Application Hijack

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After seeing a bazillion Hijack This threads, this seems different. I checked out Timber's thread and ran a check through (drawing a blank), I did a virus search, I ran an adware scan (dumped what it found) , and emptied the recycling bin. I still get the following alert from Sygate Firewall daily. What should I do? Thanks!

Application Hijacking has been detected
The application: C:\Program Files\Windows ControlAd\WinCtlAd.exe try to launch another application: C:\Program Files\Internet Explorer\IEXPLORE.EXE to go to remote host public.windupdates.com

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Hi littlek

Could you post a HJT log please,

Windows ControlAd you can try looking in Add\remove programs to remove this,
But it usually runs with another start up, so if we could get a look at it and make sure we get it all,

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I will run a HJT log as soon as I figure out how to. Thanks!

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The standard speech Very Happy

Please go Here and unzip the newest version of HJT into a new dedicated folder,
Create a folder on the C: drive called C:\HJT.
You can do this by going to My Computer (Windows key+e) then double click on C: then right click and select New then Folder and name it hjt. Unzip HijackThis into this folder. Launch Hijack This, then press Scan, and press Save Log
This will generate a text file that will list all running processes, all applications that are loaded automatically when you start Windows, and more.
Most things are harmless and needed so don't make any changes.
post a log here please.

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