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Thank you so much for your help and your advice. I will check out the internet/pc safety links soon. I have a few more questions/concerns:

 

1. When turning my laptop on before I ran the ComboFix script it took a really long time to get to the Windows screen, so I decided to manually restart it. Then it went into Startup Repair mode. After scanning it said something like:

 

Root Cause Found: System volume on disk is corrupt.

Repair action: File system repair (chkdsk)

Result: Completed Successfully. Error Code = 0x0

 

Also, when I unplug my laptop, it immediately shuts off. My laptop can only run when plugged in. (My adapter is fairly new. Got it in June 2013). I think there's something internally wrong with my computer but I'm not sure what it is. Do you know what I should do about that?

 

2. When I used Rogue Killer some days ago, immediately after the "Deleting Finished" info showed in the status box, the following happened: A pop-up (it looked legit and I think it is) said something like "Windows Report, Internet Explorer Restored." (I'm not sure exactly what was written because it appeared and disappeared rather quickly) Then, the desktop briefly disappeared (the icons and such disappeared) before reappearing again. I'm not sure if that's a normal part of the Rogue Killer process or not.

 

3. The Internet Explorer Icon/Logo which is located on my desktop is titled “The Internet.” I can’t remember if I’ve seen this before. I’m not sure if this is normal.

 

4. I have a folder called “backups” on my desktop that contains alleged backup files, but I don’t know how it came to be. Most of the files have a “blank page” icon and just have the words “backup,” a date (August 6, 2013), and some seemingly random numbers (One of the files has the name “Secunia PSI Tray.”) Do you think I should delete the folder?

 

5. Should I change my router passwords as well?

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"1, when I unplug my laptop, it immediately shuts off. My laptop can only run when plugged in. (My adapter is fairly new. Got it in June 2013). I think there's something internally wrong with my computer but I'm not sure what it is. Do you know what I should do about that?"

This sounds like the battery is no good

"2. When I used Rogue Killer some days ago, immediately after the "Deleting Finished" info showed in the status box, the following happened: A pop-up (it looked legit and I think it is) said something like "Windows Report, Internet Explorer Restored." (I'm not sure exactly what was written because it appeared and disappeared rather quickly) Then, the desktop briefly disappeared (the icons and such disappeared) before reappearing again. I'm not sure if that's a normal part of the Rogue Killer process or not."

This sounds legit but would clear the cache anyway - go here and click on the fixit button - http://support.microsoft.com/kb/923737

"3. The Internet Explorer Icon/Logo which is located on my desktop is titled “The Internet.” I can’t remember if I’ve seen this before. I’m not sure if this is normal."

This is default for the system and was put back by one of our tools

"4. I have a folder called “backups” on my desktop that contains alleged backup files, but I don’t know how it came to be. Most of the files have a “blank page” icon and just have the words “backup,” a date (August 6, 2013), and some seemingly random numbers (One of the files has the name “Secunia PSI Tray.”) Do you think I should delete the folder?"

Backups from one of our tools and may be removed

"5. Should I change my router passwords as well?"

There are two passwords on the router

one is the one for the network and this one should be fine

the other is a password that allows you to access to the routers configurations and most people have not changed this and is left at default - consult the manufacturers documentation to see how to change this one

Gringo

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I apologize for the double post (not sure how to edit posts or if that's possible?) but I have one final question after the above question: I'm a very paranoid person and I was wondering if I should visit a computer specialist after this malware attack? 

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