some of these I had, the combofix did not. got my permissions bad. So far so good, looks like it might fly. Still had a persistant ( internet speed control ) or something to that affect. superspyware remover seems so far to have got that. I may still install my webroot sw and do another scan. running more av scans. gpedit is still defunc but no biggy.
thanks fred ----- Original Message ----- From: Tharin Olsen To: The Hardware List Sent: Tuesday, October 02, 2007 12:57 PM Subject: Re: [H] restoring policy's ? Download any of the tools below. I think the first two, SDFix and ComboFix, are the most recent. Essentially they are self-extracting archives with batch scripts that will reset the changed policy settings, scan for various trojans and malware, then give you a final report when its over. If you understand what details the report has it can clue you in on whether there is more material that needs to be dealt with. Run them while in safe mode. SDFix http://downloads.andymanchesta.com/RemovalTools/SDFix.exe ComboFix http://download.bleepingcomputer.com/sUBs/ComboFix.exe SmitFraudFix http://siri.urz.free.fr/Fix/SmitfraudFix_En.php SmitRem http://noahdfear.geekstogo.com/ If its reeeaally messed up I'd recommend pulling the drive and scanning it with a good computer with hopefully several antivirus tools i.e. AntiVir, AVG, Avast, Panda, etc. And also sweep the drive with more than one Malware scanner like Ad-aware, Spybot Search & Destroy, AVG AntiSpyware, or Webroot. Then re-run one of the tools I posted the links for. If those steps dont take care of it it may be better to just format and start over. -Tharin O. FORC5 <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: Have a REALLY screwed up one. Spyware or something has basically locked out everything. While I did get the control panel back none of the applets run. gpedit.msc says file not found. can not manage users. Was able to fix this a little and it is better but some of this needs to be restored. I suspect a whole system restore is needed to be honest but I always respect a challenge. :-D Any suggestions will be helpful. ( or tools ) fp -- Tallyho ! ]:8) Taglines below ! -- Nobody home but the lights, and they're out too.