My Startpage virus woe
 

Does anyone know how to get rid of this thing?

It manifests itself in my Windows/system32 .dll files and nothing seems to be able to shift the thing. I have heard that this does something in system restore and I have tried a few different solutions but thus far nada.

I could do with a hand.

Would a reload of my OS (Win XP) help?

Larry

Yes it would help. However I think it isn't a virus but some unknown programs being loaded at the startup.

How would this help then? WOuldn't the programmes still be there unless I formated the disk and went for a total reinstall?

Larry

Isn't that's what you going to do?

Nah, that would be a bit drastic, I was thinking of a reload of the OS only. My thinking was that the problems seem to lie in system32 and in system restore, therefore a reload should remove the problem areas.

Don't know if this is the case though.

Larry

If you don't wipe out there is a chance the problem will remains. But in Winxp, if you select repair, it may delete off some off system files and reinstall the original files.

Re: My Startpage virus woe
 

What thing? Does it show up on here?
http://www.doxdesk.com/parasite/

Start up in safe mode, at the run, type in msconfig. Look at the startup program list and uncheck any suspicous programs.

I know it's a bit late to reply to this, but I think what Larry proposes to do with Windows is what I for one call a "maintenance reinstall" (reinstall over an existing installation, to repair it), whereas what you proposed (and in extreme cases is sometimes needed) is a "full reinstall" (wipe the existing installation — which in Windows' case means the entire drive — and start again)...