Unsure of instructions/can't download programs

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NOTHING that you need should ever be downloaded into any kind of Temp folder. We even mention this in the READ & RUN ME. Temp folders are constant hiding places for all kinds of malware. In addition ALL standard cleaning process will empty Temp folders. The word Temp implies that you don't need it.

I'm not sure what you are saying about GetRunKey and ShowNew. They are tiny files. Download them again to the location indicated in the READ ME and also extract them to a folder name as indicated and you should not have any problems. I repeat, DO NOT use a Temp folder for anything you want to keep especially while running malware cleaning procedures. Otherwise it will be deleted.

Everything in Ccleaner should be kept at the defaults.

 

I'm not sure what you mean! Did you mean to say "only" 220 MB? (leave out the something it is not needed and just makes things more confusing). 220 MB is about is huge and it is not the GetRunKey.zip or ShowNew.zip files that you are looking at. If you download GetRunKey.zip right now to a new folder (use C:\MGtools ), tell me three things:

1. How long did it take to download?
2. What is the size of the GetRunKey.zip file in bytes! (It should be 68,257 bytes)
3. When you double click on the zip file, what do you see in your zip extraction program that runs.

 

You already attached the Panda log. Howver, you still need to attach logs from BitDefender and HijackThis (make sure the directions in step 7 are followed).


Below is a general comment and somethings for you to do.

The Program Files folder is not a good or recommended pace to store installation or other EXE files like you are doing below:

Code:

"C:\Program Files\"
3600_e~1.exe  Nov  8 2006    17131232  "3600_enu_win2k_xp.exe"
firefo~1.exe  Nov  5 2006     5900416  "Firefox Setup 2.0.exe"
instal~1.exe  Nov 17 2006     1410680  "install_flash_player.exe"
leechg~1.exe  Dec  9 2006     2617864  "LeechGet_201650.exe"
leechg~2.exe  Dec  9 2006      729664  "leechget_browser_plug-in_2004_1.10.exe"
mspt32.zip    Nov 14 2006      405964  "mspt32.zip"
shockw~1.exe  Nov 17 2006     2599088  "Shockwave_Installer_Slim.exe"
wrar361.exe   Nov  9 2006     1035090  "wrar361.exe"

If you want to keep these, it is highly recommended you save them someplace else. Malware likes to try and hide here and you are making it easier for them to do so. The Program Files folder should only be a location containing subfolders that contained the installed versions of programs not the installers or anything else.

Are your copies of Spyware Doctor and Spy Sweeper paid versions or free trial versions?

Uninstall the below old versions of software:
J2SE Runtime Environment 5.0

The below registry patch that Halo sent to me, should help with your redirect to MSN.

Now 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.

 

Uninstall the Spyware Doctor trial! Also uninstall the Counter Spy trial that was installed while running the READ ME. You should consider resubscribing to Spy Sweeper. You need a realtime blocking tool like it. You should consider reinstalling it and using it. Even an out of date version is better than no blocking tool at all.

This means you did not follow the instructions on how to save the file. Following them exactly.

That are not program files. They are what you downloaded. They are the files that you install the programs from. Once installed you don't need them unless you are worried about having to reinstall them. In most cases it is easy enough to download again if ever needed. Unless your internet connection is slow or the downloads are very large. Either way, they should never be put in C:\Program Files to begin with. Suggestion: Create a C:\Downloads folder and save your downloads there. Even create subfolders within the C:\Downloads folder to categorize or to give the folder a name so you know what the file is for. For example: Wouldn't a folder named like C:\Downloads\MasterSplitter 4.li be easier for you to recognize a few months from now than what mspt32.zip is?

 

SpyCatcher has never been near as good as Spy Sweeper! If they have some how made leaps and bounds recently, that would be great but I tend to doubt you can believe much of what they write. Too many people have come here with all kinds of infections and had SpyCatcher installed before hand.

So what was the result? Did it fix your problem? (Note this was actually not even a malware problem?)

At this point, I'm wondering why you are posting in this forum. You have no malware.

 

But are your problems resolved now?

Do you still have a problem with redirection too: HTTP://runonce.msn.com/runonce2.aspx

 

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