Did all steps...Computer Slow...HDD insane!

Hello,

For the past few days, my computer is awfully slow. The HDD seems to be working all the time, even though I am not doing anything at all. I use Windows XP SP2... in Korean. When I upgraded from SP1 to SP2, I wanted to do it in English, but it wouldn't install itself because it was a different language, so I had to keep working in Korean, which is terrible because most of the time I have no idea what messages mean when they compe from the OS instead of a software.

Anyway, while doing the step 1 through 6, nothing was found except with Panda. However, I got some problems. Whenever I used Bitdefender, the Internet connection was clocked afterwards, so I had to reboot again in Safe mode. Nevertheless, in Safe mode, Panda always jammes in the middle of the scanning and the internet connection was blocked, so after trying 4 times I decided to use Panda in normal mode... and it worked.

I wanted to see if I could get rid of my problems by downloading the try-out version of Panda, but it wouldn't install itself because it finds PC-cillin on my computer. Actually, PC-cillin is not on my computer anymore. I deleted the files myself manually because it didn't work whenever I tried through the ADD/REMOVE Programs of Windows. BUT! Because I did it that way, it still shows up in the list of programs on my computer (that's something else I would like to fix).

I use Zone Alarm (the free version) for my firewall, and about the same time that my computer has begun slowing down, once in a while I get a windows on my screen with a message saying something like "Zone Alarm is initializing, this windows will close within minutes". But sometimes that windows pops up quite a few times. I often end up clicking on Cancel to get rid of it. Even if I don't, I ususally don't see Zone Alarm's icon anymore since I have all this trouble.

On last detail that I should mention is that my computer is not continually slow. At some point, things are fine and "seem" normal, just like now at the time of typing. Still, whenever I turn the computer on, at first I believe it's always slow.

Oops! I lied. There is one more thing. When I tried to use "Microsoft Windows Malicious Software Removal Tool" there seem to be a problem. I don't think it worked well because I got a windows with some message... in Korean. Either it didn't find anything wrong or it didn't work well and that's why I didn't see any file names or spyware list of some kind.

I am sending the log files for BitDefender, Panda and HJT.

To summarize all this: my computer is running slow but not continuously, Zone Alarm is somehow working differently since I have the slowing-down problem, and I wish I could get rid of anything left of PC-cillin.

Any help, as you can guess, would be really appreciated!

Thank you.

 

Boot to safe mode and delete the following files:

C:\WINDOWS\SYSTEM32\logs1.ini
C:\TEMP\salmau.dat

Other than the above your logs are clean. I noticed that your Firewall and Anti-Virus are inactive.

 

Thank you. I will get rid of the two files and let you know how things are afterwards.

As for the problem mentioned by Chaslang about my firewall, this is something else I want to solve.

How can I once and for all remove PC-cillin from my computer? Although I deleted the files manually, there are still traces of PC-cilling here and there in my system, as I explained in my first message. Should I try to reinstall it to better deleted it?

 

I deleted the two files indicated by Shadow_Puter_Dude.

I saw that next to C:/temp/system32/logs1.ini there was also the file C:/temp/system32/logs2.ini shouldn't I delete that one as well?

After deleting the two files in safe mode, I ran CCleaner and then rebooted in normal mode, but my computer is still running slow and the led of the HDD still indicated that it keeps working like crazy. Any idea about what could possibly be the cause for this?

Third request, (if I am asking at the wrong place, let me know) how could I get rid of everything related to PC-cilling once and for all?

Chaslang, should I try to delete one of the two services you indicated?

Hey, by the way, have a nice weekend!

 

You can delete eveything in C:/temp

Which Firewall do you want to remove?

 

Oops! Sorry, I didn't mean to type c:/temp... it should have been c:/windows/system32/logs2.ini that I was wondering if I could/should delete too since you told me to delete the ...logs1.ini file.

Just like I said in my previous message, besides having the slow computer problem, I want to remove everything related to PC-cillin, once and for all.

I ran Ad-Aware and Spybot in normal mode. I'm trying anything I can think of to find out the reason of my slowing-down. Ad-Aware didn't find anything. Spybot didn't find anything either but there was another message saying "Error during Check! PrizeSurfer.RSync[13](Out of memory)".

Another thing, the computer goes from dead slow, to slow, to not to bad, to dead slow again, to ... anyway, altogether it's rather slow than even acceptable.

 

Yes delete that file.

Having 2 firewalls is the most likely reason for your computer running so slowly.

[EDIT] Reinstall PC-Cillin and then follow the directions in this Trend Micro article to remove it from your system.

http://esupport.trendmicro.com/support/viewxml.do?ContentID=en-121942

You should now be able to install Panda