exe (file missing) O23 - Service: AMD External Events Utility - Unknown owner - C:\Windows\system32\atiesrxx.exe (file missing) O23 - Service: Autodesk Licensing Service - Autodesk - C:\Program Files (x86)\Common Files\Autodesk Shared\Service\AdskScSrv.exe O23 - Service: avast! Antivirus - AVAST Software - C:\Program Files\Alwil Software\Avast5\AvastSvc.exe O23 - Service: avast! Web Scanner - AVAST Software - C:\Program Files\Alwil Software\Avast5\AvastSvc.exe O23 - Service: DCPFLICS - Unknown owner - C:\Program Files (x86)\DCPFLICS\DCPFLICS.exe O23 - Service: @%SystemRoot%\system32\efssvc.dll,-100 (EFS) - Unknown owner - C:\Windows\System32\lsass.exe (file missing) O23 - Service: @%systemroot%\system32\fxsresm.dll,-118 (Fax) - Unknown owner - C:\Windows\system32\fxssvc.exe (file missing) O23 - Service: FLEXnet Licensing Service - Acresso Software Inc. - C:\Program Files (x86)\Common Files\Macrovision Shared\FLEXnet Publisher\FNPLicensingService.exe O23 - Service: Tj