[war59312]

Hey,

Damn you beat me too. Sorry been busy with class.

BTW it might not be gone for good. Rootkits are smart. It might just be hiding itself again. In fact many I have ran into will go away, say for 1 month, before re-activiting itself again. That is when it detects that someone or something is trying to get rid of it. This makes it a lot harder to figure out what is going on. It's exspically true when you have not installed or download any software and yet things go crazy all on their own.

The ownly real way to be 100% certian is to do a low level format and reinstall windows. I really would if I were you. If you have files you need to keep, then copy them over to a virtual pc, for example, and scan them like crazy until your pretty darn certain they are safe. That, or try to get an orginal copy back, if you can, from a trusted source.

In fact rootkits are not the only ones doing it. Many virus and even trogens have started too. Then it makes it really hard to discover how you got the virus or trogen on your computer in the first place.

I'm sure you have heard about a lot of the virus lately that start on a certain day. Matter of fact I believe not that far back there was a really bad one that started on a certain day, but luckly before anyone felt the damage microsoft had already released a patch. So really until that day if you were infected you would not know until then since it stays hidden. Some times you could have a virus or trogen for months before it becomes activated. Normally hackers to do this again because it makes it harder to figure out the root cause and besides normally they become active on historical days like christmas. Its a game to many of them.

A few times Mark and Steve Gibson have stated the same thing. I would take their advise if possiable. In fact I even remember ready a microsoft and norton blog stating something similar. Anyways its always recommand if your machine becomes infected if possiable to do a reintall or if your like me then a simply ghost restore. Thats why you should always keep up-to-date backups. Though I understand in your case thats how you got it. So I would not trust the box for a sec. Exsipically if you need secureity. Like if your into baking and everything. Its not worth the risk.

Well, take care,

Will