PC extremely slow - logs

I am not finding any malware in your logs. I suggest you post in the software forum for further assistance. You can get a BSOD error report by right clicking My Computer / Advanced / Start up and Recovery and uncheck the box to restart on errors. Post the contents of the BSOD in your thread in software.

Since you are not having any 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.We recommend them for doing backup scans when you suspect a malware infection.
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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If you haven't yet removed Combo, we need to replace one of the files.

* Make sure that combofix.exe that you downloaded while doing the READ & RUN ME is on your Desktop but Do not run it!
If it is not on your Desktop, the below will not work.
* Also make sure you have shut down all protection software (antivirus, antispyware...etc) or they may get in the way of allowing ComboFix to run properly.
* If ComboFix tells you it needs to update to a new version, make sure you allow it to update.
* Open Notepad and copy/paste the text in the below code box into it (make sure you scroll all the way down in the code box to get all lines selected ):

Code:

KILLALL::

DeQuarantine::
C:\Qoobox\quarantine\c:\windows\system32\msconfig.exe.vir

* Save the above as CFscript.txt and make sure you save it to the same location (should be on your Desktop) as ComboFix.exe
* At this point, you MUST EXIT ALL BROWSERS NOW before continuing!
* You should have both the ComboFix.exe and CFScript.txt icons on your Desktop.
If it asks you to overide the previous file with the same name, click YES.
* Now use your mouse to drag CFscript.txt on top of ComboFix.exe
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v666/sUBs/CFScriptB-4.gif
* Follow the prompts.
* When it finishes, a log will be produced named c:\combofix.txt
* I will ask for this log below

Note:

Do not mouseclick combofix's window while it is running. That may cause it to stall.

Now go to the C:\windows\system32\msconfig.exe.vir and remove that .vir extension.

Tell me if you can now get into msconfig.

 

Actually, ComboFix was correct in removing this as msconfig.exe does not belong in the system32 folder. If belongs only in the below location:

C:\WINDOWS\PCHealth\helpctr\Binaries\MSCONFIG.EXE

And that is where your registry setting was orginally showing to look for it in your first logs. But because it was in the system32 folder, it was just found by default.

So if you want to restore it, restore it to the correct location so that it will not be suspected by other scanners again in the future.

 

One other observation! That msconfig.exe file was the wrong size for Win XP SP3. Where did it come from to begin with and who put it into the system32 folder? Was there a problem in the past and some one copied a file from another PC and put it into this folder?

 

Since you already uninstalled it, the Qoobox folder is gone, so there is no backup to replace. Let's see if we can find the file somewhere else:

Please download SystemLook from one of the links below and save it to your Desktop.
Download Mirror #1
Download Mirror #2

• Double-click SystemLook.exe to run it.
• Copy the content of the following codebox into the main textfield:
  
  Code:

  :filefind
  msconfig*
  

• Click the Look button to start the scan.
• When finished, a notepad window will open with the results of the scan. Please post this log in your next reply.

Note: The log can also be found on your Desktop entitled SystemLook.txt

 

Do you have your OS install cd?

 

The only way to replace that file is to use a XP pro install disc. Do you know anyone who you might borrow it from?

 

I move your question regarding the NVidia loop to the software forum:
http://forums.majorgeeks.com/showthread.php?t=239588

Can you save that file ( MSCONFIG.EX_ (58 Kb) ) to a cd? We might need to get into the Recovery Console to expand it.

We can try using a command prompt. If your CD drive is D:

Open a command prompt, type the following:
CD D:
Expand D:\MSCONFIG.EX_ C:\WINDOWS\PCHealth\helpctr\Binaries\MSCONFIG.EXE
Exit.

 

Exit is just the way to get out of the command prompt. So you did successfully get it expanded? It is now where it is supposed to be and you can now access msconfig?

 

1.) Right click my computer->properties
2.) Select advanced tab. Click Environment variables
3.) In system variables section find the variable path.
4.) Click edit. go to end of line and type
c:\WINDOWS\pchealth\helpctr\binaries
assuming your windows is in c drive.

 

Good to know!! And you are most welcome. Safe surfing.