maleware or virus blocking ALL security functions

You should be able to just select to uninstall it and it should say it is already uninstall and offer to remove the entry. If that does not work, use the below reg patch.


Copy the bold text below to notepad. Save it as fixme.reg to your desktop. Be sure the "Save as" type is set to "all files" Once you have saved it double click it and allow it to merge with the registry.

Make sure that you tell me if you receive a success message about adding the above
to the registry. If you do not get a success message, it definitely did not work.

In your router.

No! It tells you the Windows firewall is inadequate.

We don't really know for sure. If it had been plugged in while doing all of the scans, some of them would have check for problems on it. You will have to finish getting your PC protected and just plug it in. Then run a few scans (like antivirus, SUPERAntiSpyware, and Malwarebytes on it).

 

Unless you purchase SUPERAntiSpyware, it is not providing any active protection. It is only an after the fact scanner, same goes for MBAM.


Your problem with Microsoft Malicious Software Removal Tool, may have to be posted in the Software Forum since there are many many reasons for problems with Microsoft Update most of which are not malware. But you can also try manual installation by downloading the below and running it locally. I suggest that you shutdown all protection before running it.

Microsoft Malicious Software Removal Tool

 

If you keep posting additional messsages, you are bumping your thread and will never get an answer. See this sticky thread: Don't Bump! It Only Hurts You!!!

You need to post 1 message and then wait until we can get back to you. Example, Message 53 should have been the last message you posted.

The only thing you should be doing is what we request and nothing else until we are finished.

Don't even reply to this message since it will only add more delay.

 

During fixes it is best to do only what is requested but we do realize that people need to use their PCs for many reasons. Thus, we suggest that you limit what you do to necessary surfing and just do not install, uninstall, download....etc anything we do not request (not even updates for any software) so that your system does not change that much. Only what we ask you to do should be changing things and we know what those changes will be and can deal with it.

Not sure what you meant by the fixme.reg needing to be addressed. It is just a simple registry patch to remove the HijackThis entry from Add/Remove Programs.

Are you currently having any malware problems? If so, exactly what.


About the Black Screen of Death issue, you may wish to read the below since it may give you more correct info:

http://www.theregister.co.uk/2009/12/02/black_screen_u_turn/

And also the below:

http://www.prevx.com/blog/140/Black-Screen-woes-could-affect-millions-on-Windows--Vista-and-XP.html

 

This is not likely to be a malware problem. Especially DivX. You should post about these in the Software Forum and for crashes you need to provide the exact error messages and also it would be best to attach a log from Event Viewer ( see http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/cc766401(WS.10).aspx )

Again you will need to post about this in another forum providing the exact details of the messages ( don't leave anything out and write it exactly as it appears without interjecting your own comments ). If you are really having hardware problems, the Hardware Forum would be more correct than the Software Forum. This could even be a driver error or software conflict.

Removing that dead entry for HijackThis would not cause any problems. Your logs had been clean for awhile and your PC was basically running okay other than some permissions issues. Deleting a single registry key in a totally non-required location, would not change how things are working. Something else had to have happened. However watching a movie online has been known to cause many problems especially if any special drivers/players needed to be downloaded/installed to watch. Even an update to any tools that were already installed ( like DivX ) could cause problems. And also many websites can be problematic too.

If you cannot boot into Windows at all then there are not too many options left other than possibly try to use a Vista Boot DVD to perform a repair; however, it would be worthwhile posting in the Software Forum to see if anyone has additional ideas.

I cannot give you an honest answer on this since we have not scanned it. The problems that you had are not known to spread infections to USB drives so in all likelihood it is not going to be a problem.

 

You're welcome.


If you are not having any other malware problems, it is time to do our final steps:

1. We recommend you keep SUPERAntiSpyware and Malwarebytes Anti-Malware for scanning/removal of malware. Unless you purchase them, they provide no protection. They do not use any significant amount of resources ( except a little disk space ) until you run a scan.
3. If we had you use ComboFix, uninstall ComboFix (This uninstall will only work as written if you installed ComboFix on your Desktop like we requested.)
   • Click START then RUN and enter the below into the run box and then click OK. Note the quotes are required
   • "%userprofile%\Desktop\combofix" /uninstall
     • Notes: The space between the combofix" and the /uninstall, it must be there.
     • This will uninstall ComboFix and also reset hidden files and folders settings back to Windows defaults.
4. Any other miscellaneous tools we may have had you install or download can be uninstalled and deleted.
5. If we had you download any registry patches like fixme.reg or fixWLK.reg (or any others), you can delete these files now.
6. If running Vista, it is time to make sure you have reenabled UAC by double clicking on the C:\MGtools\enableUAC.reg file and allowing it to be added to the registry.
7. Go to add/remove programs and uninstall HijackThis.
8. Goto the C:\MGtools folder and find the MGclean.bat file. Double click on this file to run this cleanup program that will remove files and folders related to MGtools and some other items from our cleaning procedures.
9. If you are running Vista, Windows XP or Windows ME, do the below:
   • Refer to the cleaning procedures pointed to by step 6 of the READ ME for your Window version and see the instructions to Disable System Restore which will flush your Restore Points.
   • Then reboot and Enable System Restore to create a new clean Restore Point.
10. After doing the above, you should work thru the below link:
    • How to Protect yourself from malware!