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I had a hard time getting rid of this problem.

Spyware Terminator detected it, and it's attempt to remove it wasn't successful.

I had to find a clean copy of "atapi.sys" and save it to my documents. Then I had to use RootRepeal and use its tools to force-wipe the infected copy of "atapi.sys" from two locations.

After that, I copied and pasted the clean copy of "atapi.sys" into those locations and run a full scan again.

Spyware Terminator then reported:

So, to clean this temp file out, I used CCleaner. First I changed the settings under "advanced settings" to delete ALL TEMP files, not just the ones older than 24 hours.
Then I run the cleaner. And after that, I run the registry Cleaner.

Then I scaned again with Spyware Terminator, and it came up clean.

Finally, I run Norton Ghost" and made a clean backup of my computer to an external drive.

Good luck, and I hope you don't have this Nasty RootKit.

1 posted on 04/07/2010 1:22:51 AM PDT by Yosemitest
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119 posted on 04/07/2010 5:12:38 PM PDT by DollyCali (Don't tell God how big your storm is...Tell the storm how big your God is!)
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