Special.goods

Has anyone run into this?
Got a buddy who has been bitten. Ran Adaware. SpyBot AVG, Ran a hijackthis scan and cleaned up any suspicious stuff, checked startup.
Looks liek he's hijacked, Jenna Jameson comes up as his "Home Page".
Personally, I told him not to bother fixing, but for some reason, (think it's wifw) he wants it fixed. Also put a lot of desktop icons out there all with ....special.goods... in target.
Appreciate any help you can offer.

Have you run the apps (AVG, AdAware and Spybot) in safe mode?

Think so....I'll retry though!

reran in safe mode. SpyBot S&D picked up Alexa, and DSO EXPLOIT.
Wouldn't remove!

Got the DSO exploit.....still can't kill specialgoods.
Got a small x in load, but can't find source.

I am deleting through hijackthis, but the next scan brings back ...specialgoods... as home page. Where do I kill this thing?

If this is an XP machine make sure you've turned of System Restore. If it's on it will replace everything you get rid of...

I'll give that a shot .......Thanks.

Get Counterspy and install and run it

Whether a virus or spyware, I think McAfee will remove it, but you may have to boot off a CD to clean it.
If McAfee can't remove it, it should at least name names. Once you get a name, you can Google it and get manual-removal instructions.
You might also try Norton, but keep in mind that different antivirus companies may have differing names for the same virus, so you'd have to search the translated names.
http://www.trendmicro.com/en/home/us/enterprise.htm
http://www.mcafee.com/us/default.asp
http://www.symantec.com/index.htm
http://www.pestpatrol.com/pestinfo/hijacker.asp
If you buy a new antivirus CD to get the latest definitions, unfortunately the producers don't keep the CD's on store racks up-to-date when manufactured. The CD's are never continuously updated.
Some people know how to download the latest definitions and burn a new CD so that they can boot off the McAfee, Norton, or other CD and do a scan with the latest def's.

Also, I think everyone should own a bootable multi-purpose CD for these situations (and learn how to use it). 700MB CD image download:
http://www.knopper.net/knoppix/index-en.html

Or just download the Nyquil Kids compilation Antivirus/antispyware bootable cd with all the fix tools and spyware tools you need in one place..updated frequently

Ran in safe mode....appears to be a dialer, or spyware. Loading an Icon in the start tray I can't kill.....Restore off, MULTIPLE pop-ups and crap. Multiple Icons on Desk top.

Also found 2 entries in registry. When I delete...ekeps coming back.

What's it finding? If you can give us the name of the dialer or what spyware it is it would be easier to help you find a fix.

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