Problem Getting Worse

Thanks in advance for your help and your valuable service to the community.

I picked up a nasty virus / malware recently and have tried to use McAfee and several Malware removers over the past 3 days to no avail. Everytime I seem to make progress something new emerges.

This started with the Antivirus 2009 Pro Malware taking over. It changed my file associations so I couldn't run any .exe's. It even removed the View Folder Options menu so that I couldn't re-associate the file extensions. Fortunately I was able to logon to the adminstrator logon and fix that issue.

I tried to do an XP repair but was unable to when the application couldn't recognize my administrator password even though I can log into the admin logon with that same password. I then ran Macfee, Spybot and Malwarebytes Anti-Malware. This seemed to clear up most of my problems although I noticed a prior issue of still having one or more iexplore.exe processes running even though I didn't have an IE browser open.

Sure enough the next day I suddenly was unable to connect to the internet.
I finally found your forum and started to follow your proceedures for cleaning.

I was unsuccessful in running several of the procedures. I have found that my DHCP Service will not start and gets the error "Error 1075: The dependency service does not exist or has been marked for deletion". When I try to look at dependencies I get the error "Win32: Access id denied".

Here were my results:

1. SuperAntiSpyware- Got the BSOD unless I unchecked the recommended boxes. Then deleted one file. I can't save the log file but the deleted item is as follows: Trojan.Agent/Gen-FraudDrop C:\Documents and Settings\Administrator\Local Settings\Temporary Internet Files\Content.IE5\OWZ397BG\UAOBTTGU[1].HTM

2. Malware Bytes Anti-Malware- Couldn't run App. Got the Error Code: 718 (0, 0)

3. Combofix- I get constant pop ups saying publisher could not be verified. Are you sure you want to run this software? I continually say run and nothing happens but a system beep and the program aborts.

4. RootRepeal- RootRepeal runs successfully and finds 94 locked or hidden files but I am unable to save the file and get the error "unknown file type" .

5- MGTools- I saved MGTools to the Windows directory as suggested and when I ran it it opened a command window but othing else happened

Any suggestions on where to go from here would be appreciated.

 

I am running XP Pro

I haven't been able to boot in safe mode, I get a BSOD.

I solved the original .exe problem prior to the post. The latest problem is that multiple services will not start due to Error 1075: The dependency service does not exist or has been marked for deletion". When I try to look at dependencies I get the error "Win32: Access id denied". I also can't view anything with Event Viewer. Event Viewer opens but when I try to click Application, Security, System etc. I get the error "Unable to complete the operation on "Application" (etc). The interface is unknown"

Also, I resolved the password problem I was having with XP repair as it was only recognizing my second bootable drive. I removed that drive and the password I was using was correct but repair now goes to a BSOD.

Also, any Windows .msc file I run opens but has a "Open File- Security Warning. Do you want to open this file? Unknown Publisher"