Last night I was doping around in the net and I think I picked up something nasty. RECENTLY whenever my computer starts up it'll give me one or two error messages about how a few files cannot be found, since I was numb to what this meant, I simply BLEW it off. However, last night, I got sucked smack-dab into the middle of pop-up *censored*.

I ran my scanners (McAfee and the like) and on a full scan it says I have only one file that's known to be infected, which I think is the root cause for all the trouble I'm having. On another note, whenever I stay on the computer for an extended period of time, a strange program for 'Virus Scans' will pop up, prompting me to purchase a full version for complete protection. That's in all honesty a little sketchy to me, so I thought that it could also be a part of the problem considering I never saw the *censored* thing before.

I'm just a little bewildered, and the information on this sight helped me fix my hunk of junk previously. Any information on how to get started cleaning this mess up would be highly appreciated; if you need a more detailed description I'm also able to provide that for you. Thanks!Please visit this webpage for a tutorial on downloading and running ComboFix:

http://www.bleepingcomputer.com/combofix/how-to-use-combofix

See the area: Using ComboFix, and when done, post the log back here.I'm UNABLE to run Combofix because everytime I start the program the virus will give me a pop-up stating explorer is infected and will shut down Combofix.Delete your copy of ComboFix; grab a fresh copy, except before you download it, rename it to blackpudding.bat


Navigate to Start --> Run, and enter the following command exactly as shown:

"%userprofile%\desktop\blackpudding.bat" /killall

See if ComboFix will run now.When I click on the LINKS presented it doesn't give me the option to 'save as' the file, so as far as I know I can't change its name. If I forgot to mention earlier I'm running a 32bit system with Vista (premium, I believe) installed.Please reboot to Safe Mode (tap the F8 key just before Windows starts to load and select the Safe Mode option from the menu).

Then, please TRY again.