My battery died and the new daschund puppy yanked the cord on my laptop and completed the short in the adaptor. So I got an adaptor and battery on order and am using another computer.
Those perf files look like legimate Microsoft files by name. You can right-click the file and check Properties, Version and see if you see the Microsoft.
You hiajckthis log appears to be clean but the Sygate shows up.
O23 - Service: Sygate Security Agent (SmcService) - Sygate Technologies, Inc. - C:\Program Files\Sygate\SSA\smc.exe
You had stated that you uninstalled the Sygate firewall and logs indicated you had the Windows firewall enabled. If you want to use a different firewall now, we need to clean up the Sygate entry.
Please do not rely on just the Windows firewall when there are good firewalls available which are free for personal use.
ZoneAlarm , Comodo are a couple.
http://www.sunbelt-s...ewall/Download/
http://www.agnitum.c...ee/download.php
http://www.personalf...all.comodo.com/
Please install a firewall and post (reply) with a hijackthis log.