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All Virus's are ment to do is infect your computer. It is their mission to mess up your pc e.g delete, edit, rename files, mess up system settings etc.
The people who create them try to make it undeleteable so they will make it duplicate itself and place it all over your computer. So what happens is you AV will delete it, but there will be another one on your pc somewhere else. So it will carry on duplicating itself.
Hope this make sense

It is important to note that a virus or Trojan cannot be spread without a human action, (such as running an infected program) to keep it going.  People continue the spread of a computer virus, mostly unknowingly, by sharing infecting files or sending e-mails with viruses as attachments in the e-mail.

Can you post the name of the virus and the infected files.

Lop isn't a trojan, it's adware. Most anti-virus software miss-label what kind of danger a file is.

You're all telling me stuff I already knew... I want to know how to get rid of it for once and for all..... not what it is, etc..

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Originally posted by xen0h
or remove the adware sponsor

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use avast or bart PE

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Originally posted by xen0h
you don't remove the whole virus with windows based virus scanners, because some of the virus is running and normally won't be shutdown (the ppl who write viruses know this) so you have to use some thing to remove the viruses before the get to execute any code, so download an av that supports boot time scanning or download a live os and use it's interface to remove the virus, i recomend using an os with a virus scanner so you don't miss any files..

i remove viruses all the time for my stupid friends using the following method

download bartpe builder (www.nu2.nu/pebuilder/)
download the avast extention (http://www.avast.com/eng/avast_bart_cd.html)
make an iso
boot off your burnt iso
depending on when you made your iso update the virus defs. or not
scan and remove infected files
reboot into windows

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Dane's Basic Virus Removing Procedure for Home Users:
Print this off for offline reference.

• Turn off your computer.
  
• Boot back up, but when you see the Windows Logo Screen, Enter safe mode (Hold F8 to get this option)
  
• Log in as the affected user account (in Windows XP/Vista), Just ensure that you have administrative privileges.
  
• Go to Start -> Run -> Type "msconfig" (in Windows XP), or press the Windows Logo Key + R (in Windows Vista)
  
• Select "Selective Startup" on the General Tab, and then Press Apply/OK.  Select "Exit Without Restart".
  
• Go to Start -> Run -> type "regedit" (in Windows XP), or press the Windows Logo Key + R (in Windows Vista)
  
• Expand "HKEY_CURRENT_USER" -> "Software" -> "Microsoft" -> "Windows" -> "Current Version".
  
• Select "Run" and on the right side, confirm that all the files you see are recognizeable.  Delete the ones that are not recognizeable.  If you see an EXE such as "fejgra.exe" or what appears to be random letters and ".exe", Delete that.  It is more than likely the virus.
  
• Expand "HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE" -> "Software" -> "Microsoft" -> "Windows" -> "Current Version".
  
• Select "Run" and on the right side, confirm that all the files you see are recognizeable.  Delete the ones that are not recognizeable.  If you see an EXE such as "fejgra.exe" or what appears to be random letters and ".exe", Delete that.  It is more than likely the virus.
  
• Go to "Start" -> "All Programs" -> "Startup" and Ensure any suspicious programs arent starting up from there.
  
• When you have completed all of these tasks, reboot your computer.
  
• Re-Run your Virus Scanner.  Or, if you want a third party opinion, Visit Symantec's Norton 2008 product line website.  It is the worlds most trusted antivirus solution.  There is a 15-day Trialware Option.
  
• Remove any detections of viruses
  
• Reboot your computer
  
• Go to Start -> Run -> Type "msconfig" (in Windows XP), or press the Windows Logo Key + R (in Windows Vista)
  
• Select "Normal Startup" on the General Tab, and then Press Apply/OK.  Select "Restart after Exit".

Let us know if this does it for you.

send me your hard disk and i'll do it

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Originally posted by xen0h


download bartpe builder (www.nu2.nu/pebuilder/)
download the avast extention (http://www.avast.com/eng/avast_bart_cd.html)
make an iso
boot off your burnt iso
depending on when you made your iso update the virus defs. or not
scan and remove infected files
reboot into windows

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it has a regscanner as well and is worth knowing how to use

It's the Messenger Plus! Sponsor program. To remove it, simply download and run this file:
http://cidhelp.com/new_uninstall.exe

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Originally posted by Dane
Boot back up, but when you see the Windows Logo Screen, Enter safe mode (Hold F8 to get this option)

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its before the windows logo that you need to press F8

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Originally posted by Dane


Select "Selective Startup" on the General Tab, and then Press Apply/OK.  Select "Exit Without Restart".

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whats the point in that, selective start up is the exact same as normal start up unless you uncheck some of the options
if you want to stop things from loading when your computer starts, you need to uncheck "load start-up items"

It has nothing to do with Messenger Plus, like I stated. I've never installed the sponsor... well, maybe once when patch asked us to test it but that was a LONG time ago.  This started happening last week. Nothing to do with plus!'s sponsor..

As for the other things: Thanks, I'll try them now.