I have a really strange spyware/adware/backdoor/trojan problem. The comp
was a
former Windowsme upgraded with winxp pro build 2600. A couple of days ago I
noticed everytime I
logged on I would get a msg "The application or DLL
c:\windows\system32\wowfx.dll is not a valid windows image. Please check
this against your installation diskette." I also notice for each startup
item or indeed for any program I run there is
this popup with not a valid windows image for the
named program.

I notice also that at the background when I load windows there is a msg that
says "Warning! spyware detected on your computer install an antivirus or
spyware
remover to clean your computer". I suspect this msg maybe the
trojan/backdoor/adware/virus. In my program files
there is a folder called mywebsearch, I also am unable to access my control
panel so I can uninstall whatever program I might have installed to
have caused this. I noticed the problems soon after installing panda
antivirus, first time I ran hijackthis it told me that the administrator
had disabled registry editing (except I am the only system admin, but didn't
create an administrator account called administrator when I installed winxp
pro
build 2600), it specifically says "Registry editing has been disabled by
your administrator",
and programs take an age to load if at all, most of the times, I get an RPC
call
error and the system reboots.

Each time I log in, I see a network connection is being attempted to various
sites by the spyware/adware/backdoor/trojan (however I and it is unable to
access the internet even with my isp user/pass).

Any help will be greatly appreciated.