HijackThis-ignore list & coolwebsearch...

Hi!
I have two questions:
1) If I ran HijackThis and no suspicious or unknown files were found on my computer (I checked with on the online analysis tool), is it a good idea to put any of those files in the ignore list?

2) I have a new laptop and before I installed all my anti-spyware, firewall, etc. apparently coolwebsearch got on my system. As I installed each new anti-spyware progam it was discovered (or re-discovered) and I removed it (repeatedly). I believe the the Microsoft beta 2 (Windows Defender) must have removed it finally or the last piece of it.

Afterwards, HijackThis did not find it. Nor has Windows Defender, Spybot or Adaware found it again.

Do you think it is really gone, or might there still be some portion left. (Do I need to use CoolWebShredder to get rid of it completely?)

Thank you for your help!

 

Oh! and Norton Ant-Spyware is clean too!

 

CoolWWWSearch... is it gone, now?

Thank you very much for your time!

History:
I wote last month after CoolWWWSearch got on my system. Spybot had found it in 6 loations (on 2/20/06): 2 in "CameUp Root class", 2 in "CameUp Class ID", 1 in "CameUp Interface", and 1 in "Toolband Type Library". (Spybot never found CoolWWWSearch again.) There were no symptoms at that time.

Since I last wrote, I have not used the laptop very much. When I did start it up recently, I began going through your 9 recommended steps.

Current:
But, I ran into a problem: files would not download from the internet (from your site and from my yahoo mail account). The download window would open, I would specify the file to put the download in, the download would begin (listing same file) and then when the download was over, the window would disappear and the application could not be found anywhere on the computer. I did have some IT professionals take a look. They had not seen this issue before either. They could not find the applications either.

So I did a system restart to a day before that issue began. Then I went through your steps. All scans were clean (except one found 3 "no threat" items which I removed anyway). (I performed the following in safe mode: CCleaner, MS Malicious Software Removal Tool, Ad-Aware SE, Spy-bot, MS Windows Defender, CWShredder, Bitdefender, Panda ActiveScan, and Norton Anti-Virus; then I ran HijackThis.)

Request:
I have not been experiencing any more problems, but wanted someone to double check the hijackthis log to see if there is anything that's been overlooked. (Maybe I should have waited, but, after Step 7 I did clear the System Restore points (step 1).

I have attached my system specs, the HijackThis log and the log from the Bitdefender. The Panda AcaiveScan did not povide a link to a log; I suppose because it did not find anything.

Thanks again for your time!

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My system specs are:
Operating System
Windows XP Professional Service Pack 2 (build 2600)
System Model
Acer, inc. Aspire 5670
Processor a
1.67 gigahertz Intel Pentium III
64 kilobyte primary memory cache
2048 kilobyte secondary memory cache
Main Circuit Board
Board: Acer, Inc. Bodensee
Bus Clock: 166 megahertz
Drives Memory
115.82 Gigabytes Usable Hard Drive Capacity
103.64 Gigabytes Hard Drive Free Space
Hard drive (120.03 GB)
Modules
2048 Megabytes Installed Memory
Virus Protection =
Norton AntiVirus Version 11.00
Virus Definitions Version 3/22/2006 Rev 7
All required security hotfixes (using the 03/14/2006 Microsoft Security Bulletin Summary) have been installed.

 

Re--CoolWWWSearch... is it gone, now?

Sorry,
It appears that the attachments didn't attach before. Here they are.

PS (The "3 "no threat" items which I removed anyway" were MRUs.)

 

Yea! I will work through the protection steps now.

I want to thank you and the creators of this site for taking the time to make such an outstanding resource! Your instructions are extrememly helpful and they organize all the various information on the web.

Thank you very much again!