[papasmurf]

It appears as you’ve already gotten rid of the files, themselves, but not the damage they’ve done.

[jdm]

Trojan Remover took care of those four registry entries and/or files. I get a clean scan now.

But still the "a network cable is unplugged" message appears in the bottom right of the screen.

I also ran a utility used often at Geeks To Go called SDFix in safe mode and that identified three trojans and apparently deleted them:

SDFix: Version 1.112

Run by Jeff on 10/29/2007 at 12:39 PM

Microsoft Windows XP [Version 5.1.2600]

Running From: C:\SDFix

Safe Mode:
Checking Services:

Restoring Windows Registry Values
Restoring Windows Default Hosts File

Rebooting...

Normal Mode:
Checking Files:

Trojan Files Found:

C:\WINDOWS\regedit.com - Deleted
C:\WINDOWS\system32\inst.dat - Deleted
C:\WINDOWS\system32\web.dat - Deleted

It also said it restored my original hosts file.

Now if only I can find a way to get rid of the "a network cable is unplugged" message and get back on high-speed internet.

I re-entered my IP and DNS info and rebooted. Didn't change anything, unfortunately.