Reinstalling Win7 on netbook with two harddrives

daeniken2 said:

It took about 4 minutes and found 2 things, 2 "Broken.OpenCommand" registry data.

I'm using Eset Smart Security 4.2 (a not exactly legal version).

Since it was that quick on the quick scan, go ahead and do the full scan.

After the full scan finishes, we'll get 100% legal by using the very best free anti-virus software there is, namely, Microsoft Security Essentials (link in my sig). The first time you run Microsoft Secuirty Essential it will take awhile because if will be checking for everything possible, it will be removing any rootkits, ir will run the Microsoft Malicious Software Removal Tool which it will download and install. After that, then MSE will run the MSRT (Malicious Software Removal Tool) once a month, corresponding with the normal update cycle for this rootkit remover software. You will find MSE being updated, sometimes several times a day if the virus writers have been particularly active. Although how frequently MSE updates depends on your update settings in Microsoft Update. But I'm getting ahead of myself here.

AFter that full scan finishes, download and let MSE (Microsoft Security Essentials) do its thing. AFter MSE finishes, 100% remove ESET.

daeniken2 said:

Okay now I'm confused:)

The Recovery Disc and the System Repair Disc are different animals.

After you have a system repair disc, I'll go thru the steps to put it onto a usb stick. a 512 MB stick will be more than sufficient. Nowadays, its hard to get small usb sticks. I end up using 4 GB sticks when I only need a 256 mb stick.

Putting the system repair disc cd onto a usb stick is a trivial exercise.

In this case I would instead install Avast 6 which has a very valuable boot scan for 32 bit. Avast is exactly comparable to MSE. After install and updating, schedule a Boot Time scan, restart and Scan.

You can also run the MS Standalone System Sweeper based on MSE which boots from CD or flash stick to run a boot scan, which gets deeper since no System Files are running: Microsoft Standalone System Sweeper

Either way I would uninstall the bootleg Eset, Registry Mechanic and Tuneup Utilities which are tweaking suites that may have already messed up your Win7. To check this now run SFC -SCANNOW Command

daeniken2 said:

Malwarebytes has finished and found a Trojan.Agent.CK. MSE is working right now:)

Excellent.

Let me know when MSE finishes.

You are making excellent progress.

With MSE you will have excellent protection from a free, small footprint, non-interfering anti-virus, anti-malware program which also activates your Windows firewall and will result in the MSRT being run regularly.