Tarun

Do all of the scans from the sticky list posted in this thread in Safe Mode. Then boot back into Normal Mode, run HijackThis and post a log.

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If you want to plug your computer directly into your laptop, all you need is a crossover cable. If you have a network (or wireless network) you could simply connect through your LAN. [ Moved to Networking ]

They mean you should reinstall NOD.

If I had $1 for everytime you copied and pasted this over the past few years, I'd own Microsoft. And how often do you restore with your Ghost image? Overnight? Once a week? In any case, you're forcing more activity upon your drive by constantly re-writting (overwriting) the data than defragmenting would ever do. But hey, someone showed me a link stating that disk-access did not factor into a drive's overall lifespan. I don't know how valid that is or if it is true, though. People have also stated that Ghost restorations do not perform any form of defrag or anything near it. They've also proven it the numerous times he has pasted that false information.

Discussion of warez or anything relating to is not allowed. [ Closed ]

Moved to the correct forum. nycste, please refer to this thread.

Can you please post the report from the Autoplay Repair Tool?

HDTune will be able to tell you the condition of your drive. Since you freed up a lot of space you are bound to have a high number of contigious/fragmented files, so you may want to defrag at a later time. For now I would not defrag until we see if your drive is failing or if it's alright. Also, if you like you can use another computer with a cd burner and burn a few drive checking tools. HDTune will tell you who the manufacturer of your drive is and from there we can get you the proper diagnostic software.

Yeeah, actually he recommends that you fully uninstall Spybot 1.4 to avoid a lot of duplicate and leftover files. Immunize also is currently having problems on Vista and XP. On the plus side, users of Windows 95 now have an anti-spyware program.

I've seen avast recommended here already, but I too will recommend it. For a freeware antivirus it is an excellent product. I would however advise you avoid AVG's Antivirus as it misses viruses often, and the few it manages it find it doesn't know how to properly handle them. I used avast on Vista Ultimate (32bit) while I was beta testing it. It will work perfectly fine, no issues at all and it won't slow down your system either.

Though there are no items marked in red, that means there is nothing malicious. Everything listed is optional for you to remove. Definitely free up some more space and you'll see a huge improvement.

StartupLite listed all of the applications that it knows. You will definitely want to remove Digital Patrol and FreeRAM XP. Digital Patrol is a trojan remover, but you have to buy it to remove what it finds. You'd be better off with avast, RogueRemover, AVG AntiSpyware, etc. FreeRAM XP is just like all RAM optimizers, they degrade performance rather than improve it. Generated by Tarun of Lunarsoft's HijackThis Converter v0.53 Beta. Default-color items are optional, red are known to be malicious. Created registry value R1 - HKCU\Software\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Main,Search Bar = http://us.rd.yahoo.com/customize/ie/defaul...rch/search.html R1 - HKCU\Software\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Main,Search Page = http://us.rd.yahoo.com/customize/ie/defaul...//www.yahoo.com R1 - HKLM\Software\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Main,Default_Page_URL = http://www.yahoo.com/ R1 - HKLM\Software\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Main,Default_Search_URL = http://us.rd.yahoo.com/customize/ie/defaul...//www.yahoo.com R1 - HKLM\Software\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Main,Search Bar = http://us.rd.yahoo.com/customize/ie/defaul...rch/search.html R1 - HKLM\Software\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Main,Search Page = http://us.rd.yahoo.com/customize/ie/defaul...//www.yahoo.com Changed registry value R0 - HKLM\Software\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Main,Start Page = http://www.yahoo.com/ Created registry value R1 - HKCU\Software\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\SearchURL,(Default) = http://us.rd.yahoo.com/customize/ie/defaul...//www.yahoo.com R1 - HKCU\Software\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Main,Window Title = Windows Internet Explorer provided by Yahoo! Enumeration of existing IE's BHO's O2 - BHO: (no name) - {02478D38-C3F9-4efb-9B51-7695ECA05670} - (no file) Enumeration of suspicious auto-loading registry entries O4 - HKLM\..\Run: [intelZeroConfig] "C:\Program Files\Intel\Wireless\bin\ZCfgSvc.exe" O4 - HKLM\..\Run: [intelWireless] "C:\Program Files\Intel\Wireless\Bin\ifrmewrk.exe" /tf Intel PROSet/Wireless O4 - HKLM\..\Run: [NDSTray.exe] NDSTray.exe O4 - HKLM\..\Run: [HWSetup] C:\Program Files\TOSHIBA\TOSHIBA Applet\HWSetup.exe hwSetUP O4 - HKLM\..\Run: [sVPWUTIL] C:\Program Files\Toshiba\Windows Utilities\SVPWUTIL.exe SVPwUTIL O4 - HKLM\..\Run: [Tvs] C:\Program Files\Toshiba\Tvs\TvsTray.exe O4 - HKLM\..\Run: [TPSMain] TPSMain.exe O4 - HKLM\..\Run: [PadTouch] C:\Program Files\TOSHIBA\Touch and Launch\PadExe.exe O4 - HKLM\..\Run: [ZoomingHook] ZoomingHook.exe O4 - HKLM\..\Run: [RTHDCPL] RTHDCPL.EXE O4 - HKLM\..\Run: [Digital Patrol Update 5] C:\Program Files\Proantivirus Lab\Digital Patrol Scanner 5.0\update.exe /autoupdate O4 - HKLM\..\Run: [iTunesHelper] "C:\Program Files\iTunes\iTunesHelper.exe" O4 - HKCU\..\Run: [Yahoo! Pager] "C:\Program Files\Yahoo!\Messenger\YahooMessenger.exe" -quiet O4 - HKCU\..\Run: [msnmsgr] "C:\Program Files\MSN Messenger\msnmsgr.exe" /background O4 - HKCU\..\Run: [FreeRAM XP] "C:\Program Files\YourWare Solutions\FreeRAM XP Pro\FreeRAM XP Pro.exe" -win O4 - HKCU\..\Run: [ccleaner] "C:\Program Files\CCleaner\ccleaner.exe" /AUTO O4 - HKCU\..\Run: [ctfmon.exe] C:\WINDOWS\system32\ctfmon.exe O4 - Startup: Microsoft Office OneNote 2003 Quick Launch.lnk = C:\Program Files\Microsoft Office\OFFICE11\ONENOTEM.EXE Extra IE context menu items O8 - Extra context menu item: E&xport to Microsoft Excel - res://C:\PROGRA~1\MICROS~2\OFFICE11\EXCEL.EXE/3000 Extra "Tools" menu items and buttons O9 - Extra button: (no name) - {08B0E5C0-4FCB-11CF-AAA5-00401C608501} - C:\Program Files\Java\jre1.5.0_04\bin\npjpi150_04.dll O9 - Extra 'Tools' menuitem: Sun Java Console - {08B0E5C0-4FCB-11CF-AAA5-00401C608501} - C:\Program Files\Java\jre1.5.0_04\bin\npjpi150_04.dll O9 - Extra button: Research - {92780B25-18CC-41C8-B9BE-3C9C571A8263} - C:\PROGRA~1\MICROS~2\OFFICE11\REFIEBAR.DLL O9 - Extra button: AIM - {AC9E2541-2814-11d5-BC6D-00B0D0A1DE45} - C:\Program Files\AIM\aim.exe O9 - Extra button: Real.com - {CD67F990-D8E9-11d2-98FE-00C0F0318AFE} - C:\WINDOWS\system32\Shdocvw.dll O9 - Extra button: Yahoo! Messenger - {E5D12C4E-7B4F-11D3-B5C9-0050045C3C96} - C:\Program Files\Yahoo!\Messenger\YahooMessenger.exe O9 - Extra 'Tools' menuitem: Yahoo! Messenger - {E5D12C4E-7B4F-11D3-B5C9-0050045C3C96} - C:\Program Files\Yahoo!\Messenger\YahooMessenger.exe Changing of IERESET.INF O14 - IERESET.INF: START_PAGE_URL=http://www.toshibadirect.com/dpdstart Downloaded Program Files item O16 - DPF: {30528230-99f7-4bb4-88d8-fa1d4f56a2ab} (YInstStarter Class) - C:\Program Files\Yahoo!\Common\yinsthelper.dll O16 - DPF: {5D6F45B3-9043-443D-A792-115447494D24} (UnoCtrl Class) - http://messenger.zone.msn.com/EN-US/a-UNO1/GAME_UNO1.cab O16 - DPF: {8E0D4DE5-3180-4024-A327-4DFAD1796A8D} (MessengerStatsClient Class) - http://messenger.zone.msn.com/binary/Messe...nt.cab31267.cab O16 - DPF: {AF2E62B6-F9E1-4D4F-A10A-9DC8E6DCBCC0} - http://update.videoegg.com/Install/Windows...ggPublisher.exe O16 - DPF: {C3F79A2B-B9B4-4A66-B012-3EE46475B072} (MessengerStatsClient Class) - http://messenger.zone.msn.com/binary/Messe...nt.cab56907.cab

Though it makes threads longer, the HijackThis logs are much easier to read when posted.

AVG also has an Anti-Rootkit available. Personally SysInternals is great for looking "under the hood".

StartUpLite may also help you cut down on some unnecessary programs. http://www.malwarebytes.org/startuplite.php

goofogle, please scan again with HijackThis 2.0.2 and post a new log. It will show us a bit more in-depth information about your computer.

Any time. Let us know how it turns out.

Download Power Defragmenter GUI and save it where you can find it easily (Such as the Desktop). Unzip PowerDefragmenterGUI.zip. Unable to decompress the zip file? You can use IZArc to decompress files with ease. Download Sysinternals' Contig to the same location you saved Power Defragmenter GUI. Unzip Contig.zip. Browse into the Contig directory and copy the Contig.exe file into the Power Defragmenter GUI folder. The reason? Power Defragmenter GUI is designed to work extremely well with Sysinternals' Contig. From the Power Defragmenter GUI directory, double click the Power Defragmenter GUI.exe file. Click Next, then select PowerMode Disk Defragmentation and click next. The Contig window will open as your hard drive is defragmented. Once Contig completes, the Windows Disk Defragmenter will open in the command line window and defrag your hard drive as well, putting things in the order it sees best fit for your computer. When everything is complete, Power Defragmenter GUI will tell you that it has completed all of its work. You can click Quit/Finish to exit the program. NOTE: This process can take anywhere from minutes to hours! It is best to let the defragmentation process complete for optimal performance. If need be, let this run overnight. The process is all automated and will help your system greatly. It may also help to defrag your pagefile with PageDefrag which is also by SysInternals. Reducing the number of items in your Startup is also very beneficial, as it removes a lot of unnecessary programs that may be running when you don't need them at all. You can post a HijackThis log if you wish and we can also check for malware.

Here they are, right here on MSFN. theblazingangel nw_raptor

Windows Update does a lot more than just critical.

One of the key big issues is that Microsoft would be concerned about malicious code getting secretly packed into the hotfixes in AutoPatcher, then people complain to Microsoft.

More than likely a false positive. Try uploading it to http://virus-total.com

Keep us posted if your network speed improves or not. It may also be an issue with Comcast.

They have been merged with the Office forum.