I presume you are posting your HJT Log while I type this.
Please post a link to that Malware Removal thread once you have it posted so I can take a look.
Most Current Hard Drives are actually larger than 80gigs, which is considered "somewhat" small.
Maxtor, Western Digital, and Seagate often run special sale prices on 160gig Hard Drives for prices between $40 and $80 dollars.
Your current Western Digital Hard Drive is an "ATA" type, and sells for about $54 (retail not special sale)
You must be certain to purchase only "ATA" to use in this machine, and not "SATA"
You "can" purchase a special PCI card for SATA controller channels for an additional $25-$30 dollars, but I'd stick with "ATA" for now.
You have FlashGet "download manager" on your machine.
Did you "purchase" the full version, or are you using the free version.
If you're still using the "free version" you have a nasty spyware called "Cydoor" which we'll have to get rid of soon.
About your HJT Log:
My earlier questions about Cydoor, and Starware347 pale in view of some of the other infections you currently have on your machine.
We'll have to get you a fully qualified HJT expert advisor to get it cleaned up.
In the meantime, you should "limit" your Internet Browsing and definitely not visit any sites that may involve banking/credit card/purchases, etc.
It's not likely that we'll be able to find a HJT expert at this time of night, and theoretically you will have to wait your turn, but we'll see what we can manage to accomplish.
Empty your Recycle Bin.
Then Right-Click on the Recycle Bin Icon that resides on your Desktop.
Select - Properties
You will see a "slider-bar"
It's probably set at 100%
Slide it down to about 10% or 20%
Make "no other changes" in your Recycle Bin properties
This will free up "a little" space on your Hard Drive.
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Open - Control Panel - Select - Internet Options
Click on Delete Cookies - Click OK to the question "Delete all Cookies in the Temporary Internet file folder?"
Click on Delete Files - place a checkmark/tick in the box for "Delete all offline content" - Click - OK
Yep. Those sites are American, and I am somewhat aware that resources are more limited in Australia.
Fortunately, I have some excellent contacts in Australia who I can get in contact with for recommendations, when the time comes to purchase a new hard drive.
Please post a PM to me with your city or nearest large city where you would likely do your shopping.
Do not provide anything more than your city or nearest city. I'm not asking for address or any identifying information.
Clean up your temporary and temporary internet files.
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Here's a complete routine to manually do that:
To clean out all the temporary files and cookies on your system.
Go to
Start - Run - (type) "cleanmgr" without the quotes.
Let it scan your system for files to remove.
Check these three boxes and then press ok to remove:
Temporary Files,
Temporary Internet Files,
Recycle Bin.
Then GoTo:
Start - Find/search - Files or folders - in the named box, type: *.tmp
When the list is generated, choose
Edit - select all - File - delete.
Note: If you cannot delete them all at once because you have too many, then click and hold ctrl and highlight a batch of them at a time. Once highlighted, R-click over the highlight and select delete.
Then use
Start - Run - (type) "%temp%" (without the quotes).
Delete the entire contents of that "temp" folder
(use Edit - Select All - press "Delete", click "Yes").
Then,
Empty your Temporary Internet Cache completely.
Close all instances of Outlook and Internet Explorer,
then use "Control Panel - Internet Options - General tab and click the "Delete File" button.
When prompted place a check in: "Delete all offline content", then click OK.
Then, use Windows Explorer to clean out ALL the other temp folders on your system
(navigate to the folder, (as listed below)
use "Edit - Select All", press "Delete", click "Yes"
* C:\Documents and Settings\\Local Settings\Temp\
* C:\Documents and Settings\\Local Settings\Temporary Internet Files\
* C:\Documents and Settings\\Local Settings\Temp\
* C:\Windows\Prefetch\
* Empty your "Recycle Bin".
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Your machine will likely "boot up" a little more slowly after you perform the above, because you will be deleting the contents of Prefetch. (Prefetch will be "rebuilt" after a few logons) (Prefetch is designed to get applications and processes "ready" for quicker loading, but also can harbor lots of "junk" and some bad-guys.
Do you use Outlook or Outlook Express, or some other Email Client installed on your machine?
I know I'm getting a little ahead of you here, but if I know that you use an email client, I have additional recommendations to help retrieve some of your Hard Drive space.
I'm also going to continue writing instructions for you to follow as you get to them.
All instructions can and should be performed now, even before we get a HJT advisor involved.
I will not give you any instructions that will interfere with your eventual HJT work.
At that point, I will back out until the HJT work is completed.
Then we can pick up again.
Some instructions that I'd like to give now, cannot be given until you are completely free of Malware.
I'll save those til later, after you're finished in HJT.
So do you use Outlook or a similar Email client?
Open your Spybot Search & Destroy version 1.4
Click to allow it to update.
Run Spybot Search & Destroy and allow it to fix/remove all that it finds.
Open you Ad-Aware SE Personal version 1.06
Click to allow it to update.
Run your Ad-Aware Se Personal and allow it to fix/quarantine all that it finds.
DO NOT run your AVG AntiSpyware 7.5 (at this time) doing so "could in some cases" make it a bit more difficult for your HJT advisor to "see" various tell-tales of malware lurking on your machine.
Uninstall all JAVA items, including:
Sun Java System Application Server Platform Edition Apr 13, 2006
J2SE Runtime Environment 5.0 Update 5 Sun Microsystems, Inc. Apr 12, 2006
Java 2 Runtime Environment, SE v1.4.2_06 Sun Microsystems, Inc. Nov 27, 2004
(all the above have "vulnerabilities" that place your system at risk.)
Next:
Download and install the most updated version of JAVA Runtime Environment, here:
http://java.sun.com/javase/downloads/index.jsp
this is the one that you want: Java Runtime Environment (JRE) 6 (build 1.6.0-b105)
The Java SE Runtime Environment (JRE) allows end-users to run Java applications.
You will find it about 1/2 way down the page.
Select the "Windows Offline installation" for download.
Log off from the Internet prior to installing JAVA Runtime Environment
Do not download/install any of the other JAVA items - especially do not install - Sun Java System Application Server Platform Edition
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While you are in your Control Panel - Add/Remove, you will be seeing some "suspect applications" and you might have an "urge" to uninstall" them. — Don't!
I wish I could give you instructions for uninstalling several of them right now, but that would "interfere" with the eventual work that you will be doing with your HJT advisor.
Your HJT advisor will most likely instruct you to use Add/Remove to uninstall those same "suspect applications", and you'll be wondering to yourself —– "Why did Doug want me to wait/not uninstall them?"
It is because, your HJT Advisor should "see" "all" of those installed items, because some of them have nasty little components that won't completely uninstall via Add/Remove.
HJT advisors work "methodically" taking each step in the correct order so that the bad-guy items are "completely" removed. Please be patient.
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allright well flashjet that was about 2 years ago.. and it was the free trial.. so so old lol…
thank you..'
um no i dont.. only hotmail
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