I should add, BOClean is not a manual scanner;
<quote>
BOClean watches memory, registry, and the file system waiting for malware to load up and then
shuts it down before they have a chance to operate. This is the ONLY method which ensures that
malware cannot steal your data since it never got a chance to do its dirty deeds. In addition,
we remove all of its hooks and restore your system to its original condition AUTOMATICALLY. No
removal instructions to look up and apply manually, no down time.
</quote>

Just install it and reboot, hopefully it catches the critter.


-Michael

* MICHAEL:[color=blue]
> Try Comodo's BOClean, it's free.
> [url]http://www.comodo.com/boclean/boclean.html[/url]
>
> Works just fine on Vista. Be sure to right click
> the setup/install file and select "Run as Administrator".
> After installing you'll need to reboot.
>
> I also suggest that you might want to invest in a better
> AV. Avast is fine, but NOD32 is better. It's not free
> but it is worth paying for, and they do have a free trial.
> [url]www.eset.com[/url]
>
> Let me know if BOClean solved your problem.
>
> -Michael
>
> * drogan88:[color=green]
>> On May 9, 8:58 am, linuxcrazyman
>> <linuxcrazy...@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote:[color=darkred]
>>> Last I heard Microsoft was not in the business of making viruses...
>>>
>>> "drogan88" wrote:
>>>> VISTA has been changing the actual file size of some of my
>>>> program .exe files such that they generate Runtime error R6002 and
>>>> terminate. For example, cubase.exe has clean install file size of
>>>> 10,000,000 bytes. After a few hours or a few days cubase.exe does not
>>>> run anymore and has a filesize of 10,000,512 bytes. This also happened
>>>> with quicktime.exe and a few other files. I can copy the
>>>> original .exes back into the affected directories and the programs run
>>>> again but they keep getting changed for some reason. I have turned off
>>>> indexing, system restore and almost every other service I can think
>>>> of. Any help would be appreciated. This happens on my VISTA Business
>>>> partition and also happened once I updated XPSP2 partition with all of
>>>> the current microsoft updates. I wonder if it has something to do with
>>>> some new updated features in both VISTA and XPSP2 but I dot know.[/color]
>> You all were right. I had win32:Parite all over my hard drive. I
>> cleaned this up and all my programs are running now. Thanks!. I still
>> have one problem with the Smitfraud trojan. My anitvirus software
>> detects it and neither Avast, SpywareDoctor or Spyware Remover can
>> seem to get rid of it. They all run then ask to reboot the computer
>> and then run on reboot but cant seem to get rid of the problem. I
>> still get random popup iexplorer windows. The core service file cant
>> seem to be deleted. There was a winxp Smitfraud utility that wont run
>> on Vista. Is there anything that can be recommended?
>>
>> Thanks again for the help.
>>
>>[/color][/color]