Hello, I have some kind of spyware, or malware that is stays in the bottom of the system stray, and it keeps popping up giving this message
"You're comupter is infected! critical system error! System detected virus activities." etc. I have tried CW Shredder, Adaware, Spybot, and Norton Antivirus, and nothing seems to work.
The icon in the bottom flashes with the crossed out O like in the picture and a handicap picture. If clicked it goes to, http://www.spyfalcon.com/?aff=259


Image of pop-up
thats what is looks like

here is my hijack this log
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Any help that you guys can provide is greatly appreciated. Thank you

Tamil
EDIT: welcome to PCHF Tamil, pleae post the log as an attachment (I did that for you now :-))

Hi there Tamil , welcome to PCHF.


NOTES:

1. Even if you do not find some (or all) of the files mentioned or you do not see SpywareQuake (or SpyFalcon....etc) in Add/Remove programs or the folder for it, just continue with ALL steps thru to the end.
2. In the below instructions the %System32% text is an abbreviation for your either c:\Windows\System32 or c:\Winnt\System32 It depends on how/where you installed your Windows OS. Thus %System32%\stickrep.dll means either C:\Windows\System32\stickrep.dll or C:\Winnt\System32\stickrep.dll

Download and unzip the attached file (see at bottum of post) , we will use that later.

Now download smitRem.exe written by noahdfear and save the file to your Desktop.
Double click on the smitRem.exe file and click the Start button to extract it to its own folder named SmitRem on the desktop.
(this should be the default selection). Do not run anything else related to the program yet!

Now you will need to print or save these instructions locally (to a text file on your Desktop) for later reference. This is necessary
because you must not have any browers open and must not connect to the internet while following the below steps.

Now disconnect your cable to the internet (physically unplug it).
After saving the instructions, reboot into Safe mode

Now once in safe mode, goto Add/Remove programs and uninstall Spyware Quake and/or SpyFalcon (if they are found).

Now double-click on the fixquake.reg file on your desktop (or locate it with Windows Explorer and double click on it if not saved to
the Desktop) and when it prompts to Add in to the registry, say yes.

Run Windows Explorer by right clicking Start & Select Explore
Navigate to your %System32% folder C:\Windows\system32 )or C:\Winnt\system32 depending on how/which OS you have installed.)

Look for the following files based upon where you have Windows installed:

• %System32%\dxmpp.dll
• %System32%\ginuerep.dll
• %System32%\stickrep.dll
• %System32%\__delete_on_reboot__stickrep.dll
• %System32%\suprox.dll
• %System32%\xenadot.dll
• %System32%\sivudro.dll
• %System32%\twain32.dll
• %System32%\dvdcap.dll
• %System32%\reglogs.dll
  When you locate the files, right click on them and select Rename. Change the dll extension to DDD. For example: rename xenadot.dll to xenadot.DDD We will fully delete the files later.

Now open the smitRem folder on your Deskop, double click on it to access the folder, then double click the RunThis.bat file to start
the tool. Follow the prompts on screen. Wait for the tool to complete and disk cleanup to finish. If you cannot get RunThis
.bat to work in safe mode, REBOOT into normal mode (with no internet connection) and repeat the above step from the point of booting in safe
mode.

The tool will create a log named smitfiles.txt in the root of the drive that you ran the batch file on, eg;
Local Disk C: or partition where your operating system is installed. Upload this file later after reboot.

Now reboot your system into normal mode.

Now after reboot relocate the DLL files we renamed with a DDD extension in the above step and delete them. If you have a
problem deleting these files, try rebooting one more time into safe mode and attempt another deletion. If it still does not delete, make sure you tell us later.

Also delete the below files and folders if found:

• C:\Program Files\AdwareSheriff
• C:\Program Files\Spyware Quake
• C:\Program Files\SpywareQuake.com
• C:\Program Files\SpyFalcon
• C:\Windows\System\1024 (or C:\Winnt\System\1024 )
• %System32%\1024
• %System32%\atmclk.exe
• %System32%\dcomcfg.exe
• %System32%\dfrgsrv.exe
• %System32%\hp????.tmp ( where ???? is any 4 random characters)
• %System32%\ld???? .tmp ( where ???? is any 4 random characters)
• %System32%\mssearchnet.exe
• %System32%\msvol.tlb
• %System32%\ncompat.tlb
• %System32%\nvctrl.exe
• %System32%\ot.ico
• %System32%\simpole.tlb
• %System32%\stdole3.tlb
• %System32%\ts.ico
• C:\Documents and Settings\[Current User Account]\Start Menu\Programs\SpywareQuake <---- where [Current User
  Account] is the actual user account name you are logged into.

Reconnect your cable to the internet.

And this one can be fixed with hjt:

Now attach your smitfiles.txt log and a new hijackthis log to a post please.