After getting rid of virus

[Chicken]

After finally removing Total PC Defender..I have icons on desktop but when I
click windows cannot find file. Same with using start..Have I deleted
something maybe? Can only use computer off line..will not connect to
internet...

 

[Elmo]

After finally removing Total PC Defender..I have icons on desktop but when I
click windows cannot find file. Same with using start..Have I deleted
something maybe? Can only use computer off line..will not connect to
internet...

Here are a few things to try for the failed internet connection:

Open Internet Options, Connections tab, click "Lan Settings" button,
deselect all.

Flush DNS

Click Start, Run, type CMD and click the [OK] button. Type each of the
following:

IPConfig /FlushDNS [Press Enter key]
ipconfig /release [Press Enter key]
ipconfig /renew [Press Enter key]
ipconfig /registerdns [Press Enter key]

NETSH

Click Start, Run, type CMD and click the [OK] button. Type the following:

netsh winsock reset

Press Enter key

Restart the system

You can also try this software download from a working machine:

LSP-Fix
http://www.cexx.org/lspfix.htm

But for the programs not opening, try these:

Burn BitDefender, or another program listed at the link below, to a CD
(using a working machine) and test the infected machine with it.
BitDefender also has a Rootkit checker on the Linux Desktop; run it if
you think that's the problem:

http://www.techmixer.com/free-bootable-antivirus-rescue-cds-download-list/

Download the executable rather than the .iso image, if one is available,
(though no .exe is available for BitDefender).

After the scan is run, if you elect to quarantine files, they're
quarantined to RAM and lost after you reboot. You'll need to copy any
quarantined files to the hard drive, a thumb drive or elsewhere before
exiting.

Then run these:

Malwarebytes© Corporation
http://www.malwarebytes.org/mbam/program/mbam-setup.exe

SuperAntispyware
http://www.superantispyware.com/superantispywarefreevspro.html

 

[db]

you might try to right click
on the shortcut

and review the properties
page.

in one of the tabs you will
find the start-in directory

and you will have the opportunity
to open the directory/folder the
shortcut is referencing/targeting.

what you to do by the above is
to double check that the shortcut
is referencing the .exe file.

if the shortcut has no target
directory/folder,

then you may have to
manually re create the
shortcut again.

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another point to consider
is that your system restore
may have that rogue program
archived inside the restore
points.

so keep in mind that you may
inadvertently reinstall that rogue
program if you execute a restore
point in the future.

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~~~~~~~~~~"share the nirvana" - dbZen

 

[Chicken]

nothing worked...ran commands and dowloaded LSP fix on flash drive but it
found nothing. I will check out BitDefender..used Malwarebytes to get rid of
virus but not
superantispyware, so I will try that also...Thanks Elmo

 

[20100204]

nothing worked...ran commands and dowloaded LSP fix on flash drive but it
found nothing. I will check out BitDefender..used Malwarebytes to get rid of

Nothing works with the advise you get on these newsgroups. Your only
option is to wipe the disk clean i.e. reformat your HD and then start
all over again. I would not trust any anti-spyware (or anti-viruses)
once the system is breached. The fact that you got infected is
indicative that these anti-viruses don't work. Also, if you had
anything from Pig-Bear then "god help you" because he is a member of the
geriatric society of United States and so by definition knows nothing.