Running slow and Freezing

Discussion in 'Malware Help (A Specialist Will Reply)' started by alicia2010, Oct 22, 2006.

  1. alicia2010

    alicia2010 Private E-2

    Hello, this is my mother's computer, and she has told me that it is running slow and freezing the programs she uses (she is a realtor). I will attach the requested logs below. Bitdefender said it could not run.
     

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  2. alicia2010

    alicia2010 Private E-2

    here's the 4th log
     

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  3. matt.chugg

    matt.chugg MajorGeek

    Download

    - Pocket KillBox

    Extract to its own folder somewhere that you will be able to locate later.

    IMPORTANT: You should print or save the below locally, so you can refer to them while offline. You must exit all browsers before running the below steps and it would be best if you actually physically unplug your cable to the internet, reboot, and do not run anything but what I give you to do. Also it would be good to exit all processes and items in your System tray.

    Do the above before continuing! Okay unplug your cable now.

    Make sure you have rebooted in Normal Mode (do not open any other processes)


    Run HijackThis. Click the 'Do a system scan only' button.

    Once the scan has completed click Config

    Click Misc Tools

    Click Open Process Manager

    Terminate the following processes by selecting them from the list and clicking Kill Process
    These may not be there but we need to check!

    close HijackThis.

    Now run Pocket Killbox:

    Paste the below filenames into KILL BOX one at a time. Check mark the box that says "Delete on Reboot" and checkmark the box "Unregister DLL" (If available) Click the RED X and it will ask you to confirm the file for deletion say YES and when the next box opens prompting you to reboot now...click NO...and proceed with the next file. Once you get to the last one click YES and it will reboot.


    If Killbox does not reboot or you get a Pending Operations type error message just reboot your PC yourself.

    Now boot into SAFE MODE

    Open Windows Explorer navigate to and DELETE the following: (Some of these may have already been deleted by Pocket Killbox)


    If you have Windows XP delete the contents of C:\WINDOWS\Prefetch.


    REBOOT to Normal Mode.

    Let me know how things are running now

    Post a fresh HijackThis log, a fresh newfiles log and a fresh activescan log.[/QUOTE]
     

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