Spyware invasion

[SuperBoatDude586]

My brother was complaining about spyware(he's 12 ), so i came and ran adaware and spybot S & D, etc. They got most of it, but 3 still remain.

1. About every 10 min, IE tries to launch C:\Win98\dlm.html(it use d to be a plarge WARNING PORNOGRAPHY etc thing, but I deleted it. The error messages still appear)

2. IE refuses(well, it changes back as soon as I click OK) to let the homepage be changed from C:\Win98\secure.htm. I changed secure.htm to a meta refresh to the page it should be, but that's not a real decent solution.

3. According to windows resource monitor, sometimes my resources crawl down to like 1% free. This is plainly evidenced by the lockups it goes through. CTRL+ALT+Del reveals the white box of death, stating I have low resources, and asks me to close apps, etc. A quick logoff at about 10% free tells me some application which doesnt' show up in the Ctrl+Alt+del box(wmej1f or something unrecognizable) is not responding. I suspect virus/trojan. Any solutions?

Upgrading to 2K, XP is not an option, It's a 266MHZ P2. I can't reformat this box... too much data that'd need backing up.


HELP.

Edit: Damn.. this belongs somewhere else, huh?

 

[skinlab]

www.grisoft.com

 

[CentronMe]

A) Try Firefox for a web browser.

B) Move to General Software.

 

[hulksterjoe]

Run the antivirus you've got one of the viruses that hijack your browser

 

[Sole Conspirator]

Run HijackThis found here. It should take care of your problem but be careful you delete the right entries!!

 

[mosin]

Run HijackThis found here.

Good advice.

Try Firefox for a web browser.

Definately a smart move.

We get IE related spyware/malware/adware problems here everyday, but none from users of other browsers. This should tell you something, regardless of other views on the issue.