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Hi and sorry for the long delay. The last few days i was busy deleting the "extra cleaning tools" that i had downloaded and trying to figure out why i still get that "Windows.ActiveDesktop" warning in spybot s&d. In the meantime, I ran into trouble with windows picture and fax viewer! I would double click on a picture and nothing would happen. Fortunately i registered a ".dll" file that somehow had been unregistered and i got it back. Anyway, dont worry about that warning message(I gave up trying to fix it) and besides i dont think there are any perfectly clean running computers any

Hi, The only thing i have noticed is that windows takes a long time to load, about twice as long as it used to. Other than that i havent noticed any other problems. Are we done cleaning the pc of spyware and viruses? And if so, can i start removing the extra cleaning tools that i downloaded and dont longer need?

Hello again and many thanks! I performed all the steps you outlined(a bit tedious but i guess necessary). Unfortunately, while i was in safe mode and after performing all the scans and using the smitRem tool, i forgot to go to Display > Desktop > Customize Desktop > Web > Uncheck "Security Info". I only remembered after i booted into normal mode. I went this location and looked for "security info" but i did not find. I hope this step was not too critical! Anyway, most of my scans looked to be relatively clean with only several spyware cookie infections. The only exception w

Hi Here is the reported problem by spybot s&d: Windows.ActiveDesktop: User settings (Registry change, nothing done) HKEY_USERS\S-1-5-21-1123561945-764733703-1343024091-1004\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Policies\ActiveDesktop\NoHTMLWallPaper!=W=1 --- Spybot - Search && Destroy version: 1.3 --- 2006-01-13 Includes\Cookies.sbi 2006-01-13 Includes\Dialer.sbi 2006-01-13 Includes\Hijackers.sbi 2006-01-13 Includes\Keyloggers.sbi 2004-11-29 Includes\LSP.sbi 2006-01-13 Includes\Malware.sbi 2006-01-13 Includes\PUPS.sbi 2006-01-13 Includes\Revision.sbi 2006-01-13 Includes\Secu

Hi and sorry for the delay, Here is my new HijackThis log: Logfile of HijackThis v1.99.1 Scan saved at 11:05:27 AM, on 1/13/2006 Platform: Windows XP SP2 (WinNT 5.01.2600) MSIE: Internet Explorer v6.00 SP2 (6.00.2900.2180) Running processes: C:\WINDOWS\System32\smss.exe C:\WINDOWS\system32\winlogon.exe C:\WINDOWS\system32\services.exe C:\WINDOWS\system32\lsass.exe C:\WINDOWS\System32\Ati2evxx.exe C:\WINDOWS\system32\svchost.exe C:\WINDOWS\System32\svchost.exe C:\WINDOWS\Explorer.EXE C:\WINDOWS\system32\spoolsv.exe C:\Program Files\Common Files\Symantec Shared\ccSetMgr.exe C:\WINDOWS\System32\c

Hi, I performed all the steps you outlined in your previous post plus i rescanned with norton av2005, adaware se and spybot s&d so I know where I stand. Norton av2005 scan came out clean as did adaware scan. However, when I scanned with spybot i still get one entry from Windows.ActiveDesktop flagged. I "fixed" it but it reappears after a re-scan! I will add the photo attachment at the end of this post. Ok here is my new HijackThis log: Logfile of HijackThis v1.99.1 Scan saved at 7:56:04 AM, on 1/10/2006 Platform: Windows XP SP2 (WinNT 5.01.2600) MSIE: Internet Explorer v6.00 SP2 (6.00.2

Hello and happy new year to everyone! Yesterday, while surfing the net I got infected with trojans and spyware. I managed to remove most of these infections with norton av 2005, spybot s&d and adaware se, however a few remain in my registry. The infections I cannot get rid of and the ones that still show up with spybot scans are 6 entries from CoolWWWSearch.WCADW and one entry from Windows.ActiveDesktop. Spybot says that these entries have modified my registry! While performing Adaware scans no threats appear! Norton Av 2005 found and deleted 6-7 adaware programs and automatically de