iexplore.exe keeps running

Where is the log from:

• combofix
• SUPERantispyware <-- you have not run this yet!
• Malware Bytes

After running what you haven't already run as you should have done, (Run SAS first, then Combofix if you haven't already) do the below and then attach all the logs I need.

Now run the C:\MGtools\GetLogs.bat file by double clicking on it. Then attach the new C:\MGlogs.zip file that will be created by running this.

 

You missed this bit.

 

Please also download MBRCheck to your desktop

• Double click MBRCheck.exe to run (vista and Win 7 right click and select Run as Administrator)
• It will show a Black screen with some data on it
• Right click on the screen and select > Select All
• Press Control+C
• Open a notepad and press Control+V
• now please ATTACH that report to this thread

Also I need to ask some questions:

1. Do you have any drives that has a non-windows installation on them
2. Are all drives NTFS formatted
3. Do you have any non-standard or special MBRs which can occur from companies like Dell or HP who frequently install additional partitions used for recovery partitions in lieu of giving CD/DVDs.
4. Is any program like Grub ( see:http://www.gnu.org/software/grub/ ) being used
5. Is drive-encryption being used?
6. Are any drives external USB pen drives or external hard drives being used?
7. VERY IMPORTANT: Do you have all important data backed up? You really should do this before continuing since we will need to rewrite your MBR to fix this and while most times this can be done without any problem, these infections can react badly and that could result in a PC not being bootable. You really don't have much choice though since these infections are too dangerous to your security to leave on a PC.

 

Please re-run MBRCheck as your log was truncated and did not have the info we need.

 

The full log should be on the Desktop ( automatically generated ). Just attach that file.

 

I am not finding any malware in your logs. First let me suggest that you download and install Firefox and use it to see if the same issues happen. After we confirm the situation, I will probably ask you to uninstall IE8.

Get it here: Mozilla FireFox



Is FireFox working okay now?

 

IE8 is a tabbed browser. The more tabs you have open the more iexplore.exe processes will appear in Task Manager. Even with only one real tab having a URL connection a secondary tab is already there which means at lease two iexplore.exe processes.

Your slow PC is due to the below memory inadequacies. You cannot run Windows XP with so little memory

Code:

Total Physical Memory 256.00 MB 
Available Physical Memory 23.21 MB 

You need at least 4 times ( 1GB ) this much memory but 8 times ( 2GB ) is a much better idea.

You cannot have McAfee running on this PC with so little memory. McAfee is a pig.

 

You don't need to uninstall IE8, as long as you are aware that there will be a new IE process for each tab you have open.

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 real time 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" /uninstall
     
     • Notes: The space between the combofix" and the /uninstall, it must be there.
     • This will uninstall ComboFix and also reset hidden files and folders settings back to Windows defaults.
     
     
   
   
3. Go back to step 6 of the READ ME and renable your Disk Emulation software with Defogger if you had disabled it.
4. Any other miscellaneous tools we may have had you install or download can be uninstalled and deleted.
5. If we had you download any registry patches like fixme.reg or fixWLK.reg (or any others), you can delete these files now.
6. 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.
7. Go to add/remove programs and uninstall HijackThis.
8. Goto the C:\MGtools folder and find the MGclean.bat file. Double click on this file to run this cleanup program that will remove files and folders related to MGtools and some other items from our cleaning procedures.
9. If you are running Win 7, Vista, Windows XP or Windows ME, do the below:
   
   • Refer to the cleaning procedures pointed to by step 7 of 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.
   
   
10. After doing the above, you should work thru the below link:
    
    • How to Protect yourself from malware!
    
    

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