Hi forgottenv,
Thanks for your patience.
I finally got through that log. The only reference to not being able to repair a file was in the case of files being in use and a reboot was required.
Unable to complete Verify and Repair transaction because some of the files that need to be repaired are in use. A reboot is required to complete this operation.
It would seem the tool was finally successful.
2010-09-17 22:16:38, Info CSI 0000007c [SR] Repairing corrupted file [ml:520{260},l:28{14}]"\??\C:\Windows"\[l:24{12}]"explorer.exe" from store
2010-09-17 22:22:06, Info CSI 000002cb [SR] Repairing corrupted file [ml:48{24},l:46{23}]"\??\C:\Windows\SysWOW64"\[l:22{11}]"wininit.exe" from store
2010-09-17 22:22:21, Info CSI 000002ea [SR] Repairing corrupted file [ml:48{24},l:46{23}]"\??\C:\Windows\SysWOW64"\[l:22{11}]"wininit.exe" from store
2010-09-17 22:22:21, Info CSI 000002ec [SR] Repairing corrupted file [ml:520{260},l:28{14}]"\??\C:\Windows"\[l:24{12}]"explorer.exe" from store
2010-09-17 22:22:22, Info CSI 000002f7 [SR] Repairing corrupted file [ml:48{24},l:46{23}]"\??\C:\Windows\SysWOW64"\[l:22{11}]"wininit.exe" from store
2010-09-17 22:22:22, Info CSI 000002f9 [SR] Repairing corrupted file [ml:520{260},l:28{14}]"\??\C:\Windows"\[l:24{12}]"explorer.exe" from store
Let's clean up the tools and your old Restore Points and send you on your way.
From your desktop, please delete, if present
- any notepads/logs that we created
- MBRCheck
Create a new System Restore Point
- Click your Start button
- Right click My Computer and click properties
- Click on the System Protection
- Check to make sure that you have System Protection turned on for the listed available disk, that you want to create a restore point for
- Click on the Create button
- Type in a description for the restore point
- When the restore point has finished being created, click on the Close button
Clear the old System Restore points- Click Start, type Cleanmgr.exe and press ENTER
- Select the C:\ drive from the list and click OK
- Click Disk Cleanup
- Click Clean up System files
- Click the More Options tab
- Click Clean up under System Restore and Shadow Copies.
- On the confirmation screen click Delete
- click OK on the Disk Cleanup Screen
- On this confirmation screen and click Delete Files.
This will remove all Restore Points except the most recent one.
Open
OTL then click the
Clean Up button. You may get prompted by your firewall that OTL wants to contact the internet - allow this. A cleanup.txt will be downloaded, a message dialog will ask you if you want to proceed with the cleanup process, click
Yes. This will do some clean up tasks and delete some of the tools you have downloaded plus itself.
I suggest you keep
MBAM, keep it updated and use it regularly.
Some Recommendations and prevention tips
Basic security consists of 1 antivirus program, 1 resident antispyware program, 1 on demand antispyware program and a firewall.
* If you are behind a router Windows firewall should be fine. Otherwise a 3rd party firewall with outbound monitoring is recommended.
Click
FIREWALL for links and tutorials to good, free and paid for firewalls. (
Note: Zone Alarm is becoming bloatware)
You should also use
Spyware Blaster to help immunize your computer.
- SpywareBlaster will add a large list of programs and sites into your Internet Explorer
settings that will protect you from running and downloading known malicious programs.
OR
A guide to understanding and using the hosts file.
Learn how your Hosts file can protect you and how you can protect it.
Besides the Hosts file information, there are links to a very good updated hosts file, a host file manager. and some programs that can protect your hosts file.
HOSTS
Please read the info on disabling the DNS Client before installing a custom hosts file.
-Secure your
Internet Explorer
From within Internet Explorer click on the Tools menu and then click on Options.
- Click once on the Security tab
- Click once on the Internet icon so it becomes highlighted.
- Click once on the Custom Level button.
- Change the Download signed ActiveX controls to Prompt
- Change the Download unsigned ActiveX controls to Disable
- Change the Initialize and script ActiveX controls not marked as safe to Disable
- Change the Installation of desktop items to Prompt
- Change the Launching programs and files in an IFRAME to Prompt
- Change the Navigate sub-frames across different domains to Prompt
- When all these settings have been made, click on the OK button.
- If it prompts you as to whether or not you want to save the settings, press the Yes button.
Next press the
Apply button and then the
OK to exit the Internet Properties page.
- Keeping your Windows up-to-date is crucial to your computer's security. Please go to the
Windows Update Site (using Internet Explorer) and download and install all critical updates on a regular basis
- Ensure that
Automatic Update is turned on so you get all the latest patches.
Click start, control panel, click Security Center.
- Keep your
antivirus program
updated, as well as any other security programs you have.
-More tips and programs can be found
HERE
- You may also want to read this article By Tony Klein
http://www.freedomlist.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=22879
We will keep this thread open for a couple of days. Please post back if you have any problems or questions. Please post back when you have finished so this thread can be marked "Resolved".
Take care
Glad you didnt close the thread!
The log was 12mb but compressed down into 598kb
Unfortunately 98kb too large to attach… ouch.
Permission to split it into a two part .rar file or something thereabouts?
