Everything I do makes it worse!

Welcome to Major Geeks!

Actually none of this really sounds like malware problems. Yes you could have malware, but the problems you are mentioned do not sound like malware. Sounds like you problems within your Windows OS.

Attach the logs requested in the READ & RUN ME. Yes ComboFix too. Check to see if MBAM made a log. If not, just skip it for now.

 

You also need to disable Spybot's Teatimer as requested in the instructions. This will slow you down!!!!! And so will AVG8 in reality when you allow it to install everything. You really should not install LinkScanner.

You need to put your PC into normal startup mode with MSconfig as requested in step 1 of the READ & RUN ME.

And you need to attach the log from MGtools which is C:\MGlogs.zip

Have you installed anything to allow remote desktop access? Like does anything in the below look familiar?
R4 NwSapAgent;SAP Agent;c:\windows\system32\svchost.exe -k netsvcs [2005-03-23 14336]

The free SUPERAntiSpyware provides no active protection and will not interact in anyway with AVG8's antispyware protection. Ad-Aware is a waste of system resources. Malwarebytes and SUPERAntiSpyware as so much more effective. Just keep them for scanners.

Do you use and have you ever used BigFix? It is second thing I uninstall from all new PCs. The first thing uninstalled is McAfee or Symantec. The third thing uninstall is anything to do with AOL.

 

Try the below but I'm not sure it is still correct as I don't use AVG anymore since I did not like version 8 at all.

1. Open AVG 8 Anti-Virus Free edition
2. Look at the top menu and click on TOOLS. A[COLOR=blue! important]drop down menu should [/color]appear.
3. Click on Advanced Settings. Take a look at the list to your left hand side.
4. Look on the list for - LinkScanner.
5. Click on LinkScanner and take a look to the right hand side. You will see two boxes that are checked. Uncheck these boxes
6. Then reboot.

See if this helps with your performance at all.

It's already in MGlogs.zip. You only need to attach what we request.

Yes for security purposes but are you taking about Windows Remote Desktop or are you referring to the program that I was questioning. I need to know whether you know what that service is for.

Yes you have the below conditions:

Code:

Total Physical Memory 512.00 MB 
Available Physical Memory 65.38 MB

That is not enough free RAM to run Windows properly. You need to at least double your RAM to 1 GB. Your graphics card is probably getting its memory by using 128 MB of your 512 MB of Physical memory which is why you are only seeing 384 MB in the report you looked at. Again all the more reason to add more RAM. I belive your PC can have 2 GB max. If you had 2 GB, you would see a tremendous improvement.

DO NOT disable DEP.

You need more RAM!!!

This is a question for the Software Forum but I would get more RAM before you do any more updating.


Your logs are clean but you should do the below.

Uninstall the below old versions of software:
Spybot - Search & Destroy 1.4

Run C:\MGtools\analyse.exe by double clicking on it (Note: if using Vista, don't double click, use right click and select Run As Administrator). This is really HijackThis (select Do a system scan only) 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:

O2 - BHO: (no name) - {7E853D72-626A-48EC-A868-BA8D5E23E045} - (no file)
O4 - HKLM\..\Run: [KernelFaultCheck] %systemroot%\system32\dumprep 0 -k
O4 - Startup: services.lnk = ?
O4 - Global Startup: BigFix.lnk.disabled
O4 - Global Startup: HP Digital Imaging Monitor.lnk.disabled
O4 - Global Startup: HP Photosmart Premier Fast Start.lnk.disabled

After clicking Fix, exit HJT.

Delete the below folder:
C:\WINDOWS\Temp\AskBarDis

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

1. We recommend you keep SUPERAntiSpyware and Malwarebytes Anti-Malware for scanning/removal of malware. Unless you purchase them, they provide no protection. They do not use any significant amount of resources ( except a little disk space ) until you run a scan.
2. 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 (if it exists)
3. Any other miscellaneous tools we may have had you install or download can be uninstalled and deleted.
4. 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.
5. Go to add/remove programs and uninstall HijackThis.
6. You can delete the C:\MGtools folder and the C:\MGtools.exe file. You can also delete the C:\MGlogs.zip
7. If you are running Vista, Windows XP or Windows ME, do the below:
   • Refer to the cleaning procedures in step 3 the READ ME for your Window version and see the instructions to Disable System Restore which will flush your Restore Points.
   • Then reboot and Enable System Restore to create a new clean Restore Point.
8. After doing the above, you should work thru the below link:
   • How to Protect yourself from malware!

 

Right click on My Computer and select Properties. Then select the Remote tab. Then just make sure the check boxes for Remote Assistance and Remote Desktop are unchecked.

I don't know what that is but it must have been new since it was not there before.

Windows Updates especially a Service Pack change can have an effect on RAM usage but the most significant impacts are typically due to the applications you install and run and when they update. Each time your protection software updates, there could be an increase in memory use.

I cannot find anything really supporting that it is malware so I would just leave it alone as long as everything is running okay.


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

1. We recommend you keep SUPERAntiSpyware and Malwarebytes Anti-Malware for scanning/removal of malware. Unless you purchase them, they provide no protection. They do not use any significant amount of 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 (if it exists)
4. Any other miscellaneous tools we may have had you install or download can be uninstalled and deleted.
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 procedures in step 3 the READ ME for your Window version and see the instructions 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!