Virus I think

knowledgepower1

Another problem that just came up Browntoa is that I tried to download avast and the internet explorer keeps going off.Whats happening do I still have more enemies?

Browntoa

New AVG does slow the Pc down, Avast is better

you can probably get more ram for the laptop for next to nothing

this tool tells you what you have installed , the max you can put in and how many of the slots are in use

http://www.crucial.com/uk/systemscanner/index.aspx

it's easy to put new memory in , Xp just detect it

I would recommend 1 Gb ( maybe another 512 if you have a spare slot)

Browntoa

knowledgepower1 wrote: »

Another problem that just came up Browntoa is that I tried to download avast and the internet explorer keeps going off.Whats happening do I still have more enemies?

these steps to use the Reset Internet Explorer Settings feature from Internet Explorer 7:

1. In Internet Explorer 7, click the Tools menu, and then click Internet Options.
2. On the Advanced tab, click Reset.
3. In the Reset Internet Explorer Settings dialog box, click Reset.
4. When Internet Explorer 7 finishes restoring the default settings, click Close, and then click OK two times.
5. Close Internet Explorer 7. The changes take effect the next time that you open Internet Explorer 7.

Browntoa

or download this

http://www.mozilla-europe.org/en/firefox/

and use it to do the downloads

Browntoa

do a hijackthis log for me

http://www.trendsecure.com/portal/en-US/tools/security_tools/hijackthis

I may go offline soon , but will be back early tomorrow to take a look

we have broken the back of this infection by the looks , just some tweaking to do

knowledgepower1

Its max capacity is 512mb and currently has 320mb.
The display is not showing well,like google I can't see the logo and some other pages with pics and I cant install avast because the page closes everytime I tried.

Browntoa

do the hijackthis log now , i'll hang around as it only takes a second to run

do scan and logfile

knowledgepower1

Browntoa thanks a lot for your time and great help.Errrm I need to reward you with the girl that infected me...lol Just clean and keep her!

knowledgepower1

Mozilla is saying content coding error

Browntoa

another idea , try system restore to go back to before the problem

http://www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/using/helpandsupport/learnmore/systemrestore.mspx

you can always undo if it does not work

i'm off now

back in the morning