SPybot keeps telling me about a registry change... I don't know what is causing it....

Everytime I turn on my ASUS laptop, spybot gives me a message about a program trying to change my registry. I can't figure out what is going. SOme times I accept it and sometimes I don't -- it doesn't seem to make a difference.

Here is a copy of Spybot's log since this started:

I fooled around once with changing my screensaver just before this happened -- but nothing since.... I thought that might be it so I tried accepting the change. But it did not help.

Has something infected my computer?

 

You got a trojan infection.

Download these programs:

Ad-aware
Spybot
hijackthis
a-squared
nod32 (it has a free trial)
rootkit revealer

Update them all, then run them all in safe mode.

If you have a rootkit, there's really no hope for your system except reformatting.

 

I already have NOD32 and SPybot running full time. I also regulary run Ad-aware.

It says in my post that it is Spybot that is alerting me this everytime I turn on the computer, so clearly Spybot's resident program is running full time, along with NOD32.

I am suspecting that it has something to do with my changing what the screen saver is when I shift from battery to AC mode. But I am not sure what I did. But I think I have a different screensaver setting for battery mode than the AC mode.

 

I looked it up.

People with similar problems such as yours had a trojan infection.

If you want the problem gone, try those programs.

I'm actually not sure what it is, but some people who had trojan infections had it, it would be a safe bet to try those programs, and keep them.

Hum, after reading a few more topics about it, it may be nothing. Googling it may be a bad/good idea. But anythign automatically changing your registry is bad. Hang on, gonna google some more.

 

Okay... I'm getting somewhere...

Download hijackthis and post your hijackthis log here... After googling it, I may be able to help.

BINGO

http://forums.spybot.info/showthread.php?t=8508&page=2

You're not gonna like this, but you've got problems. Once again, download those programs like I said.

 

Thanks for the link... that was very helpful. Reading he thread you linked to, it almost sounds like it is spybot's snapshot that is out of sync.

See post here: http://forums.spybot.info/showpost.php?p=50700&postcount=17

The guy asking for help has the same screensaver.exe changes in his log.

I have to get something done tonight but I will try what you suggest tomorrow (Monday) evening.