Computer problems

You don't really show any major malware problems that would be slowing you down. You do have a couple things to fix but first you appear to be using AutoRuns to disable startups. This presents similar problems for us as does MSconfig. And you do have couple things in the AutoRuns key that must be remoed. We will try the registry patch below to remove them.

But first I have a question, what is the below for:
C:\Program Files\PP Snooper S2 Updater\PPS2SnooperUpdater.exe

Make sure viewing of hidden files is enabled (per the tutorial).
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.

Run HijackThis and select the following lines but DO NOT CLICK FIX until you exit all browser sessions including the one you are reading in right now:
R3 - URLSearchHook: Yahoo! Toolbar - {EF99BD32-C1FB-11D2-892F-0090271D4F88} - (no file)
O2 - BHO: (no name) - {549B5CA7-4A86-11D7-A4DF-000874180BB3} - (no file)
O2 - BHO: (no name) - {A1F642A5-3C33-1B7B-CD3D-9B09FF7B53C5} - (no file)
O2 - BHO: (no name) - {FDD3B846-8D59-4ffb-8758-209B6AD74ACC} - (no file)

After clicking Fix, exit HJT.
Boot into safe mode and use Windows Explorer to delete:
C:\Documents and Settings\All Users\Application Data\boobsendcdromball <--- the whole folder

Now if running Win XP goto c:\windows\Prefetch and delete all files in this folder.
Now run Ccleaner (installed while running the READ ME FIRST).

Now we need to Reset Web Settings:

1. If you have an Internet Explorer icon on your Desktop, goto step 2. If not, skip to step 3.
2. Now right click on your desktop Internet Explorer icon and select Properties. Then click the Programs tab and then click "Reset Web Settings". Now go back to the General tab and set your home page address to something useful like www.majorgeeks.com. Click Apply. Click Delete Cookies, Click Delete Files and select Delete all Offline content too, Click OK. When it finishes Click OK. Then skip step 3.
3. If you do not have an Internet Explorer icon on your Desktop, click Start, Control Panel (for some systems it may be Start, Settings, Control Panel), Internet Options, Programs tab and then click "Reset Web Settings". Now go back to the General tab and set your home page address to something useful like www.majorgeeks.com. Click Apply. Click Delete Cookies, Click Delete Files and select Delete all Offline content too, Click OK. When it finishes Click OK.

Note for IE 7 users: You need to select Internet Options then the Advanced tab and then Reset Internet Explorer Settings!

Now reboot in normal mode and post a new HJT log.

Make sure you tell me how things are working now.

If the above does not help alleviate your performance issues then move on to the below.

Click on Start, then Run and type services.msc into the box that opens up, and click 'OK'. On the page that opens, scroll down to Automatic Updates and right click on it and select Properties and click Stop Service. When it shows that it is stopped, please set the Start-up Type to Disabled. Press 'OK' until you get back to Windows.

Now reboot and let me know if there is any change to your PC's performance.

 

Okay but which part improved the performance? The first part, or the second part where you disabled Autoupdated?


Run HijackThis and select the following lines but DO NOT CLICK FIX until you exit all browser sessions including the one you are reading in right now:
R0 - HKLM\Software\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Search,SearchAssistant =
R0 - HKLM\Software\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Search,CustomizeSearch =
O4 - HKLM\..\Run: [QuickTime Task] "C:\Program Files\QuickTime\qttask.exe" -atboottime
O4 - Global Startup: Adobe Reader Speed Launch.lnk = C:\Program Files\Adobe\Acrobat 7.0\Reader\reader_sl.exe
O4 - Global Startup: Microsoft Office.lnk = C:\Program Files\Microsoft Office\Office10\OSA.EXE
O9 - Extra button: PartyPoker.com - {B7FE5D70-9AA2-40F1-9C6B-12A255F085E1} - C:\Documents and Settings\All Users\Documents\My Music\PartyPoker.exe (file missing)
O9 - Extra 'Tools' menuitem: PartyPoker.com - {B7FE5D70-9AA2-40F1-9C6B-12A255F085E1} - C:\Documents and Settings\All Users\Documents\My Music\PartyPoker.exe (file missing)

After clicking Fix, exit HJT.
Now we need to Reset Web Settings:

1. If you have an Internet Explorer icon on your Desktop, goto step 2. If not, skip to step 3.
2. Now right click on your desktop Internet Explorer icon and select Properties. Then click the Programs tab and then click "Reset Web Settings". Now go back to the General tab and set your home page address to something useful like www.majorgeeks.com. Click Apply. Click Delete Cookies, Click Delete Files and select Delete all Offline content too, Click OK. When it finishes Click OK. Then skip step 3.
3. If you do not have an Internet Explorer icon on your Desktop, click Start, Control Panel (for some systems it may be Start, Settings, Control Panel), Internet Options, Programs tab and then click "Reset Web Settings". Now go back to the General tab and set your home page address to something useful like www.majorgeeks.com. Click Apply. Click Delete Cookies, Click Delete Files and select Delete all Offline content too, Click OK. When it finishes Click OK.

Note for IE 7 users: You need to select Internet Options then the Advanced tab and then Reset Internet Explorer Settings!

Now reboot in normal mode and attach a new HJT log.

Make sure you tell me how things are working now.

 

Then you should go back and Start the Automatic Updates service and set the startup type back to Automatic.

Based on your logs, it is not malware. It is more than like some other non-malware issue. You have to realize that it does take awhile for your protection software (AVG, Windows Defender, and ZoneAlarm) to hooked and configure itself. This is a necessary evil in order to keep your system safe. But I will give you one more thing to check for (but I doubt it will find anything). Run the steps in the below link:

Using Sophos Anti-Rootkit

Then attach the requested log.

 

That was what I suspected. As I said, I don't believe you are having malware issues. Whatever you are experiencing appears to be slow downs due to the applications you are running. If things are okay after intitial startup of all applications truly completes then it is probably normal delays for what you are running.

You could try other things that are not topics for this forum:
- defragged hard disk
- registry backup, registry cleanup, and registry defrag (not the same as hard disk defrag)


Since you really are not having malware problems, you should work thru the below link:

How to Protect yourself from malware!