Malwarebytes scans - now NO WIRELESS CONNECTION

[concrete]

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

[screen317]

Hi and welcome to Malwarebytes.

Please update MBAM, run a Quick Scan, and post its log.

Next, download DDS by sUBs and save it to your Desktop.

Double-click on the DDS icon and let the scan run. When it has run two logs will be produced, please post only DDS.txt directly into your reply.

[concrete]

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.

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[screen317]

Hi,

Yes that is what I meant; update using a transfer from another computer. I should have specified that.