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My computer started running slow about 4 months ago and I've tried numerous spyware, malware and anti-virus programs that have found some stuff and slightly improved things but nothing has gotten my computer back to where it was and should be. I'm pretty sure I know when and how my problem initially started. One night I was trying to watch something and I installed tvu player and I got a message from my anti-virus saying that it was a known phishing program or something to that effect. I would have normally not proceeded but for once I said screw it and continued with the installation figuring nothing serious would come about and malwarebytes would knock it out anyway. Well it turned out to be a bad call and right after I finished watching my program I unistalled tvu player and rebooted and it took me at least 7-8 minutes to boot up when it was usually under a minute. Also everything just runs slower now. It can take me 2+ hours just to unzip files now which is obviously ridiculous (just for example). Also its nearly impossible to watch a movie or play music as the picture and sound is slow and the sound distorted as if the processor is overworked, but my performance tab in task manager never really shows the computer usage above 10-15% except when im doing things like extracting archived files or something.

I've ran Hijack this as the first step in the malware guide stated to do and here is the log. Any help would be greatly apprectiated.

Logfile of Trend Micro HijackThis v2.0.4
Scan saved at 6:26:52 PM, on 8/3/2010
Platform: Windows XP SP3 (WinNT 5.01.2600)
MSIE: Internet Explorer v7.00 (7.00.6000.17055)
Boot mode: Normal

Running processes:
C:\WINDOWS\System32\smss.exe
C:\WINDOWS\system32\winlogon.exe
C:\WINDOWS\system32\services.exe
C:\WINDOWS\system32\lsass.exe
C:\WINDOWS\system32\svchost.exe
c:\Program Files\Microsoft Security Essentials\MsMpEng.exe
C:\WINDOWS\System32\svchost.exe
C:\WINDOWS\system32\spoolsv.exe
C:\Program Files\Common Files\ArcSoft\Connection Service\Bin\ACService.exe
C:\WINDOWS\System32\svchost.exe
C:\Program Files\Common Files\InterVideo\RegMgr\iviRegMgr.exe
C:\WINDOWS\system32\svchost.exe
C:\Program Files\Western Digital\WD SmartWare\WD Drive Manager\WDDMService.exe
C:\WINDOWS\Explorer.EXE
C:\WINDOWS\system32\igfxtray.exe
C:\Acer\Empowering Technology\eRecovery\eRAgent.exe
C:\WINDOWS\system32\hkcmd.exe
C:\WINDOWS\system32\igfxsrvc.exe
C:\WINDOWS\system32\wuauclt.exe
C:\WINDOWS\system32\igfxpers.exe
C:\WINDOWS\RTHDCPL.EXE
C:\Program Files\Synaptics\SynTP\SynTPEnh.exe
C:\PROGRA~1\LAUNCH~1\QtZgAcer.EXE
C:\Program Files\Common Files\AOL\1263398909\ee\AOLSoftware.exe
C:\Program Files\Common Files\Ahead\Lib\NMBgMonitor.exe
C:\WINDOWS\system32\ctfmon.exe
C:\Program Files\Windows Media Player\WMPNSCFG.exe
C:\Program Files\Common Files\Ahead\Lib\NMIndexingService.exe
C:\Program Files\Common Files\Ahead\Lib\NMIndexStoreSvr.exe
C:\WINDOWS\system32\igfxext.exe
C:\Program Files\InterVideo\Common\Bin\WinCinemaMgr.exe
C:\Program Files\Microsoft Office\Office12\ONENOTEM.EXE
C:\Program Files\Common Files\AOL\ACS\AOLAcsd.exe
C:\Program Files\Common Files\AOL\1263398909\ee\AOLDesktop.exe
C:\Documents and Settings\Stiz\Desktop\HiJackThis.exe

R1 - HKCU\Software\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Main,Default_Page_URL = http://homepage.acer.com/rdr.aspx?b=ACAW&a;…10&m=aoa150
R1 - HKLM\Software\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Main,Default_Page_URL = http://homepage.acer.com/rdr.aspx?b=ACAW&a;…10&m=aoa150
R1 - HKLM\Software\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Main,Default_Search_URL = http://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?LinkId=54896
R1 - HKLM\Software\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Main,Search Page = http://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?LinkId=54896
R0 - HKLM\Software\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Main,Start Page = http://homepage.acer.com/rdr.aspx?b=ACAW&a;…10&m=aoa150
R1 - HKCU\Software\Microsoft\Internet Connection Wizard,ShellNext = http://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?LinkId=74005
R3 - URLSearchHook: IAOLTBSearch Class - {EA756889-2338-43DB-8F07-D1CA6FB9C90D} - C:\Program Files\AOL Toolbar\aoltb.dll
O2 - BHO: (no name) - {11BF46C6-B3DE-48BD-BF70-3AD85CAB80B5} - C:\PROGRA~1\SITERA~1\SiteRank.dll
O2 - BHO: AcroIEHelperStub - {18DF081C-E8AD-4283-A596-FA578C2EBDC3} - C:\Program Files\Common Files\Adobe\Acrobat\ActiveX\AcroIEHelperShim.dll
O2 - BHO: Groove GFS Browser Helper - {72853161-30C5-4D22-B7F9-0BBC1D38A37E} - C:\Program Files\Microsoft Office\Office12\GrooveShellExtensions.dll
O2 - BHO: AOL Toolbar Loader - {7C554162-8CB7-45A4-B8F4-8EA1C75885F9} - C:\Program Files\AOL Toolbar\aoltb.dll
O3 - Toolbar: (no name) - {0BF43445-2F28-4351-9252-17FE6E806AA0} - (no file)
O3 - Toolbar: AOL Toolbar - {DE9C389F-3316-41A7-809B-AA305ED9D922} - C:\Program Files\AOL Toolbar\aoltb.dll
O4 - HKLM\..\Run: [LaunchApp] Alaunch
O4 - HKLM\..\Run: [IgfxTray] C:\WINDOWS\system32\igfxtray.exe
O4 - HKLM\..\Run: [HotKeysCmds] C:\WINDOWS\system32\hkcmd.exe
O4 - HKLM\..\Run: [Persistence] C:\WINDOWS\system32\igfxpers.exe
O4 - HKLM\..\Run: [RTHDCPL] RTHDCPL.EXE
O4 - HKLM\..\Run: [Alcmtr] ALCMTR.EXE
O4 - HKLM\..\Run: [AzMixerSel] C:\Program Files\Realtek\Audio\InstallShield\AzMixerSel.exe
O4 - HKLM\..\Run: [SynTPEnh] C:\Program Files\Synaptics\SynTP\SynTPEnh.exe
O4 - HKLM\..\Run: [IMJPMIG8.1] "C:\WINDOWS\IME\imjp8_1\IMJPMIG.EXE" /Spoil /RemAdvDef /Migration32
O4 - HKLM\..\Run: [MSPY2002] C:\WINDOWS\system32\IME\PINTLGNT\ImScInst.exe /SYNC
O4 - HKLM\..\Run: [PHIME2002ASync] C:\WINDOWS\system32\IME\TINTLGNT\TINTSETP.EXE /SYNC
O4 - HKLM\..\Run: [PHIME2002A] C:\WINDOWS\system32\IME\TINTLGNT\TINTSETP.EXE /IMEName
O4 - HKLM\..\Run: [LManager] C:\PROGRA~1\LAUNCH~1\QtZgAcer.EXE
O4 - HKLM\..\Run: [PLFSetL] C:\WINDOWS\PLFSetL.exe
O4 - HKLM\..\Run: [eRecoveryService] C:\Acer\Empowering Technology\eRecovery\eRAgent.exe
O4 - HKLM\..\Run: [HostManager] C:\Program Files\Common Files\AOL\1263398909\ee\AOLSoftware.exe
O4 - HKCU\..\Run: [BgMonitor_{79662E04-7C6C-4d9f-84C7-88D8A56B10AA}] "C:\Program Files\Common Files\Ahead\Lib\NMBgMonitor.exe"
O4 - HKCU\..\Run: [ctfmon.exe] C:\WINDOWS\system32\ctfmon.exe
O4 - HKCU\..\Run: [cdloader] "C:\Documents and Settings\Stiz\Application Data\mjusbsp\cdloader2.exe" MAGICJACK
O4 - HKCU\..\Run: [WMPNSCFG] C:\Program Files\Windows Media Player\WMPNSCFG.exe
O4 - HKUS\S-1-5-18\..\Run: [DWQueuedReporting] "C:\PROGRA~1\COMMON~1\MICROS~1\DW\dwtrig20.exe" -t (User 'SYSTEM')
O4 - HKUS\.DEFAULT\..\Run: [DWQueuedReporting] "C:\PROGRA~1\COMMON~1\MICROS~1\DW\dwtrig20.exe" -t (User 'Default user')
O4 - Startup: AOL Desktop.lnk = C:\Program Files\Common Files\AOL\Launch\aollaunch.exe
O4 - Global Startup: InterVideo WinCinema Manager.lnk = C:\Program Files\InterVideo\Common\Bin\WinCinemaMgr.exe
O8 - Extra context menu item: &AOL Toolbar Search - C:\Documents and Settings\All Users\Application Data\AOL\ieToolbar\resources\en-US\local\search.html
O8 - Extra context menu item: E&xport to Microsoft Excel - res://C:\PROGRA~1\MICROS~2\Office12\EXCEL.EXE/3000
O9 - Extra button: Send to OneNote - {2670000A-7350-4f3c-8081-5663EE0C6C49} - C:\PROGRA~1\MICROS~2\Office12\ONBttnIE.dll
O9 - Extra 'Tools' menuitem: S&end to OneNote - {2670000A-7350-4f3c-8081-5663EE0C6C49} - C:\PROGRA~1\MICROS~2\Office12\ONBttnIE.dll
O9 - Extra button: Research - {92780B25-18CC-41C8-B9BE-3C9C571A8263} - C:\PROGRA~1\MICROS~2\Office12\REFIEBAR.DLL
O9 - Extra button: (no name) - {e2e2dd38-d088-4134-82b7-f2ba38496583} - C:\WINDOWS\Network Diagnostic\xpnetdiag.exe
O9 - Extra 'Tools' menuitem: @xpsp3res.dll,-20001 - {e2e2dd38-d088-4134-82b7-f2ba38496583} - C:\WINDOWS\Network Diagnostic\xpnetdiag.exe
O9 - Extra button: Messenger - {FB5F1910-F110-11d2-BB9E-00C04F795683} - C:\Program Files\Messenger\msmsgs.exe
O9 - Extra 'Tools' menuitem: Windows Messenger - {FB5F1910-F110-11d2-BB9E-00C04F795683} - C:\Program Files\Messenger\msmsgs.exe
O16 - DPF: {E2883E8F-472F-4FB0-9522-AC9BF37916A7} - http://platformdl.adobe.com/NOS/getPlusPlus/1.6/gp.cab
O18 - Protocol: grooveLocalGWS - {88FED34C-F0CA-4636-A375-3CB6248B04CD} - C:\Program Files\Microsoft Office\Office12\GrooveSystemServices.dll
O22 - SharedTaskScheduler: Browseui preloader - {438755C2-A8BA-11D1-B96B-00A0C90312E1} - C:\WINDOWS\system32\browseui.dll
O22 - SharedTaskScheduler: Component Categories cache daemon - {8C7461EF-2B13-11d2-BE35-3078302C2030} - C:\WINDOWS\system32\browseui.dll
O23 - Service: ArcSoft Connect Daemon (ACDaemon) - ArcSoft Inc. - C:\Program Files\Common Files\ArcSoft\Connection Service\Bin\ACService.exe
O23 - Service: AOL Connectivity Service (AOL ACS) - AOL LLC - C:\Program Files\Common Files\AOL\ACS\AOLAcsd.exe
O23 - Service: IviRegMgr - InterVideo - C:\Program Files\Common Files\InterVideo\RegMgr\iviRegMgr.exe
O23 - Service: NBService - Nero AG - C:\Program Files\Nero\Nero 7\Nero BackItUp\NBService.exe
O23 - Service: NMIndexingService - Nero AG - C:\Program Files\Common Files\Ahead\Lib\NMIndexingService.exe
O23 - Service: WD SmartWare Drive Manager (WDDMService) - WDC - C:\Program Files\Western Digital\WD SmartWare\WD Drive Manager\WDDMService.exe

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Post #2
Hello Chinwabee and welcome to WhatTheTech. Please follow these guidelines while we work on your PC:
  • Malware removal is a sometimes lengthy and tedious process. Please stick with the thread until I’ve given you the “All clear.” Absence of symptoms does not mean your machine is clean!
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🖼Click to load external image (Posted Image) Please download DDS by sUBs from one of the following links and save it to your desktop.

DDS.scr
DDS.pif
  • Disable any script blocking protection (How to Disable your Security Programs)
  • Double click DDS icon to run the tool (may take up to 3 minutes to run)
  • When done, DDS.txt will open.
  • After a few moments, attach.txt will open in a second window.
  • Save both reports to your desktop.
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🖼Click to load external image (Posted Image) Download GMER Rootkit Scanner from here to your desktop.
  • Double click the exe file. If asked to allow gmer.sys driver to load, please consent .
  • If it gives you a warning about rootkit activity and asks if you want to run scan…click on NO.


    [external image: Posted Image]
    Click the image to enlarge it


  • In the right panel, you will see several boxes that have been checked. Uncheck the following …
    • IAT/EAT
    • Drives/Partition other than Systemdrive (typically C:\)
    • Show All (don't miss this one)
  • Then click the Scan button & wait for it to finish.
  • Once done click on the [Save..] button, and in the File name area, type in "Gmer.txt" or it will save as a .log file which cannot be uploaded to your post.
  • Save it where you can easily find it, such as your desktop, and post it in reply.
**Caution**
Rootkit scans often produce false positives. Do NOT take any action on any "<— ROOKIT" entries

If you have trouble running GEMR:
  • Make sure that your security software is disabled
  • Uncheck the box next to "Files" this time also
  • If you still can't run it, try in the Safe Mode
🖼Click to load external image (Posted Image) Please download MBRCheck.exe to your desktop.
  • Be sure to disable your security programs
  • Double click on the file to run it (Vista and Windows 7 users will have to confirm the UAC prompt)
  • A small window should open on your desktop
  • if an unknown bootcode is found you will have further options available to you, at this time press N then press Enter twice.
  • If nothing unusual is found just press Enter
  • A .txt file named MBRCheck_mm.dd.yy_hh.mm.ss should appear on your deskop. Please post the contents of that file.
Please include the following in your next post:
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Ok just now got done running scans 7 hours later. I got your instructions 21 mins after you posted and I just now got done. Gmer took forever and crashed my system once and then pegged out the cpu usage at 100% and forced me to do a hard shutdown. Anyway here are the logs DDS (Ver_10-03-17.01) - NTFSx86 Run by [removed] at 16:20:11.48 on Wed 08/04/2010 Internet Explorer: 7.0.5730.13 Microsoft Windows XP Home Edition 5.1.2600.3.1252.1.1033.18.1012.547 [GMT -6:00] AV: Microsoft Security Essentials *On-access scanning enabled* (Updated) {BCF43643-A118-4432-AEDE-D861FCBCFCDF} ============== Running Processes =============== C:\WINDOWS\system32\svchost -k DcomLaunch svchost.exe c:\Program Files\Microsoft Security Essentials\MsMpEng.exe C:\WINDOWS\System32\svchost.exe -k netsvcs svchost.exe svchost.exe C:\WINDOWS\system32\spoolsv.exe svchost.exe C:\Program Files\Common Files\ArcSoft\Connection Service\Bin\ACService.exe C:\WINDOWS\system32\crypserv.exe C:\WINDOWS\System32\svchost.exe -k HTTPFilter C:\Program Files\Common Files\InterVideo\RegMgr\iviRegMgr.exe C:\WINDOWS\system32\svchost.exe -k imgsvc C:\Program Files\Western Digital\WD SmartWare\WD Drive Manager\WDDMService.exe C:\WINDOWS\Explorer.EXE C:\Acer\Empowering Technology\eRecovery\eRAgent.exe C:\WINDOWS\system32\igfxtray.exe C:\WINDOWS\system32\igfxsrvc.exe C:\WINDOWS\system32\igfxpers.exe C:\WINDOWS\RTHDCPL.EXE C:\Program Files\Synaptics\SynTP\SynTPEnh.exe C:\PROGRA~1\LAUNCH~1\QtZgAcer.EXE C:\WINDOWS\system32\ctfmon.exe C:\Program Files\Windows Media Player\WMPNSCFG.exe C:\WINDOWS\system32\igfxext.exe C:\DOCUME~1\Stiz\LOCALS~1\Temp\RtkBtMnt.exe c:\Program Files\Microsoft Works\WksWP.exe c:\Program Files\Microsoft Works\WkDStore.exe C:\Program Files\Microsoft Works\wkgdcach.exe C:\WINDOWS\system32\taskmgr.exe C:\Documents and Settings\Stiz\Desktop\dds.scr ============== Pseudo HJT Report =============== uStart Page = hxxp://www.aol.com/ uDefault_Page_URL = hxxp://homepage.acer.com/rdr.aspx?b=ACAW&l=0409&s=0&o=xph&d=0110&m=aoa150 mDefault_Page_URL = hxxp://homepage.acer.com/rdr.aspx?b=ACAW&l=0409&s=0&o=xph&d=0110&m=aoa150 mStart Page = hxxp://homepage.acer.com/rdr.aspx?b=ACAW&l=0409&s=0&o=xph&d=0110&m=aoa150 uURLSearchHooks: IAOLTBSearch Class: {ea756889-2338-43db-8f07-d1ca6fb9c90d} - c:\program files\aol toolbar\aoltb.dll mURLSearchHooks: IAOLTBSearch Class: {ea756889-2338-43db-8f07-d1ca6fb9c90d} - c:\program files\aol toolbar\aoltb.dll BHO: : {11bf46c6-b3de-48bd-bf70-3ad85cab80b5} - c:\progra~1\sitera~1\SiteRank.dll BHO: Adobe PDF Link Helper: {18df081c-e8ad-4283-a596-fa578c2ebdc3} - c:\program files\common files\adobe\acrobat\activex\AcroIEHelperShim.dll BHO: Groove GFS Browser Helper: {72853161-30c5-4d22-b7f9-0bbc1d38a37e} - c:\program files\microsoft office\office12\GrooveShellExtensions.dll BHO: AOL Toolbar Loader: {7c554162-8cb7-45a4-b8f4-8ea1c75885f9} - c:\program files\aol toolbar\aoltb.dll TB: {0BF43445-2F28-4351-9252-17FE6E806AA0} - No File TB: AOL Toolbar: {de9c389f-3316-41a7-809b-aa305ed9d922} - c:\program files\aol toolbar\aoltb.dll uRun: [ctfmon.exe] c:\windows\system32\ctfmon.exe uRun: [WMPNSCFG] c:\program files\windows media player\WMPNSCFG.exe mRun: [LaunchApp] Alaunch mRun: [IgfxTray] c:\windows\system32\igfxtray.exe mRun: [HotKeysCmds] c:\windows\system32\hkcmd.exe mRun: [Persistence] c:\windows\system32\igfxpers.exe mRun: [RTHDCPL] RTHDCPL.EXE mRun: [Alcmtr] ALCMTR.EXE mRun: [AzMixerSel] c:\program files\realtek\audio\installshield\AzMixerSel.exe mRun: [SynTPEnh] c:\program files\synaptics\syntp\SynTPEnh.exe mRun: [IMJPMIG8.1] "c:\windows\ime\imjp8_1\IMJPMIG.EXE" /Spoil /RemAdvDef /Migration32 mRun: [MSPY2002] c:\windows\system32\ime\pintlgnt\ImScInst.exe /SYNC mRun: [PHIME2002ASync] c:\windows\system32\ime\tintlgnt\TINTSETP.EXE /SYNC mRun: [PHIME2002A] c:\windows\system32\ime\tintlgnt\TINTSETP.EXE /IMEName mRun: [LManager] c:\progra~1\launch~1\QtZgAcer.EXE mRun: [PLFSetL] c:\windows\PLFSetL.exe mRun: [eRecoveryService] c:\acer\empowering technology\erecovery\eRAgent.exe dRun: [DWQueuedReporting] "c:\progra~1\common~1\micros~1\dw\dwtrig20.exe" -t IE: &AOL Toolbar Search - c:\documents and settings\all users\application data\aol\ietoolbar\resources\en-us\local\search.html IE: E&xport to Microsoft Excel - c:\progra~1\micros~2\office12\EXCEL.EXE/3000 IE: {e2e2dd38-d088-4134-82b7-f2ba38496583} - %windir%\Network Diagnostic\xpnetdiag.exe IE: {FB5F1910-F110-11d2-BB9E-00C04F795683} - c:\program files\messenger\msmsgs.exe IE: {2670000A-7350-4f3c-8081-5663EE0C6C49} - {48E73304-E1D6-4330-914C-F5F514E3486C} - c:\progra~1\micros~2\office12\ONBttnIE.dll IE: {92780B25-18CC-41C8-B9BE-3C9C571A8263} - {FF059E31-CC5A-4E2E-BF3B-96E929D65503} - c:\progra~1\micros~2\office12\REFIEBAR.DLL DPF: {E2883E8F-472F-4FB0-9522-AC9BF37916A7} - hxxp://platformdl.adobe.com/NOS/getPlusPlus/1.6/gp.cab Handler: grooveLocalGWS - {88FED34C-F0CA-4636-A375-3CB6248B04CD} - c:\program files\microsoft office\office12\GrooveSystemServices.dll Notify: igfxcui - igfxdev.dll SSODL: WPDShServiceObj - {AAA288BA-9A4C-45B0-95D7-94D524869DB5} - c:\windows\system32\WPDShServiceObj.dll SEH: Groove GFS Stub Execution Hook: {b5a7f190-dda6-4420-b3ba-52453494e6cd} - c:\program files\microsoft office\office12\GrooveShellExtensions.dll ============= SERVICES / DRIVERS =============== R1 MpFilter;Microsoft Malware Protection Driver;c:\windows\system32\drivers\MpFilter.sys [2010-3-25 151216] R1 vcdrom;Virtual CD-ROM Device Driver;c:\windows\system32\drivers\VCdRom.sys [2001-12-19 8576] R2 WDDMService;WD SmartWare Drive Manager;c:\program files\western digital\wd smartware\wd drive manager\WDDMService.exe [2009-11-13 110592] S3 JMCR;JMCR;c:\windows\system32\drivers\jmcr.sys [2010-1-4 96856] S3 pbfilter;pbfilter;c:\documents and settings\stiz\my documents\peerblock\pbfilter.sys [2010-3-11 14424] S3 WDC_SAM;WD SCSI Pass Thru driver;c:\windows\system32\drivers\wdcsam.sys [2010-1-19 11520] S4 WDSmartWareBackgroundService;WD SmartWare Background Service;c:\program files\western digital\wd smartware\front parlor\WDSmartWareBackgroundService.exe [2009-6-16 20480] =============== Created Last 30 ================ 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Post #4
Chinwabee,

It looks like you ran ComboFix and Rooter on this machine last week. Were/are you being helped elsewhere, or did you run those on your own? I'd like to see the ComboFix log this will open it if it is there:

🖼Click to load external image (Posted Image) Click Start > Run or press Windows Key + R copy/paste the following into the run box that opens and press OK:
c:\ComboFix.txt

🖼Click to load external image (Posted Image) You have this program installed, Malwarebytes' Anti-Malware (MBAM). Please update it and run a scan.

Open MBAM
  • Click the Update tab
  • Click Check for Updates
  • If an update is found, it will download and install the latest version.
  • The program will close to update and reopen.
  • Once the program has loaded, select "Perform Quick Scan", then click Scan.
  • The scan may take some time to finish,so please be patient.
  • When the scan is complete, click OK, then Show Results to view the results.
  • Make sure that everything is checked, and click Remove Selected.
  • When disinfection is completed, a log will open in Notepad and you may be prompted to Restart.(See Extra Note)
  • The log is automatically saved by MBAM and can be viewed by clicking the Logs tab in MBAM.
  • Copy&Paste the entire report in your next reply.
Extra Note:
If MBAM encounters a file that is difficult to remove,you will be presented with 1 of 2 prompts,click OK to either and let MBAM proceed with the disinfection process,if asked to restart the computer,please do so immediatly.

🖼Click to load external image (Posted Image) Please run ESET Online Scanner
  • Place a check mark in the box YES, I accept the Terms Of Use
  • Click the Start button.
  • Now click the Install button.
  • Click Start. The scanner engine will initialize and update.
  • Do Not place a check mark in the box beside Remove found threats.
  • Click the Scan button. The scan will now run, please be patient.
  • When the scan finishes click the Details tab.
  • Copy and paste the contents of the C:\ProgramFiles\EsetOnlineScanner\log.txt into your next reply.
Please include the following in your next post:
  • MBAM log
  • ESET log
Post #5 last edited
I had combofix and rooter on this machine because I had a problem on my desktop about a year ago and a person named Tom from this site actually helped me clean the machine and so I thought they must be good programs to hold on to. I only ran the scans on them just to see if anything jumped out at me but I'm 99.9% sure I have NO CLUE what i'm reading in those scan results. I was just looking for something very obvious like the word trojan or something. But I only ran scans…I did not use any fix buttons at all as bec i'm no expert and didnt want to delete files that could cause further damage. I ran Malware and everything was clean as the log will show. Now, I run it regularly and going thru my logs all the way back to the beginning of the year it has always shown clean scans. I had AVG installed, which was very good about giving me detection warnings about files and sites, but then someone told me to try microsoft security essentials last week so I unistalled AVG and installed essentials and it came up with a bunch of threats that AVG had failed to find for months i'm guessing. The second scan you told me to run from that website, ESET or something I dont remember the name but it ran and said that no threats were found and it never gave me any details tab so I didnt get any log from it, i'm assuming because it didnt find anything. If you need me to re-run the scan to get something just let me know. At this point i'm just wondering what you think may be causing my computer problems because all of the scans I ran prior to coming to this site produced a few results that were removed but it seems like nothing is showing up now in the scans you are having me run (of course I didnt read those long logs from the first scans you had me run because I would have no idea what they mean). So i'm just asking if there is anything you have seen to this point that may lead you to some indication of what may be causing my issues. Malwarebytes' Anti-Malware 1.46 www.malwarebytes.org Database version: 4393 Windows 5.1.2600 Service Pack 3 Internet Explorer 7.0.5730.13 8/5/2010 9:59:21 AM mbam-log-2010-08-05 (09-59-21).txt Scan type: Quick scan Objects scanned: 159043 Time elapsed: 37 minute(s), 1 second(s) Memory Processes Infected: 0 Memory Modules Infected: 0 Registry Keys Infected: 0 Registry Values Infected: 0 Registry Data Items Infected: 0 Folders Infected: 0 Files Infected: 0 Memory Processes Infected: (No malicious items detected) Memory Modules Infected: (No malicious items detected) Registry Keys Infected: (No malicious items detected) Registry Values Infected: (No malicious items detected) Registry Data Items Infected: (No malicious items detected) Folders Infected: (No malicious items detected) Files Infected: (No malicious items detected)
Post #6
Chinwabee,

ComboFix is not something you should be using as a scanner. It is not a scanner at all - it is a very powerful tool that is not intended for unsupervised use. Used improperly it can damage your operating system. I'd like you to uninstall it now, using these instructions:

🖼Click to load external image (Posted Image) Uninstall ComboFix
  • Press the Windows key + R on your keyboard or click Start -> Run. Copy and past the following text into the run box that opens and press OK:
    Combofix /Uninstall
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🖼Click to load external image (Posted Image) Delete the following tools along with any other logs you saved from our work:
  • DDS
  • GMER
  • MBRCheck
  • Rooter
I don't see any malware in your logs, but based on your descripton of the computer's behavior there is definately a problem in there. I'd recommend starting a new topic in our Microsoft Windows Forum Be sure to give whoever helps you there a link back to this thread.

Good luck.
Post #7
I understand what your saying about combofix and I did delete it right after I ran it a week or so ago…like I said I didnt know what it was showing me so I got rid of it, I also got rid of the stuff you had me use. But I wanted to thank you for your time and help and I've started a new topic in the other forum.

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