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Hello, Here are the issues I am having with my computer. Running Vista Home Premium 64 bit on a HP G70 Notebook PC, Pentium Dual-Core. Anytime I open a program, I get a "bad image" pop up that goes away when I click (it appears twice). INternet browsing is very slow and getting worse. Difficulty opening web pages as simple as Google. I dowlnoaded hijack this but can't create a log file. Any help you would give me in resoolving these issues would be greatly appreciated. Regards, Basser55

Welcome to the forum Basser55. Unfortunately, your system is infected with malware. So, you are in the wrong place to ask for help.

Please read here: http://forums.whatthetech.com/Are_you_Infe…lp_t106388.html

Then, start a new thread here: http://forums.whatthetech.com/Malware_Remo…_Alert_f27.html

After you get your system cleaned up in our malware removal forum, you can come back here to this thread if you still need further assistance.

Take care, and welcome aboard.

Could you please help me know, how exactly does the error message appear. And please reply back with the exact error message you get. Is it just a bad image or does the error pop up with an extension along with it.

hpqtra08.exe - bad image, Acrotray.exe - bad image, sidebar.exe - bad image, (Do these errors look similar to what you have got on your computer).

PCS365,

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At that point, no further help, nor diagnostic investigation is conducted here in this Forum (or anywhere outside of Malware Removal Forum) until the Specialist declares that the machine is clear of malware.

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