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Pollux.Castor
May 7, 2009, 10:39 AM UTC
I did a remove and replace on AR and JAVA.

I have not had a mysterious redirect since we began this.

I would like to thank you for the effort you put into this. I commend your dedication and that of the entire community of malware removers.

Pollux.Castor
Odd dude Retired Graduate
May 7, 2009, 2:05 PM UTC
Many thanks for the kind words :) and good news that you're not being redirected anymore :D

You can now delete GMER and GooredFix.

Below is my standard all-clean-post:

Congratulations!



As far as I can tell, you are CLEAN!




Have a big cup of , sit back & relax, and now please follow a few of the following tips; they will dramatically reduce your chance of getting infected again.
  • Turn on Automatic Updates if you have not done so. It is MANDATORY to keep your Windows updated, otherwise you are vulnerable to exploits! To turn on Automatic Updates: click Start > Control Panel > Security Centre > Automatic Updates.


Below are optional items. They will increase your security, but are not really "needed". That said, I recommend following at least one of these tips.

  • Install WinPatrol from here. Instructions for use are here.

  • Install a custom hosts file. Let's say I have a directory of 640kb's worth of bad sites. Let's say I can make sure you will never be able to access those sites, so you will never get any infection from those sites. It's like blocking a site - without site blocking tools. How would you like to never be able to visit (a lot, but not all of the) malware-infected sites again? Well, now you can!
    First, we must disable a service, as Windows cannot work with a very large hosts file while that service is active. This will not affect anything else.
    The disabling routine:
    • Click Start, then Run
    • Copy and paste the following:
      sc config dnscache start= disabled
    • Click OK

    Next, you can download the custom hosts file from here. Installation instructions can be found there as well.


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Happy surfing!! :)
chryssi2001 MRU Teacher Emeritus
May 10, 2009, 7:39 AM UTC
As your problems appear to have been resolved,

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