Re: Ezula infection and reinstall

Did you format & reinstall or do a Repair Install? The latter will not
address the problem.

Checking for/Help with Hijackware
http://aumha.org/a/parasite.htm
http://aumha.org/a/quickfix.htm
http://aumha.net/viewtopic.php?t=5878
http://wiki.castlecops.com/Malware_R...:_Introduction
http://mvps.org/winhelp2002/unwanted.htm
http://inetexplorer.mvps.org/data/prevention.htm
http://inetexplorer.mvps.org/tshoot.html
http://www.mvps.org/sramesh2k/Malware_Defence.htm
http://defendingyourmachine.blogspot.com/
http://www.elephantboycomputers.com/...moving_Malware

When all else fails, HijackThis v1.99.1
(http://aumha.org/downloads/hijackthis.zip) is the preferred tool to use.
It will help you to both identify and remove any hijackware/spyware. **Post
your log to http://aumha.net/viewforum.php?f=30,
http://castlecops.com/forum67.html,
http://forums.subratam.org/index.php?showforum=7, or other appropriate
forums for expert analysis, not here.**

If the procedures look too complex - and there is no shame in admitting this
isn't your cup of tea - take the machine to a local, reputable and
independent (i.e., not BigBoxStoreUSA) computer repair shop.
--
~Robear Dyer (PA Bear)
MS MVP-Windows (IE, OE, Security, Shell/User)


befuddled wrote:
> Recently had an Ezula infection and had to reinstall XP Pro, ran spy ware
> and registry cleaner and shows that everything is clean of the Ezula
> thing,
> but know I have had to download SP2 again. Everything says that SP2
> download was successful but I am having a lot of problems. When I search
> SP2 files and folders I have a lot of entries that show up in Blue when
> the
> rest are in black, there are also some blue entries in the registry that
> were not there until I downloaded SP2. What does this mean? Also ie6 does
> not work, I have attempted to reinstall it but that doesn't seem to help,
> even installed Netscape and still cannot open any pages. ie6 does not have
> an uninstall or fix feature.
>
> Can anyone tell me what is going on here? The computer is a Sony Vaio
> 520GB
> with 1.50 GB RAM. Scan disks and defrags don't help. I'm about ready to
> just
> shoot this thing.

I suggest posting to WinXP General newsgroup for further assistance:
microsoft.public.windowsxp.general
--
~PA Bear

befuddled wrote:
> Formatted and did a clean install. HijackThis finds nothing.
>
> "PA Bear" wrote:
>
>> Did you format & reinstall or do a Repair Install? The latter will not
>> address the problem.
>>
>> Checking for/Help with Hijackware
>> http://aumha.org/a/parasite.htm
>> http://aumha.org/a/quickfix.htm
>> http://aumha.net/viewtopic.php?t=5878
>> http://wiki.castlecops.com/Malware_R...:_Introduction
>> http://mvps.org/winhelp2002/unwanted.htm
>> http://inetexplorer.mvps.org/data/prevention.htm
>> http://inetexplorer.mvps.org/tshoot.html
>> http://www.mvps.org/sramesh2k/Malware_Defence.htm
>> http://defendingyourmachine.blogspot.com/
>> http://www.elephantboycomputers.com/...moving_Malware
>>
>> When all else fails, HijackThis v1.99.1
>> (http://aumha.org/downloads/hijackthis.zip) is the preferred tool to use.
>> It will help you to both identify and remove any hijackware/spyware.
>> **Post your log to http://aumha.net/viewforum.php?f=30,
>> http://castlecops.com/forum67.html,
>> http://forums.subratam.org/index.php?showforum=7, or other appropriate
>> forums for expert analysis, not here.**
>>
>> If the procedures look too complex - and there is no shame in admitting
>> this isn't your cup of tea - take the machine to a local, reputable and
>> independent (i.e., not BigBoxStoreUSA) computer repair shop.
>> --
>> ~Robear Dyer (PA Bear)
>> MS MVP-Windows (IE, OE, Security, Shell/User)
>>
>>
>> befuddled wrote:
>>> Recently had an Ezula infection and had to reinstall XP Pro, ran spy
>>> ware
>>> and registry cleaner and shows that everything is clean of the Ezula
>>> thing,
>>> but know I have had to download SP2 again. Everything says that SP2
>>> download was successful but I am having a lot of problems. When I search
>>> SP2 files and folders I have a lot of entries that show up in Blue when
>>> the
>>> rest are in black, there are also some blue entries in the registry that
>>> were not there until I downloaded SP2. What does this mean? Also ie6
>>> does
>>> not work, I have attempted to reinstall it but that doesn't seem to
>>> help,
>>> even installed Netscape and still cannot open any pages. ie6 does not
>>> have
>>> an uninstall or fix feature.
>>>
>>> Can anyone tell me what is going on here? The computer is a Sony Vaio
>>> 520GB
>>> with 1.50 GB RAM. Scan disks and defrags don't help. I'm about ready to
>>> just
>>> shoot this thing.