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I've been searching through Dell's and Microsoft's Knowledge Base and forums and have tried everything suggested. I've been dealing with this for over a month and am thinking I may have to reinstall XP and all the other software, but I don't want to do that if I don't have to. You may have to disable system restore first,.

Read this article from Symantec. They also provide a removal tool for the trojan. For us to have a look,,, Then, unzip it Yeah, I've already disabled the System Restore and tried the trojan removal tool from Symantec - it didn't work. The Log is pasted below -. Logfile of HijackThis v1. Pager] 1 O4 - Global Startup: Billminder. O4 - Global Startup: Microsoft Office.

Do not delete the svchost. Rebooted in Safe Mode Unhid all files and folders Searched for files - sountaskmgr and scvhost. Ran the Scan: Msg: HouseCall has found and clean a malware. How about a new Hijackthis log? Your last one was five days ago and still showed browser hijacking RedSwoosh and the adware MyWay Searchbar. Texruss www. Send us feedback. Tell us about your experience.

Published Dec 05, Updated Sep 15, Learn about other threats. Summary Windows Defender detects and removes this unwanted software. Use the following free Microsoft software to detect and remove this threat: Microsoft Defender Antivirus for Windows 10 and Windows 8. Technical information Threat behavior. Symptoms The following might be signs that your Hosts file has been changed without your consent: You cannot access a certain website even though you have an Internet connection Your browser connects to a website that does not appear to be appropriate.

Were you unable to download any of the tools? Did you do the on-line scans as suggested? And any other unnecessary running programs. While I look at the rest of the problems in your log please do the following to fix a bug SpyBot's Ignore Products defaults settings: I want you to run SpyBot and get into the Advanced mode by selecting Mode and then Advanced mode. Then select Settings and the in the left column select Ignore Products. In the right window pane make sure the All products tab is selected.

Then in that window, right click your mouse and choose "Deselect all". Download any updates required. Now click Check for Problems. Fix any that are found. Let me know if it finds and fixes anything. If it does fix anything in particular new. Okay if necessary re-run Spybot in safe mode.

Please contact your system administrator. You're welcome! Let's address what we can see first. Then tell me if you still have the same problem you just mentioned about security settings. Do you use DIGstream?