Thuggie G

Data Execution Prevention with .avi file

You can turn it off.

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/875351

UPDATE:

http://support.divx.com/faq/view/supportFAQen001/The%20DivX%20All%20In%20One%20Fix%20V1.81

Run the DivX All in One Fix utility. Uncheck all options except for "Explorer crash when open a folder".

Overcoming XBOX 360 Live Halo 3 NAT complaint

Playing Halo 3 online complains about NAT being Secure as opposed to Open.

Netgear WGR614 v7.

Upgrade router firmware to latest version.

Set NAT to Open.

core.cache.dsk

Spybot Search & Destroy does not find this.

HiJackThis does not find this.

You will find C:\WINDOWS\System32\drivers has a file called core.cache.dsk. ComboFix finds it and knows it is bad but has trouble getting rid of it. It always comes back.

Turns out there is a file with .sys extension that is causing all the popups. It will have a recent date/time (date and time of the infection), and will have a name of a valid .sys file except the last character of the name duplicated. In my case the offending file was scisportt.sys (note the extra 't').

To cure this one, reboot into single-user mode, and delete both files (core.cache.dsk and filexx.sys) with Explorer. One of the easier ones to get rid of.