Actually, I was denied the opportunity to post on the Malware forum, so anyone who is willing to help out with the problem I indicate would be much appreciated . . .
I am trying to use the guide that is posted on the site, which seems pretty straighforward.
Howevber, when I run HijackThis, I can't find any code with [random] like the directions note should be present:
O4 – HKLM\..\Run: [random] c:\documents and settings\user\local settings\application data\random\random.exe
O4 – HKCU\..\Run: [random] c:\documents and settings\user\local settings\application data\random\random.exe
I wonder if AV Security Suite might have hidden elsewhere? Any thoughts?
One other thought: I had tried to get into safe mode after hitting F8 pre-windows, but my system just sat there without opening in Safe.
I am able to pull up the internet at this point, but I keep getting redirects to nonsense search sites. And this is after a long stretch where pornographic/viagra sites seemed the only ones that would populate my URL.
Please explain things simply -- I am a computer knucklehead.
Thanks!