Pop-ups that may be tracking me and I might have other viruses

Hello everyone,
In the past I have tried to “manage” my virus problems solo...but now I think I am going to ask for some help. My computer has been running slow and it is really frustrating. My laptop is running Windows XP: Home Edition.

As of late, Internet Explorer has been hijacked with pop-ups that track what I do. So like, if I search something in a search engine, then 2ish minutes later a pop-up will show a random website with the search results from what I searched previously. I don’t ever use internet explorer, I use Mozilla for my web browser. Honestly if there were a way to permanently delete Internet Explorer, I would do it in a heartbeat because it seems that it is the source of all evil lol.

Besides the internet explorer problem…I am positive that I have at least one more virus if not a lot more. And looking at my log just raises more concerns.

I hope that we can get some of the problems fixed, and I just want to say that I really do appreciate all your help, time, and efforts.
Thanks, Shane


My HijackThis log file is attached.

 

Welcome to MajorGeeks.com, please follow our standard cleaning procedures:

http://www.majorgeeks.com/images/grenade.gif Run ALL the steps in this Sticky thread READ & RUN ME FIRST Before Asking for Support

• Make sure you check version numbers and get all updates.

http://www.majorgeeks.com/images/grenade.gif Very Important: Make sure you tell us the results from running the tutorial...was anything found? Were you unable to complete any of the scans?...Were you unable to download any of the tools?...Did you do the on-line scans as suggested? etc.

http://www.majorgeeks.com/images/grenade.gifAfter doing ALL of the above and you still have a problem, make sure you have booted to normal mode and run the steps in the below thread to properly use HijackThis and attach the log:

http://www.majorgeeks.com/images/grenade.gif Downloading, Installing, and Running HijackThis

• Make sure you also rename HijackThis.exe as suggested in the procedures. Use analyse.exe for the new name. This is very important due to some new infections going around..

http://www.majorgeeks.com/images/grenade.gifWhen you return to make your next post, make sure you attach the following logs and that you have run these scans in the following order too:

• CounterSpy Log - only for Windows XP, 2K, & NT users
• AVG Antispyware Log - ONLY IF NEEDED you were not able to run CounterSpy. - only for Windows XP, 2K, & NT users
• Bitdefender Log - from step 6
• Panda Scan Log - from step 6
• runkeys.txt - the log from GetRunKey.bat
• newfiles.txt - the log from ShowNew.bat
• HijackThis Log

NOTE: You can only attach 3 files in a single message so it will require that you use two messages to attach all of these logs!