BUT I chickened out of doing the same for other user names….. AND I chickened out of cleaning the recycle bin. Some things looked too important to delete just yet. I want to make sure everything runs fine for a day or too. I hope this doesn't ruin things. If so sorry.
Not a problem and very understandable. And speaking of this, you really DO need to move HJT into its own folder. This is because it will make backups of what you delete. That way, if something goes wrong, you can put them back. This doesn't work if you have it in a temp folder like you do now
Your log looks clean, good job. What kinds of problems were you having that made you decide to post a log?
You did have a p0rn dialer in that last log, so my guess would be embarrassing pop ups.
If there are other users on that same machine, you can log in under them and run Adaware and Spybot and it will find some things it didnt find on your login. At least thats how it works with a local machine on a workgroup, I'm not sure how that works on a domain.
IT department? Nope. We're too small and the boss is too cheap. I am the closest thing we have and I am just the sales manager.
Are you in St Louis by any chance??
Just kiddin!
To answer a question - yes it is a work computer - and there are more to fix where this comes from.
Bring em ON!!
Here are some things I want you to do on those machines first, before posting HJT logs. And if you do post logs, briefly outline what you have tried in your post, that will help us help you.
Download
Stinger
This is best run in safe mode
Download
CWShredder
Run this, and click on "Fix"
Download
Adaware and
Spybot
Here is how to use them.
SPYBOT AND ADAWARE SETUP
Download and install Spybot S&D and Adaware SE.
1. Downloaded and Install Spybot S&D, accepting the Default
Settings
2. In the Menu Bar at the top of the Spybot window you will see
'Mode'. Make certain that 'default mode' has a check mark
beside it.
3. Close ALL windows except Spybot S&D
4. Click the button to ‘Search for Updates’ then download and
install the Updates.
5. Next click the button ‘Check for Problems’
6. When Spybot is complete, it will be showing ‘RED’ entries
bold 'Black' entries and ‘GREEN’ entries in the window
7. Make certain there is a check mark beside all of the RED
entries ONLY.
8. Choose ‘Fix Selected Problems’ and allow Spybot to fix the
RED entries.
9.REBOOT to complete the scan and clear memory.
10. Do not enable Tea Timer until the log is clean as it will
prevent the fix from working.
Scanning With Ad-Aware SE :
1. Download and Install Ad-Aware SE, keeping the default
options. However, some of the settings will need to be changed
before your first scan
2.Close ALL windows except Ad-Aware SE
3. Click on the‘world’ icon at the top right of the Ad-Aware SE
window and let AdAware SE update the reference list for the
adware and malware.
4. Once the update is finished click on the ‘Gear’ icon (second
from the left at the top of the window) to access the
preferences/settings window
1) In the ‘General’ window make sure the following are selected
in green:
*Automatically save log-file
*Automatically quarantine objects prior to removal
*Safe Mode (always request confirmation)
Under Definitions:
*Prompt to udate outdated definitions - set the number of days
2) Click on the ‘Scanning’ button on the left and select in
green :
Under Driver, Folders & Files:
*Scan Within Archives
Under Select drives & folders to scan -
*choose all hard drives
Under Memory & Registry: all green
*Scan Active Processes
*Scan Registry
*Deep Scan Registry
*Scan my IE favorites for banned URL’s
*Scan my Hosts file
3) Click on the ‘Advanced’ button on the left and select in
green:
Under Shell Integration:
*Move deleted files to recycle bin
Under Logfile Detail Level: (all green)
*include addtional object information
*DESELECT - include negligible objects information
*include environment information
Under Alternate Data Streams:
*Don't log streams smaller than 0 bytes
*Don't log ADS with the following names: CA_INOCULATEIT
4) Click the ‘Tweak’ button and select in green:
Under the ‘Scanning Engine’:
*Unload recognized processes during scanning
*Scan registry for all users instead of current user only
Under the ‘Cleaning Engine’:
*Let Windows remove files in use at next reboot
Under the Log Files:
*Include basic Ad-aware SE settings in logfile
*Include additional Ad-aware SE settings in logfile
*Please do not check or make green: Include Module list in
logfile
5. Click on ‘Proceed’ to save the settings.
6. Click ‘Start’
*Choose:'Perform Full System Scan'
*DESELECT "Search for negligible risk entries", as negligible
risk entries (MRU's) are not considered to be a threat.
7. Click ‘Next’ and Ad-Aware SE will scan your hard drive(s)
with the options you have selected and clean automatically.
8. If Ad-Aware SE finds bad entries, you will receive a list of
what it found in the window
9. Save the log file when it asks and then click ‘finish’
10. REBOOT to complete the removal of what Ad-Aware SE found
Lets see another log!!
Go ahead and keep it in this thread also, since I have already subscribed to it.
Unless the mods object?