Computer newbies forum: Found out I have the trojan Reg/Seeker.......

Snowflake,

Here's McAfee's write up about that virus:

Reg/Seeker
http://vil.nai.com/vil/content/v_100108.htm

The infected files appear to be in your System Restore section. But because "Reg/Seeker" can hide elsewhere, please follow the instructions below:

First, temporarily disable System Restore using these instructions:

To disable Windows Me System Restore:

1. Click Start, point to Settings, and then click Control Panel.
2. Double-click the System icon. The System Properties dialog box appears.

NOTE: If the System icon is not visible, click "View all Control Panel options" to display it.

3. Click the Performance tab, and then click File System.
4. Click the Troubleshooting tab, and then check Disable System Restore.

Next, restart the computer into "Safe Mode" using these instructions:

Restart the computer, pressing the F8 key once per second, till it loads a selection screen. Use the up and down arrows to select "Safe Mode", press enter, and the computer will load into a safe mode. It looks like a normal screen but with Safe Mode in each of the four corners. When youre done, restart the machine and it will boot normally.

AFter that, run a full system scan using your new Virus Scanner. Delete all infected file found. If it comes up negative, then reverse the procedures above to "re-enable" System Restore and restart your computer.

Hope this helps.

Grif

I had the same viruses as you. In order to take this off, you must go to the control panel. Double click on system icon. Then go to the Performance tab. Click on File System at bottom of window. Then go to Troubleshooting tab. Uncheck System Restore option. When prompted to reboot do so. After rebooting, run any virus scans you have. www.downloads.com has some good ones for free. You might even want to get a free program called Spybot. Which so far I have found to be the most effective spyware program out there(for free anyways). You turn your system restore back on the way you turned it off.. Hope that helps you. Worked for me.

...plus a spyware removal program or two. If you don't use a reputable progrtam to determine exactly which infection you have, most of it is just "guess work". In your case, try using either, or both of the free online scanners at the links below. They should give you a clue as to your virus issues. (Your problem may be something else entirely though and losing all your restore points will result if you temporarily disable System Restore. See what the links below will do for you.):

Housecall Online Scanner

Panda Online Scanner


Next, download, install, update, then run the free spyware removal programs below:

Ad-Aware SE Personal Edition Spyware Removal Tool

Spybot Search & Destroy Spyware Removal Tool

CWShredder 2.0 Hijack Removal Tool

Hope this helps.

Grif