CPU usage 100%, Pop-ups, & poss Virus...PLEASE HELP!!

meep_2

thanks for the read jordan

I'll let pchelpman have a look over that, to my untrained eye I can't see anything that stands out as bad.

jordan_matthews

meep wrote:

thanks for the read jordan

I'll let pchelpman have a look over that, to my untrained eye I can't see anything that stands out as bad.

Meep, anyone that can make sense of that deserves a medal!

And the winner is....pchelpman!

Just one thing meep, some windows downloads earlier (SP2 orientated) were just gonna start but they warned me to back up the computer. I pulled out with fear but then I guess I need the updates - what should I do?

Browntoa

just do the updates, I'm not aware of any issues with the recent Widows updates

meep_2

they have to ask incase they screw something up you can't sue them for it, I've never had a problem with the updates. and because windows is so full of holes its prob best you get em.

jordan_matthews

Hi, Just done an edit of the latest log (and a start-up log).

Also, a couple of things. The PC seems to be running quite slow after some legnthy windows updates have updated me to SP2. Its slow to navigate from window to window, to open and close windows etc...Oh, the system is only 256mb of RAM.

Also, as part of the SP2 update I now have Microsoft security running alongside AVG and zone alarm - could these conflict?

Thanks again, Jordan.

Browntoa

go into the security centre and turn off the windows firewall

Also go into zonealarm and turn off its basic email checking as you use AVG

I noticed a marked improvement in speed by going from Zonealarm to Sygate free on an old Widoes 98 machine, kerio is meant to be lighter on CPU usage than zonealarm as well

Browntoa

this free download will clean up the registry etc now that you have removed all the crap

http://www.acelogix.com/

full working 30 day trial

do the clean System Registry and the Fix Invalid short cuts


also download and use crap cleaner from www.ccleaner.com and let it remove all the temporary internet files that will be lurking after all this tidying

Browntoa

looking at your hijack this log you can remove

R1 - HKCU\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Int ernet Settings,ProxyOverride = 127.0.0.1

O9 - Extra button: Yahoo! Messenger - {E5D12C4E-7B4F-11D3-B5C9-0050045C3C96} - C:\PROGRA~1\Yahoo!\MESSEN~1\YPager.exe (file missing)
O9 - Extra 'Tools' menuitem: Yahoo! Messenger - {E5D12C4E-7B4F-11D3-B5C9-0050045C3C96} - C:\PROGRA~1\Yahoo!\MESSEN~1\YPager.exe (file missing)

jordan_matthews

Thanks Browntoa,

Ive turned off MS firewall, zone alarms email check.

RE: acelogix. I fixed the invalid shortcuts but when I do a Registory clean it highlights everything - will it delete ALL of the system registory?

It says problems found 218, entries ignored 213 - do I click delete all??

Thanks Ill remove the items from HJT.

Browntoa

fix everything it finds, if you are really worried do a system rstore point before you do it

I always do a restore point before I do anything.....just in case

run acelogix again staright afterwards as it may find more on a 2nd sweep