new spyware wont detect

[steve]

I accidentally downloaded some spyware b4 installing the
anti spyware prog. I am a seasoned spyware remover,
removed aurora and everything without spyware prog in the
past. This new spyware installs a search bar that nothing
detects, it disables the active protection in win anti spy
on all 3 levels, it pops up adds, it does not create a
process in memory, nor does it seem to exist anywhere. It
does activate on boot from a driectory that doesnt seem to
exist c:\windows\etb\pokapoka66.exe

 

[Tom Emmelot]

Hello Steve,

it is Elitebar and I Quote Engel and Andy Manchesta:


This procedure, is provided by Andy Manchesta (here, on
the newsgoups) for someone else with the same problem, as
you have.

So go through it step by step and it should resolve your
problem. In any case, however, if you have problems or
questions - post them here And after cleaning the
system please scan it once again (just to check if nothing
has been left over).

So here it goes:

================ by Andy Manchesta ====================

Usually its not that hard to remove Elite bar but your
post says new variant so maybe the fixes below are already
out of date,try them in safe mode as well as the other
scanners you have,If this dont kill it then it may take
programs such as startdreck & hijackthis to reveal whats
going on. (Copy this to notepad so you can still view it
in safe mode if needed )

Turn off your system restore goto start>right click
mycomputer > choose properties > then goto system restore

and exit.

Re-enable system restore when you get it clean again by
following the above and uncheckin ' turn off system
restore' then press apply.

Download Ccleaner (remove temp & unused files)
http://download.ccleaner.com/download119bin.asp

Download the elite bar remover
http://www.simplytech.it/ETRemover/ETRemover_v130.zip

(This needs to be run in safe mode-reboot and tap F8
untill you see the option page then choose safe mode)

Run the above remover in safe mode with system restore
tuned off then Ccleaner on all 3 settings(windows,apps &
issues) and clear anything found reboot and see if it
still exists.


Plan B

If the problems are still there use this batch file & reg
fix Elite Bar Removal Batch File.

This attempts to remove all Elite Tool Bar entries .

Download from:
http://andymanchesta.com/Downloads/eliteremover.bat

Also download this regfix to remove all the reg values
related to elitebar

REGFIX DOWNLOAD

Right click this link and save the file to your desktop.
http://andymanchesta.com/Downloads/eliteremove.reg

Restart the PC in Safe Mode and then double click the .bat
file then run the reg fix.

Run the fix by double clicking on the eliteremove.reg file.

You will receive a message "Are you sure you want to add
information to the registry".

Click "Yes".
=========================================================

 

[Bill Sanderson]

This thread:

http://www.geekstogo.com/forum/index.php?act=ST&f=37&t=62348

claims to have resolved this with something called LQFix, which I know
nothing about.

So--I trust Andy's advice more than this Google hit, but LQFix may be worth
checking into anyway.