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Hi there,
Hope someone can help me, I can't seem to open anything on my pc the only message I get is 'windows cannot find*****make sure you typed the name correctly and try again'
I've tried to download and open hijackthis but although I see it on my desktop it fails to run, as does anything.
I managed to run spbot and although it found loads of stuff it can't fix them,
Any help to fix this would be appreciated as I don't know what to do next
I need a spybot report to see what it's detecting

To do this:

  • Run a scan with Spybot
  • Right click in the results window and click Copy results to clipboard
  • Then use ctrl+v or right click>paste to paste the results a reply to this topic
Here's the log, hope this helps as i've not got a clue




Inet Delivery: User settings (Registry key, nothing done)
HKEY_USERS\.default\Software\Inet Delivery

Inet Delivery: User settings (Registry key, nothing done)
HKEY_USERS\s-1-5-18\Software\Inet Delivery

Inet Delivery: Uninstall settings (Registry key, nothing done)
HKEY_USERS\.default\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Uninstall\Inet Delivery

Inet Delivery: Uninstall settings (Registry key, nothing done)
HKEY_USERS\s-1-5-18\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Uninstall\Inet Delivery

Inet Delivery: Program directory (Directory, nothing done)
C:\Program Files\Inet Delivery\

GoldenPalace.Casino: Uninstall settings (Registry key, nothing done)
HKEY_USERS\.default\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Uninstall\Golden Palace Casino NEW

GoldenPalace.Casino: Uninstall settings (Registry key, nothing done)
HKEY_USERS\s-1-5-18\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Uninstall\Golden Palace Casino NEW

MagicControl.Agent: Uninstall settings (Registry key, nothing done)
HKEY_USERS\.default\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Uninstall\mslagent

MagicControl.Agent: Uninstall settings (Registry key, nothing done)
HKEY_USERS\s-1-5-18\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Uninstall\mslagent

MagicControl.Agent: Program directory (Directory, nothing done)
C:\WINDOWS\mslagent\

Win32.Agent.pz: Settings (Registry value, nothing done)
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows NT\CurrentVersion\Winlogon\Userinit=...C:\WINDOWS\system32\ntos.exe,...

Smitfraud-C.: Autorun settings (Registry value, nothing done)
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run\System

Microsoft.Windows.Explorer: User settings (Registry change, nothing done)
HKEY_USERS\.default\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Policies\Explorer\NoControlPanel!=W=0

Microsoft.Windows.Explorer: User settings (Registry change, nothing done)
HKEY_USERS\s-1-5-18\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Policies\Explorer\NoControlPanel!=W=0

Microsoft.Windows.Explorer: User settings (Registry change, nothing done)
HKEY_USERS\.default\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Policies\Explorer\NoFolderOptions!=W=0

Microsoft.Windows.Explorer: User settings (Registry change, nothing done)
HKEY_USERS\s-1-5-21-1060284298-1580436667-725345543-1003\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Policies\Explorer\NoFolderOptions!=W=0

Microsoft.Windows.Explorer: User settings (Registry change, nothing done)
HKEY_USERS\s-1-5-18\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Policies\Explorer\NoFolderOptions!=W=0

Microsoft.WindowsSecurityCenter.TaskManager: Settings (Registry change, nothing done)
HKEY_USERS\.default\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Policies\System\DisableTaskMgr!=dword:0

Microsoft.WindowsSecurityCenter.TaskManager: Settings (Registry change, nothing done)
HKEY_USERS\s-1-5-21-1060284298-1580436667-725345543-1003\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Policies\System\DisableTaskMgr!=dword:0

Microsoft.WindowsSecurityCenter.TaskManager: Settings (Registry change, nothing done)
HKEY_USERS\s-1-5-18\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Policies\System\DisableTaskMgr!=dword:0

Microsoft.WindowsSecurityCenter.RegistryTools: Settings (Registry change, nothing done)
HKEY_USERS\.default\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\policies\system\DisableRegistryTools!=dword:0

Microsoft.WindowsSecurityCenter.RegistryTools: Settings (Registry change, nothing done)
HKEY_USERS\s-1-5-21-1060284298-1580436667-725345543-1003\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\policies\system\DisableRegistryTools!=dword:0

Microsoft.WindowsSecurityCenter.RegistryTools: Settings (Registry change, nothing done)
HKEY_USERS\s-1-5-18\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\policies\system\DisableRegistryTools!=dword:0

Microsoft.WindowsSecurityCenter.RegistryTools: Settings (Registry change, nothing done)
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\policies\system\DisableRegistryTools!=dword:0

Microsoft.WindowsSecurityCenter.TaskManager: Settings (Registry change, nothing done)
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\policies\system\DisableTaskMgr!=dword:0

MediaUpdate: Class ID (Registry key, nothing done)
HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\CLSID\{B8C0220D-763D-49A4-95F4-61DFDEC66EE6}

BraveSentry: Settings (Registry value, nothing done)
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\kr_done1

PWS.LDPinchIE: User settings (Registry value, nothing done)
HKEY_USERS\.default\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\idstrf

PWS.LDPinchIE: User settings (Registry value, nothing done)
HKEY_USERS\s-1-5-21-1060284298-1580436667-725345543-1003\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\idstrf

PWS.LDPinchIE: User settings (Registry value, nothing done)
HKEY_USERS\s-1-5-18\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\idstrf

Win32.Agent.ac: Settings (Registry key, nothing done)
HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\CLSID\{54645654-2225-4455-44A1-9F4543D34545}

Zlob.DNSChanger: TCP/IP Settings #1 (Undefined) (Registry change, nothing done)
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Services\Tcpip\Parameters\NameServer=208.67.220.220,208.67.222.222

Virtumonde: Settings (Registry key, nothing done)
HKEY_USERS\.default\Software\mwc

Virtumonde: Settings (Registry key, nothing done)
HKEY_USERS\s-1-5-21-1060284298-1580436667-725345543-1003\Software\mwc

Virtumonde: Settings (Registry key, nothing done)
HKEY_USERS\s-1-5-18\Software\mwc

Zlob.Downloader.vcd: Uninstall settings (Registry key, nothing done)
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Uninstall\WebVideo


--- Spybot - Search & Destroy version: 1.4 (build: 20050523) ---

2005-05-31 blindman.exe (1.0.0.1)
2005-05-31 SpybotSD.exe (1.4.0.3)
2005-05-31 TeaTimer.exe (1.4.0.2)
2007-11-04 unins000.exe (51.41.0.0)
2005-05-31 Update.exe (1.4.0.0)
2007-05-23 advcheck.dll (1.5.3.0)
2005-05-31 aports.dll (2.1.0.0)
2005-05-31 borlndmm.dll (7.0.4.453)
2005-05-31 delphimm.dll (7.0.4.453)
2005-05-31 SDHelper.dll (1.4.0.0)
2007-07-31 Tools.dll (2.1.2.0)
2005-05-31 UnzDll.dll (1.73.1.1)
2005-05-31 ZipDll.dll (1.73.2.0)
2007-10-31 Includes\Cookies.sbi (*)
2007-10-31 Includes\Dialer.sbi (*)
2007-10-31 Includes\DialerC.sbi (*)
2007-08-29 Includes\Hijackers.sbi (*)
2007-10-31 Includes\HijackersC.sbi (*)
2007-10-04 Includes\Keyloggers.sbi (*)
2007-10-31 Includes\KeyloggersC.sbi (*)
2007-10-24 Includes\Malware.sbi (*)
2007-10-31 Includes\MalwareC.sbi (*)
2007-10-24 Includes\PUPS.sbi (*)
2007-10-31 Includes\PUPSC.sbi (*)
2007-10-31 Includes\Revision.sbi (*)
2007-05-30 Includes\Security.sbi (*)
2007-10-31 Includes\SecurityC.sbi (*)
2007-10-24 Includes\Spybots.sbi (*)
2007-10-31 Includes\SpybotsC.sbi (*)
2007-08-21 Includes\Tracks.uti
2007-11-01 Includes\Trojans.sbi (*)
2007-10-31 Includes\TrojansC.sbi (*)
2007-06-06 Plugins\TCPIPAddress.dll
I am sorry to inform you that one or more of the identified infections on your system is a Backdoor Trojan.

Backdoor Trojans are the most dangerous and most widespread type of Trojan. Backdoor Trojans provide the author or "master" of the Trojan with remote "administration" of victim machines. Unlike legitimate remote administration utilities, they install, launch and run invisibly, without the consent or knowledge of the user. Once installed, Backdoor Trojans can be instructed to send, receive, execute and delete files, harvest confidential data from the computer, log activity on the computer and more.

I would counsel you to disconnect this PC from the Internet immediately. If you do any banking or other financial transactions on the PC or if it should contain any other sensitive information, please get to a known clean computer and change all passwords where applicable, and it would be wise to contact those same financial institutions to apprise them of your situation.

In addition to the Backdoor Trojans that have been identified, your computer is afflicted with multiple other infections. Although we can make an attempt to clean this machine, we cannot guarantee that it will be secure afterwards. Your best and safest course of action is a reformat and reinstallation of the Windows operating system.

If you do decide to attempt cleaning rather than a reformat, do understand that although we may be able to remove all known visible malware, we cannot guarantee that unknown and unseen malware will have been removed, nor will your system be restored to its pre-infection state. We cannot remedy unknown changes the malware may likely have made in order to allow itself access, nor can we repair the damages it may possibly have caused to vital system files.

Please note that even if we should be successful in removing these infections from your system, it is quite possible that the changes made to the system by the malware may impact negatively on your computer during the removal process. In short, your system may never regain its former stability or its full functionality without a reformat.

Should you have any questions, please feel free to ask.
"random/random" wrote:I am sorry to inform you that one or more of the identified infections on your system is a Backdoor Trojan.

Backdoor Trojans are the most dangerous and most widespread type of Trojan. Backdoor Trojans provide the author or "master" of the Trojan with remote "administration" of victim machines. Unlike legitimate remote administration utilities, they install, launch and run invisibly, without the consent or knowledge of the user. Once installed, Backdoor Trojans can be instructed to send, receive, execute and delete files, harvest confidential data from the computer, log activity on the computer and more.

I would counsel you to disconnect this PC from the Internet immediately. If you do any banking or other financial transactions on the PC or if it should contain any other sensitive information, please get to a known clean computer and change all passwords where applicable, and it would be wise to contact those same financial institutions to apprise them of your situation.

In addition to the Backdoor Trojans that have been identified, your computer is afflicted with multiple other infections. Although we can make an attempt to clean this machine, we cannot guarantee that it will be secure afterwards. Your best and safest course of action is a reformat and reinstallation of the Windows operating system.

If you do decide to attempt cleaning rather than a reformat, do understand that although we may be able to remove all known visible malware, we cannot guarantee that unknown and unseen malware will have been removed, nor will your system be restored to its pre-infection state. We cannot remedy unknown changes the malware may likely have made in order to allow itself access, nor can we repair the damages it may possibly have caused to vital system files.

Please note that even if we should be successful in removing these infections from your system, it is quite possible that the changes made to the system by the malware may impact negatively on your computer during the removal process. In short, your system may never regain its former stability or its full functionality without a reformat.

Should you have any questions, please feel free to ask.


Thanks for letting me know tha bad news! I think my kids have been playing about with it, I have some photos and stuff on it, is there anyway that I can keep these or backup to save them?
Lastly what is the best way to reformat
Thanks
I suggest that you save the photos and other documents to CD/DVD or other external media.

You can read about reformatting here:

When Should I Format, How Should I Reinstall
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