I have a serious problem at the moment with this trojan that is impossible to remove . I have searched to the end of the internet and downloaded more spyware programs than you can point a hot stick at and still this trojan refuses to budge. Same old story it comes up, says it need to reboot to delete, but ofcourse its still there when i boot up. the main program i am using to locate the trojan at the moment is XoftSpy 4.15. it can easily recognise it but if i even try and remove it the computer goes into panick mode and a little dialog box appears and gives me 60 seconds untill my computer shuts down. the trojan is Troj/Tofger-AW and is located in C:\\windows\svchost.exe. I also believe that it is this trojan that is responsible for the pop-up dialog box's that appear whenever I'm online. There are several different variations of box's but they all basically tell me I have a problem with my registration and that i need to go to the site listed at the bottom of the box (the sites are always different depending on the box that appears). I don't know if it helps but some of the sites its asking me to visit are: www.wupdate.net, http://fixmyreg.com.

someone out there for the love of god please help me with this befor i put my fist through the monitor in frustration and take a rusty chainsaw to the hard drive!

thanx


Oh and here is my highjackthis log file


Logfile of HijackThis v1.99.1
Scan saved at 2:35:21 PM, on 12/08/2005
Platform: Windows XP (WinNT 5.01.2600)
MSIE: Internet Explorer v6.00 (6.00.2600.0000)

Running processes:
C:\WINDOWS\System32\smss.exe
C:\WINDOWS\system32\csrss.exe
C:\WINDOWS\system32\winlogon.exe
C:\WINDOWS\system32\services.exe
C:\WINDOWS\system32\lsass.exe
C:\WINDOWS\system32\svchost.exe
C:\WINDOWS\System32\svchost.exe
C:\WINDOWS\System32\svchost.exe
C:\WINDOWS\System32\svchost.exe
C:\WINDOWS\system32\spoolsv.exe
C:\WINDOWS\Explorer.EXE
C:\Program Files\QuickTime\qttask.exe
C:\Program Files\iTunes\iTunesHelper.exe
C:\Program Files\Common Files\Real\Update_OB\realsched.exe
C:\Program Files\OptusNet Dial-up Internet\DSC.exe
C:\WINDOWS\AGRSMMSG.exe
C:\Program Files\iPod\bin\iPodService.exe
C:\Program Files\MSN Messenger\MsnMsgr.Exe
C:\Program Files\HistoryKill\histkill.exe
C:\PROGRA~1\BANDWI~1\Bandwidth Monitor Pro.exe
C:\WINDOWS\svchost.exe
C:\WINDOWS\System32\devldr32.exe
C:\Program Files\HistoryKill\hkPopupKiller.exe
C:\Program Files\Internet Explorer\iexplore.exe
C:\0 downloads\hijackthis.exe

R0 - HKCU\Software\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Main,Start Page = http://www.optusnet.com.au/
R1 - HKLM\Software\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Main,Default_Page_URL = http://www.optusnet.com.au/
R1 - HKCU\Software\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Main,Window Title = Internet Explorer from OptusNet
R1 - HKCU\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Int ernet Settings,ProxyOverride = 0<local>
R3 - Default URLSearchHook is missing
F2 - REG:system.ini: Shell=
O2 - BHO: AcroIEHlprObj Class - {06849E9F-C8D7-4D59-B87D-784B7D6BE0B3} - C:\Program Files\Adobe\Acrobat 6.0\Reader\ActiveX\AcroIEHelper.dll
O2 - BHO: PCTools Site Guard - {5C8B2A36-3DB1-42A4-A3CB-D426709BBFEB} - C:\PROGRA~1\SPYWAR~1\tools\iesdsg.dll
O2 - BHO: ST - {9394EDE7-C8B5-483E-8773-474BF36AF6E4} - C:\Program Files\MSN Apps\ST\01.03.0000.1005\en-xu\stmain.dll
O2 - BHO: PCTools Browser Monitor - {B56A7D7D-6927-48C8-A975-17DF180C71AC} - C:\PROGRA~1\SPYWAR~1\tools\iesdpb.dll
O2 - BHO: MSNToolBandBHO - {BDBD1DAD-C946-4A17-ADC1-64B5B4FF55D0} - C:\Program Files\MSN Apps\MSN Toolbar\01.02.3000.1001\en-us\msntb.dll
O3 - Toolbar: &Radio - {8E718888-423F-11D2-876E-00A0C9082467} - C:\WINDOWS\System32\msdxm.ocx
O3 - Toolbar: MSN - {BDAD1DAD-C946-4A17-ADC1-64B5B4FF55D0} - C:\Program Files\MSN Apps\MSN Toolbar\01.02.3000.1001\en-us\msntb.dll
O4 - HKLM\..\Run: [NeroFilterCheck] C:\WINDOWS\system32\NeroCheck.exe
O4 - HKLM\..\Run: [QuickTime Task] "C:\Program Files\QuickTime\qttask.exe" -atboottime
O4 - HKLM\..\Run: [iTunesHelper] C:\Program Files\iTunes\iTunesHelper.exe
O4 - HKLM\..\Run: [TkBellExe] "C:\Program Files\Common Files\Real\Update_OB\realsched.exe" -osboot
O4 - HKLM\..\Run: [Desktop Service Centre] C:\Program Files\OptusNet Dial-up Internet\DSC.exe
O4 - HKLM\..\Run: [AGRSMMSG] AGRSMMSG.exe
O4 - HKLM\..\Run: [SpeedOptimizer] C:\PROGRA~1\SPEEDO~1\SPO.EXE -s
O4 - HKLM\..\RunOnce: [tlc] C:\WINDOWS\update13.js
O4 - HKCU\..\Run: [MSMSGS] "C:\Program Files\Messenger\msmsgs.exe" /background
O4 - HKCU\..\Run: [MsnMsgr] "C:\Program Files\MSN Messenger\MsnMsgr.Exe" /background
O4 - HKCU\..\Run: [HistoryKill] C:\Program Files\HistoryKill\histkill.exe /startup
O4 - HKCU\..\Run: [Bandwidth Monitor Pro] "C:\PROGRA~1\BANDWI~1\Bandwidth Monitor Pro.exe" /minimized
O4 - HKCU\..\Run: [Spyware Doctor] "C:\Program Files\Spyware Doctor\swdoctor.exe" /Q
O8 - Extra context menu item: &Download with &DAP - C:\PROGRA~1\DAP\dapextie.htm
O8 - Extra context menu item: Download &all with DAP - C:\PROGRA~1\DAP\dapextie2.htm
O9 - Extra button: (no name) - {08B0E5C0-4FCB-11CF-AAA5-00401C608501} - C:\Program Files\Java\j2re1.4.2\bin\npjpi142.dll
O9 - Extra 'Tools' menuitem: Sun Java Console - {08B0E5C0-4FCB-11CF-AAA5-00401C608501} - C:\Program Files\Java\j2re1.4.2\bin\npjpi142.dll
O9 - Extra button: Spyware Doctor - {2D663D1A-8670-49D9-A1A5-4C56B4E14E84} - C:\PROGRA~1\SPYWAR~1\tools\iesdpb.dll
O9 - Extra button: Run DAP - {669695BC-A811-4A9D-8CDF-BA8C795F261C} - C:\PROGRA~1\DAP\DAP.EXE
O14 - IERESET.INF: START_PAGE_URL=http://www.optusnet.com.au/
O15 - Trusted IP range: 67.19.178.84
O15 - Trusted IP range: 67.19.178.84 (HKLM)
O16 - DPF: {04E214E5-63AF-4236-83C6-A7ADCBF9BD02} (HouseCall Control) - http://housecall60.trendmicro.com/housecall/xscan60.cab
O16 - DPF: {6414512B-B978-451D-A0D8-FCFDF33E833C} (WUWebControl Class) - http://update.microsoft.com/windowsu...?1123804682467
O16 - DPF: {B38870E4-7ECB-40DA-8C6A-595F0A5519FF} (MsnMessengerSetupDownloadControl Class) - http://messenger.msn.com/download/Ms...Downloader.cab
O17 - HKLM\System\CCS\Services\Tcpip\..\{3123F444-8E75-4814-A341-98918D83B0C0}: NameServer = 203.2.75.132 198.142.0.51
O23 - Service: iPod Service (iPodService) - Apple Computer, Inc. - C:\Program Files\iPod\bin\iPodService.exe



hope that helps

HJThis should be along tomorrow to read your log.

I would just point out:

Please when this issue is resolved download SP2 & all subsequent Critical Updates!

You are not even running SP1

Alot of holes have been found & fixed but you need to install all the fixes to prevent issues like those that you are having!

um sp-who? i have no idea wot that means! hmmm do i need to download updates from windows or something?