Hai
I’ve had this problem for quite some time now. It’s the so-called ‘lop’ virus/adware/worm/thing and is rather annoying.
Basically, two iexplore.exe processes are always running in the background, and as soon as I quit one, another one starts. I am forced to use IE for WindowsUpdate, and whenever I do, a big ugly toolbar appears at the bottom of my screen and on the IE toolbar, and shortcuts like ‘Play Online Casino’ appear on my desktop.
I’ve got ZoneAlarm blocking IE from accessing anything when I’m not using it, so it’s ok most of the time. But it’s still annoying. As I said, iexplore.exe is always running, and there’s also some strange folders in Program Files named stuff like “Load Pile Burn” or “third online” or (my favorite) “stop glue” (???).
I’ve tried:
- Ad Aware
- Spy Sweeper
- Spybot S&D
- Renaming IEXPLORE.EXE (just gets changed back after a while)
- Renaming “Internet Explorer” folder (no use)
…and a whole lot of other stuff. Still to no avail.
Oh, and I’d like to avoid formatting. I’ve got about 40gb of stuff I’d need to backup (yes. it’s all important). And although I’ve done it before, I’d like to avoid it.
Any help would be appreciated :player:
