right this is one very nasty virus that hides all over the place,Before you can remove using this method you need to know exactly when you were infected preferably time and date but date alone will do
1/ go to control panel and systems,turn off your systems restore it isnt any good now because its infected
2/ shut down pc and reboot in safe mode
3/ this is why you need to know when you were infected//,, when pc is in safe mode click on start and search,click all files and folders,including hidden folders,click on speicify date and enter the date you were infected,IE if it was nov 01 2008 enter this in both date boxes , at the top of this box type in .exe this is all you type nothing else just .exe and start the search going,
4/ the virus connects and starts itself because its a executable file, now comes the bit that will make anyone think twice, when the search has completed delete all the files found UNLESS you actually recognize the file and now what program its for DELETE it.
5/ this will stop the virus connecting to the net,and will take away the yellow warning triangle in the systems tray
6/ reboot into normal mode
7/ you will see the toolbar still there DO NOT TRY AND DO ANYTHING WITH IT AT THIS POINT or all you have done will be a waste of time
8/ connect to the net and download the free version of ADAWARE and install,get all updates,When you have all the updates run a scan a full systems scan
9/ it MAY pick out the virus(toolbar) first time IT MAY not,you might have to run this 2--3 times each time deleting what it has found DO NOT QUARRENTINE ,delete
10/ when this has been done and the toolbar has gone with everything else the yellow warning triangle etc GO TO your favourites and it is in there as well listed as antivrus scan DO NOT CLICK ON IT TO OPEN right click and delete,then empty the recycle bin,
11/ go to control panel / systems and turn on the systems restore and create a restore point
12/ using your normal soft ware clean out any *** files,if you do not have soft ware for this then download the free version of a program called *** cleaner i think this program is excellent
13/ at this point your pc should be clean and functioning as it should do
14/ this is how i cleaned out mine , but be aware .exe files are important to the systems of your pc so i will take no responibilty if you crash your pc take your time and becarfull BEST OF LUCK
FINALLY do an adaware scan and a full systems scan with your normal antivrus program just to be safe
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