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Hi Screen317 , When you say "Please update MBAM" and "Download DDS" , I'm assuming you read my post, understand that after the 1st Malwarebytes Scan it no longer connects to the internet, and therefore you mean for me to go to another computer and download an update there and then transfer it to my computer ? Please let me know, and I'll do just that : uploading both the updated MBAM & DDS on my computer via a USB stick-drive. JUST FYI: the only way I've figured out to trick my computer to transfer files is to boot in Safe Mode WHILE the stick-drive is plugged in. .

Already had installed Malwarebytes. Using the trick of switching ".exe" to ".com" allowed Mbytes to scan & find 9 infections. HOWEVER, the laptop will NOT connect to the internet. Wireless network Connection says "not connected". 'Repair' function wont work despite many tries. Also, when 'Viewing available network connections', responds: "Windows cannot config.this wireless connection" In addition, following symptoms exist: - safe-mode w/networking will NOT work (many tries) - no result when trying to 'refresh network list' - no printers are recognized, printing not allowed from any document - taskbar has changed to gray, & dialog boxes now have an extra gray border around them. - Desktop connects fine. Another persons laptop connects fine. This is all AFTER having ran Malwarebytes scan. Ran 3 times: 2 Quick Scans & 1 Long Scan (only 1st scan had infections). OS: XP, sp2 Browser: Firefox 3.x (IE never used) Can't post the log, as it's on my laptop - which won't connect - but i'll MANUALLY enter below, the 2 likely ones items. The 9 infected items : (7) Registry Data Items (1) Registry Values (1) Files infected HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE/SOFTWARE/Clients/StartMenuInternet/FIREFOX.EXE/shell/open/command/(default) (Hijack.StartMenuInternet) Bad: ("C:/Documents and Settings/Administrator/Local Settings/Application Data/mtp.exe" -a "C:/Program Files/Mozilla FIrefox/firefox.exe") Good: (firefox.exe) - Quarantined and deleted successfully HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE/SOFTWARE/Clients/StartMenuInternet/FIREFOX.EXE/shell/safemode/command/(default) (Hijack.StartMenuInternet) Bad: ("C:/Documents and Settings/Administrator/Local Settings/Application Data/mtp.exe" -a "C:/Program Files/Mozilla FIrefox/firefox.exe" -safe-mode) Good: (firefox.exe -safe-mode) - Quarantined and deleted successfully The other 7 infections were all quarantined & deleted successfully ALSO. At this over a dozen hours now: read most forums here but haven't found anything relating to this. FYI, the Malware was: - Windows Security Center - XP Antispyware

Hello Exile360, thank you for a response, I understood that this forum, "Malwarebytes Anti-Malware Forum" was for Malwarebytes, it being the product I used, and Malwarebytes' impact in acting against, e.g. anti, the malware I had posted about. "We don't work on malware removal in this part of the forums." So you can imagine my surprise in discovering that the Malwarebytes Anti-Malware forum is not in fact, the Malwarebytes Anti-Malware forum. Also, I notice that you've directed me to a forum that covers another product "HijackThis", which I neither use, nor am even familiar with. Could it just possibly be, that you may not have read my question ? Thank you again.

Fortunately, I had already previously installed Malwarebytes. Using the trick of switching .exe to .com allowed Malware to scan & find 9 files. HOWEVER, the laptop will NOT connect to the internet. Wireless network Connection says "not connected". 'Repair' function doesn't work despite many tries. Also, when 'Viewing available network connections', response is: "Windows cannot config this wireless connection" In addition, these following symptoms exist: - safe-mode w/networking does NOT work (dozens of tries) - no result when trying to 'refresh network list' - taskbar has changed to gray, & dialog boxes now have an extra gray border around them. And yes, somebody else's laptop does connect fine. This is all AFTER having ran Malwarebytes scan. Ran 3 times: 2 Quick Scans, 1 Long Scan (only 1st scan had infections). OS: XP, sp2 Browser: Firefox 3.x (IExplore is never used) Can't post the log, as it's on my laptop - which won't connect - but i'll MANUALLY enter the 2 likely ones (Firefox) below. The 9 infected items : (7) Registry Data Items (1) Registry Values (1) Files infected HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE/SOFTWARE/Clients/StartMenuInternet/FIREFOX.EXE/shell/open/command/(default) (Hijack.StartMenuInternet) Bad: ("C:/Documents and Settings/Administrator/Local Settings/Application Data/mtp.exe" -a "C:/Program Files/Mozilla FIrefox/firefox.exe") Good: (firefox.exe) - Quarantined and deleted successfully HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE/SOFTWARE/Clients/StartMenuInternet/FIREFOX.EXE/shell/safemode/command/(default) (Hijack.StartMenuInternet) Bad: ("C:/Documents and Settings/Administrator/Local Settings/Application Data/mtp.exe" -a "C:/Program Files/Mozilla FIrefox/firefox.exe" -safe-mode) Good: (firefox.exe -safe-mode) - Quarantined and deleted successfully The other 7 were all quarantined & deleted successfully ALSO. At this for 6 hours now - read most forums here but haven't found anything relating to this. THe Malware was: - Windows Security Center - XP Antispyware