XP Pro Viral Issues, AGAIN!

YOu are not having malware problems. Your logs are all clean. Try uninstalling Avast and then reboot.

Any change? If not, reinstall Avast and I suggest that you post in the Software Forum.

It could just be that you are getting impacted by 7 to 8 months worth of updates for all of your software including Windows

 

I can only comment on problems that you show me logs for. Your logs do not show this. Give me logs from whatever you are getting this info from. It could just be that you have things in System Restore that you have not cleaned out.

 

Just new junkware that was not present in your first logs. You must have installed some junk like Yahoo stuff after posting your first logs. Why didn't you let MBAM fix these.

Also what do these have to do with the below you mentioned in a previous message?
- Win32/MyPCBackup.A
- Win32/Preview
- Win32/OneClick.H

After uninstalling Avast? Let's run one junkware cleaning tool and then check the current status.



Now please download Junkware Removal Tool to your desktop.

• Shut down your protection software now to avoid potential conflicts.
• Run the tool by double-clicking it. If you are using Windows Vista or Seven, right-mouse click it and select Run as Administrator.
• The tool will open and start scanning your system.
• Note: That JRT may reset your home page to a google default so you will need to restore your home page setting if this happens.
• Please be patient as this can take a while to complete depending on your system's specifications.
• On completion, a log (JRT.txt) is saved to your desktop and will automatically open.
• Attach JRT.txt to your next message.

Now run the C:\MGtools\GetLogs.bat file by double clicking on it (Note: if using Vista, Win7 or Win8, don't double click, use right click and select Run As Administrator).


Then attach the below logs:

• the JRT.TXT log
• C:\MGlogs.zip

 

I still see Avast installed.

 

Because I had asked you to try uninstalling it and you never commented on how things behaved with it uninstalled. Also you stated the below:

Avast is just about the only main thing loading at startup other than a Comodo service. You stopped everything else with MSconfig which by the way you should not be using as a startup manager. Read this to better understand why not to use MSconfig: Dealing with Startup Process


Also let's cleanup a left over servce I noticed from IoBit.
Open a command prompt window by clicking Start, Run, and enter cmd and click OK. If the window opens type each of the below commands in. Follow each by the enter key. Note there are spaces after the sc and after the stop and after the delete.

sc stop AdvancedSystemCareService5
sc delete AdvancedSystemCareService5

 

Huh? We don't need a HJT log. We already saw all the info we needed in the logs you posted. You are not having malware problems.

The only thing I suggest besides fixing the service from IoBit, is to uninstall both Avast and Comodo and then reboot. Run without them for awhile to see how things work. Also try running in safe boot mode to see if there is any difference. Other than that, I suggest your work in the Software Forum.

 

It is not safe long term especially if you do lots of questionable surfing but it is fine short term. I do it all the time for test purposes and I have to specifically download and/or click on things that would be known problems. I did not say run this way long term. I said to test it. And anything you would possibly pickup, we could fix anyway.

You could also test without your ethernet cable plugged in to see how things work. The point of this is to see how Avast and Comodo are impacting startup and shutdown. Not on how they are impacting surfing.

This has nothing to do with your complaints that your PC startup and shutdown is slow which is what I was focused on. This would only relate to your download speed issue mentioned in message # 11 which was a new or at least first time mentioned problem which I would still have said is not due to malware.

 

I think you are misinterpreting this. Many of the Windows system files do not have signatures. In addition, if you have run sfc /scannow, it would repair any broken, missing or incorrect version Windows DLL files thus you should not have any if sfc /scannow ran to completion without needing a CD to fix anything. And if you had to insert a CD, it would repair from the CD.

More likely it is just normal Windows wear and tear. While it is not impossible that some malware issue you had in the past has caused some registry damage, the logs you have posted show no malware issue. You only showed some junkware/aware which would not damage the registry or the file system. Windows crashing, hard power downs ( by holding in the power button when Windows gets stuck ), application installs/uninstalls, or power hits....etc are all more likely to have caused potential registry damage and/or file system damage. In fact, even running a registry cleaner can cause problems.

Either way this would not be a topic for the malware forum.