"Spy vs Spy" <hjf@hg.com> wrote:

> Ran both. Removed about 50 items.
>
> As soon as I open up a browser, the connect out attempts start all over
> again.
>
> Permanently "Denying" these attempts sends the mischievous program into
> some kind of loop that makes my "Quick Launch" bar almost unusable.
>
> Help !

When Ad-aware and SpyBot don't pick up the *complete* hijack, run Hijack This.
http://www.spywareinfo.com/~merijn/files/hijackthis.zip

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Unzip, double-click "HijackThis.exe" and Press "Scan".

When the scan is finished, the "Scan" button will change into a "Save Log" button.
Click: "Save Log" (generates: "hijackthis.log")

Next, go to: http://www.spywareinfo.com/forums/

Sign in, go to the "Spyware and Hijackware Removal" section.
Press "New Topic", copy and paste hijackthis.log into your new message.
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HTH & Please post back with your findings...


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