atapi.sys

[Blueline]

Hi, everyone. Thank you for your support when I was going through the dark night of my soul with that google redirecting virus. It not only redirected me,

it shut down my emails as I was writing them, changed my desktop, threw popups in my face and ran a prompt sound continuously.

The infection was in "atapi.sys". I'm sorry, I dont know what that line means, but I know all you do.

Thanks, again.

[noknojon]

If one of the Rogue Reporters or malware hunters are interested they will look at it -

"atapi.sys".

Thanks -

[AdvancedSetup]

It could be a few things. Are you currently infected or it was removed and who helped you to detect and remove it?

One of the more common known infections that affect atapi.sys is known as TDL3 and is not easily detected or removed.

[Blueline]

AdvancedSetup- I think I'm all clear now. I was searching for an answer, and came across this: http://www.troublefixers.com/remove-virus-...ol-for-windows/.

The site tries to endorse some program called "Pareto", which was worthless and tried to shake me down for money. BUT; at the very bottom of the very long comments line, someone mentioned this: http://www.surfright.nl/en/hitmanpro

Which seens to have worked. I dont know if it's ok for me to mention it on your forum or not. If not, I apologize. After running it I was able to register

Malwarebytes, and am no longer being redirected.

Thanks to Tom Mercado and all for your help.

[AdvancedSetup]

No problem. Just checking to make sure you're okay now. Thank you for the follow-up.