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It’s part of the MyWebSearch search toolbar that is generally described as spyware. Please run a thorough scan with one or more anti-spyware programs such as
Spybot Search & Destroy
Malwarebytes Anti-Malware
Lavasoft Ad-Aware
Windows Defender
(all free)

You’ve probably been infected with AntiVirus2008 or one of its variants, one of the most unpleasant bits of malware around. Even declining to install is enough to become infected

Malwarebytes has a good reputation in fighting it; there’s a fully functional free version.

Hi,

Thanks for getting back quickly. Neither AdAware, Spybot, or MalwareBytes AntiMalware saw these. I am attaching a screenshot of the Prevx CSI report (btw, I’ve contacted them and they have *no idea at all* whether these are legit Vista files or the bad stuff). This report shows the *wrong* location of the files, which are not in sys32 but are in sysWOW64. Also, the original Microsoft version of these files is in the same directory, and each of these are much larger (eg, ipconfig is 26kb, and makecab is 96kb), while all of these are 8kb or so. I have a HijackThis log, and a Prevx CSI log, in txt format if needed, as well as screenshots of the directories showing these V files, but these files exceed the 100k limit in this forum.

Further to what Hans suggests, there’s a good writeup on how to use Malwarebytes Antimalware…

BATcher

Plethora means a lot to me.

I’d also try the program Malwarebytes Anti-Malware mentioned by Sinjin. It’s rapidly gaining a reputation for being able to remove nasties where other programs fail. The free version is fully functional, but the paid version has more features.

The SmitFraudFix from the links on the post Hans made will work but you should run RootKit Revealer after as this nasty will open the door for other malware. If you find the “tdss” root kit Malwarebytes Malware remover should take care of it. I worked on a laptop with these issues this last weekend. This type of malware is making me keep a current image available as it can be quicker to refresh the OS-Program File partition than sweating out the “can I fix it” question. Best of luck.

I would hope whatever antivirus program you have running would have caught any “nasty”. However, if that is not the case for you, download and install Malwarebytes’ Anti-malware and then run a Quick Scan. This is now one of the best anti-malware programs available. I’ve used it many times to fix infected machines that were loaded with trojans, spyware and malware. Virus infection is another issue and needs to be addressed with an antivirus program.

Great. That program ( Malwarebytes’ Anti-Malware ) is not mentioned much in these forums, but I’ve been using it for quite some time, and it certainly comes highly recommended on other sites.

Malwarebytes’ Anti-Malware has been used by many to resolve this problem. Download and install the free version and then follow the instructions on this page .