Computer crippling malware

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While you did have some malware that got removed while running the READ & RUN ME, they were not issues that would slow a PC down. I expect your issues are either just due to what you are running or due to hardware or software issues on your PC.

You should however delete the below file:
C:\WINDOWS\005932_.tmp

And also delete the below folders:
C:\962e0f5eb4218130b6d9560defc6c7
C:\0c18fd5033729c0cbaec9120b4
C:\Program Files\Alwil Software

You can uninstall SUPERAntiSpyware now since we are finished with it. I also recommend uninstall Ad-Aware to avoid wasting any resources on it to since it is just not that useful anymore. If it came down to a choice for a backup scanner you would be much better off dumping Ad-Aware and keeping SUPERAntiSpyware.

You next options to look at to see what effect they have would be to uninstall Windows Defender and then reboot to see if anything changes. If not, then you could try running the below, reboot and run it one more time to get rid of all the Symantect Software to see if it is the cause of your poor performance.

Norton Removal Tool (SymNRT)

 

Okay hopefully you are referring to the How to protect yourself from malware sticky thread which you should run through.

As far as managing startups, step 1 of the READ & RUN ME gave you the below link:

Dealing with Startup Processes


Just to make sure you are properly cleaned up from running the READ & RUN ME, here are the normal final instructions.

Now we need to cleanup some items from running ComboFix.

Copy the bold text below to notepad. Save it as fixme.reg to your desktop. Be sure the "Save as" type is set to "all files" Once you have saved it double click it and allow it to merge with the registry.

Make sure that you tell me if you receive a success message about adding the above
to the registry. If you do not get a success message, it definitely did not work.

If you are not having any other malware problems, it is time to do our final steps:

1. You can uninstall SUPERAntiSpyware now.
2. We recommed you keep Malwarebytes Anti-Malware as a scanner. It uses no resources except a little disk space until you run a scan.
3. If we had you use ComboFix, uninstall ComboFix (This uninstall will only work as written if you installed ComboFix on your Desktop like we requested.)
   • Click START then RUN and enter the below into the run box and then click OK. Note the quotes are required
   • "%userprofile%\Desktop\combofix" /u
     • Notes: The space between the combofix" and the /u, it must be there.
     • This will uninstall ComboFix and also reset hidden files and folders settings back to Windows defaults.
   • Delete the C:\combofix folder from combofix.
4. If we had you download any registry patches like fixme.reg or fixWLK.reg (or any others), you can delete these files now.
5. If running Vista, it is time to make sure you have reenabled UAC by double clicking on the C:\MGtools\enableUAC.reg file and allowing it to be added to the registry.
6. Go to add/remove programs and uninstall HijackThis.
7. You can delete the C:\MGtools folder and the C:\MGtools.exe file. You can also delete the C:\MGlogs.zip
8. If you are running Vista, Windows XP or Windows ME, do the below:
   • Refer to the cleaning steps in the READ ME for your Window version and see the steps to Disable System Restore which will flush your Restore Points.
   • Then reboot and Enable System Restore to create a new clean Restore Point.
9. After doing the above, you should work thru the below link:
   • How to Protect yourself from malware!