So, my computer is generally safe, even if my security is low, I know how to handle things. I have AdAware SE and Spybot. Unfortunately, my freinds decided it's best if I download all their crap for them, and I'm assuming one of the 3 or 4 torrents I've used in the last few days managed to have some form of virus in it.
Normally, this would be no problem. Compared to my last infection(which was a major infection, pretty nasty stuff) this is tame. The problem is, neither AdAware nor Spybot are picking this virus up. It finds cookies, however, from various advertisement agencies, the ones that are blocked by some BitTorrent programs, used to block IPs of known ad and anti-P2P organizations.
So basically spybot and adaware all pick up these cookies being left by it, but I can't find the "portal" virus, which is letting them all in. After a full scan and promptly wiping the cookies out, my computer is fine for about a half an hour. Then there's another one. But a single cookie(or this hidden virus) is sitting somewhere and using up all my CPU. explorer windows(like My Computer, etc) will regularly stop responding, closing them will result in a "program not responding, end process?" option. This, however, end the explorer.exe process, and my taskbar and such reset themselves. This is a major pain.
Would anyone here have an idea about how to stop this infection once and for all? It's luckily not a major infection, but it's pretty irritating. I have a ton of accounts, so security is a potential issue, and I absolutely despise anything that dares to slow my already obsolete computer down. Please, anyone have a clue how to find this "portal" that is placing cookies on my computer?
