Laptop or I pad?

RussJK

You've unticked too many

I'd re-enable the following, using whichever method you are happy with:
Malwarebytes' Anti-Malware "C:\Program Files\Malwarebytes' Anti-Malware\mbamgui.exe" /starttray
RecGuard C:\Windows\SMINST\RecGuard.exe

Then in Hijackthis, just TICK and FIX this proxy setting:
R1 - HKCU\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Int ernet Settings,ProxyOverride = 127.0.0.1;2

lucasmum

Great...... I only got 3 wrong so thats not bad! I've changed it all now. I really can't say thank you enough. My computer is now behaving better than I can remember for a long time. It is now shutting down properly which used to take up to 25 mins and the same for starting up. You have all been so helpful :beer::j:beer::j ...... but I may be back lol !!!

Toxteth_OGrady

There's quite a bit more still to do yet.

spud17

Nice one lucasmum, hope you're feeling chuffed with yourself. :T

You didn't panic, followed the advice, weren't distracted by others bickering , reported back (often missed out), all equals success.

suicidebob

anewhope wrote: »

Only in so far as the requirements of whatever program you want to use.



A ruler.



Are you really comparing the functionality of an intentionally limited device with something that is designed to be extremely flexible?



A longer battery life is nothing more than a consolation if you are finding it difficult to do what you actually want to do on a device.

Sigh because of another fanatical Apple poster.

I'm always impressed when useless logic and argument is finished off with a baseless 'fanatical' accusation.

The OP asked for opinions. Sorry not all opinions are the same. You would really hate it if she bought an Ipad.:rotfl:

I'm not sure about your line on battery life. The OP wants to use email and WWW - this is hardly difficult on an Ipad. I'd say it's a whole lot easier.

RussJK

lucasmum wrote: »

My computer is now behaving better than I can remember for a long time. It is now shutting down properly which used to take up to 25 mins and the same for starting up.

It's always good to see advice be useful, so thanks for the feedback

Now that you've shown that the laptop still has some life left in it, it might be an idea to run some followup scans when you have the time.

I would suggest:
aswMBR (run it and follow the guide on the website, don't download the Avast definitions when it asks as you already have them and it'll start a long Avast scan.)
http://public.avast.com/~gmerek/aswMBR.htm

Hitmanpro (don't worry about cookies, feel free to ask for advice with any detections as it does find false positives with older computers)
http://www.surfright.nl/en/hitmanpro

Then run the default scan with Dr Web (when it runs, it'll ask if you want to be in 'Enhanced Protection Mode', I would select 'cancel' if you want to be able to use the computer)
https://www.freedrweb.com/download+cureit/gr/?lng=en

lucasmum

lol did I get ahead of myself! Right, I will have to start again in the morning coz I can't think straight anymore, I don't know how you guys do it!

Bickering, what bickering Actually I find it interesting to get peoples different point of views even if they get heated between themselves. At this rate I will have my (almost) fully functioning laptop and still have the choice to get an Ipad. I suppose I only wanted one coz I find them amazing...... when you don't understand much techie its easy to be amazed!!:D

wba31

gonzo127 wrote: »

to be honest you really do not need to spend that much money on a system for emails and browsing you can pick up a laptop for under £300 with will be more than fast enough

remember ipads also need a computer to sync with through itunes, they also do not have much storage for photos, the connections are VERY limited in that they have no USB ports etc

also depending on what exactly dieing a slow death means you might not actually need a new system https://forums.moneysavingexpert.com/discussion/2436849= is an excellent guide to see if you can get some more speed out of your old system

When ios5 is released in September the iPad and iPhone will NOT need a computer to sync with, you will be able to run the iPad on it's own.

If you wish to add music from CD's and photos from a camera onto your ipad though, you cant as far as i know, so the laptop would be the better option...

lucasmum

Here is the aswMBR scan, I pressed the fix button after a saved the log. On to the next download now.....:D

wMBR version 0.9.7.675 Copyright(c) 2011 AVAST Software
Run date: 2011-06-30 12:53:54

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12:53:54.453 OS Version: Windows 5.1.2600 Service Pack 3
12:53:54.453 Number of processors: 1 586 0xE08
12:53:54.453 ComputerName: GOLDSBURY UserName:
12:53:54.843 Initialize success
12:53:54.968 AVAST engine defs: 11063000
12:53:58.359 Disk 0 (boot) \Device\Harddisk0\DR0 -> \Device\Ide\IAAStorageDevice-0
12:53:58.359 Disk 0 Vendor: SAMSUNG_ YC20 Size: 76319MB BusType: 3
12:53:58.453 Disk 0 MBR read successfully
12:53:58.453 Disk 0 MBR scan
12:53:58.484 Disk 0 unknown MBR code
12:53:58.546 Disk 0 scanning sectors +156296385
12:53:58.609 Disk 0 scanning C:\WINDOWS\system32\drivers
12:54:31.531 Service scanning
12:54:33.328 Disk 0 trace - called modules:
12:54:33.359 ntkrnlpa.exe CLASSPNP.SYS disk.sys ACPI.sys hal.dll iaStor.sys
12:54:33.375 1 nt!IofCallDriver -> \Device\Harddisk0\DR0[0x871879c0]
12:54:33.375 3 CLASSPNP.SYS[f751efd7] -> nt!IofCallDriver -> \Device\0000007f[0x8713f9e0]
12:54:33.375 5 ACPI.sys[f7395620] -> nt!IofCallDriver -> \Device\Ide\IAAStorageDevice-0[0x87126030]
12:54:33.796 AVAST engine scan C:\WINDOWS
13:22:41.062 AVAST engine scan C:\Documents and Settings\christopher
13:23:58.531 File: C:\Documents and Settings\christopher\Local Settings\Application Data\edofxof.exe **INFECTED** Win32:Hrupka-D [Cryp]
13:23:58.796 File: C:\Documents and Settings\christopher\Local Settings\Application Data\geouy.exe **INFECTED** Win32:Hrupka-F [Cryp]
13:29:43.843 File: C:\Documents and Settings\christopher\Local Settings\Application Data\ioiam.exe **INFECTED** Win32:Walivun [Trj]
13:29:51.937 File: C:\Documents and Settings\christopher\Local Settings\Application Data\oemia.exe **INFECTED** Win32:Hrupka-F [Cryp]
13:29:57.187 File: C:\Documents and Settings\christopher\Local Settings\Application Data\xccgjl.exe **INFECTED** Win32:Hrupka-D [Cryp]
13:34:05.562 AVAST engine scan C:\Documents and Settings\All Users
13:36:00.671 Scan finished successfully
13:22:07.000 Disk 0 MBR has been saved successfully to "C:\Documents and Settings\christopher\Desktop\MBR.dat"
13:22:07.203 The log file has been saved successfully to "C:\Documents and Settings\christopher\Desktop\aswMBR.txt"

lucasmum

Heres the hitman one......

- <Log computer="GOLDSBURY" scan="Normal" version="3.5.9.125" date="2011-06-30T13:29:25" timeSpentInSecs="203" filesProcessed="24512">
- <Item type="Malware" malwareName="Malware" score="104.0" status="Deleted">
- <Scanners>
<Scanner id="G Data" name="Gen:Heur.NaviPromo.3 (Engine-A)" />
<Scanner id="Ikarus" name="Trojan.Win32.Skintrim!IK" />
</Scanners>
<File path="C:\Documents and Settings\christopher\Local Settings\Application Data\geouy.exe" hash="C6B7BD23A492130A228393786614DAC23A4BE1C99FA8520FBB86AA5C97496382" />
</Item>
- <Item type="Repair" score="0.0" status="Deleted">
<File path="C:\Documents and Settings\christopher\Local Settings\Application Data\Google\Chrome\User Data\Default\Cookies:2o7.net" />
</Item>
- <Item type="Repair" score="0.0" status="Deleted">
<File path="C:\Documents and Settings\christopher\Local Settings\Application Data\Google\Chrome\User Data\Default\Cookies:ad-emea.doubleclick.net" />
</Item>
- <Item type="Repair" score="0.0" status="Deleted">
<File path="C:\Documents and Settings\christopher\Local Settings\Application Data\Google\Chrome\User Data\Default\Cookies:ad.yieldmanager.com" />
</Item>
- <Item type="Repair" score="0.0" status="Deleted">
<File path="C:\Documents and Settings\christopher\Local Settings\Application Data\Google\Chrome\User Data\Default\Cookies:ads.audience2media.com" />
</Item>
- <Item type="Repair" score="0.0" status="Deleted">
<File path="C:\Documents and Settings\christopher\Local Settings\Application Data\Google\Chrome\User Data\Default\Cookies:adtech.de" />
</Item>
- <Item type="Repair" score="0.0" status="Deleted">
<File path="C:\Documents and Settings\christopher\Local Settings\Application Data\Google\Chrome\User Data\Default\Cookies:advertising.com" />
</Item>
- <Item type="Repair" score="0.0" status="Deleted">
<File path="C:\Documents and Settings\christopher\Local Settings\Application Data\Google\Chrome\User Data\Default\Cookies:adviva.net" />
</Item>
- <Item type="Repair" score="0.0" status="Deleted">
<File path="C:\Documents and Settings\christopher\Local Settings\Application Data\Google\Chrome\User Data\Default\Cookies:apmebf.com" />
</Item>
- <Item type="Repair" score="0.0" status="Deleted">
<File path="C:\Documents and Settings\christopher\Local Settings\Application Data\Google\Chrome\User Data\Default\Cookies:atdmt.com" />
</Item>
- <Item type="Repair" score="0.0" status="Deleted">
<File path="C:\Documents and Settings\christopher\Local Settings\Application Data\Google\Chrome\User Data\Default\Cookies:bs.serving-sys.com" />
</Item>
- <Item type="Repair" score="0.0" status="Deleted">
<File path="C:\Documents and Settings\christopher\Local Settings\Application Data\Google\Chrome\User Data\Default\Cookies:content.yieldmanager.com" />
</Item>
- <Item type="Repair" score="0.0" status="Deleted">
<File path="C:\Documents and Settings\christopher\Local Settings\Application Data\Google\Chrome\User Data\Default\Cookies:doubleclick.net" />
</Item>
- <Item type="Repair" score="0.0" status="Deleted">
<File path="C:\Documents and Settings\christopher\Local Settings\Application Data\Google\Chrome\User Data\Default\Cookies:fr.sitestat.com" />
</Item>
- <Item type="Repair" score="0.0" status="Deleted">
<File path="C:\Documents and Settings\christopher\Local Settings\Application Data\Google\Chrome\User Data\Default\Cookies:googleads.g.doubleclick.net" />
</Item>
- <Item type="Repair" score="0.0" status="Deleted">
<File path="C:\Documents and Settings\christopher\Local Settings\Application Data\Google\Chrome\User Data\Default\Cookies:mediaplex.com" />
</Item>
- <Item type="Repair" score="0.0" status="Deleted">
<File path="C:\Documents and Settings\christopher\Local Settings\Application Data\Google\Chrome\User Data\Default\Cookies:questionmarket.com" />
</Item>
- <Item type="Repair" score="0.0" status="Deleted">
<File path="C:\Documents and Settings\christopher\Local Settings\Application Data\Google\Chrome\User Data\Default\Cookies:revsci.net" />
</Item>
- <Item type="Repair" score="0.0" status="Deleted">
<File path="C:\Documents and Settings\christopher\Local Settings\Application Data\Google\Chrome\User Data\Default\Cookies:serving-sys.com" />
</Item>
- <Item type="Repair" score="0.0" status="Deleted">
<File path="C:\Documents and Settings\christopher\Local Settings\Application Data\Google\Chrome\User Data\Default\Cookies:specificclick.net" />
</Item>
- <Item type="Repair" score="0.0" status="Deleted">
<File path="C:\Documents and Settings\christopher\Local Settings\Application Data\Google\Chrome\User Data\Default\Cookies:tribalfusion.com" />
</Item>
- <Item type="Repair" score="0.0" status="Deleted">
<File path="C:\Documents and Settings\christopher\Local Settings\Application Data\Google\Chrome\User Data\Default\Cookies:yieldmanager.net" />
</Item>
- <Item type="Malware" malwareName="Malware" score="104.0" status="Deleted">
- <Scanners>
<Scanner id="Prevx" name="High Risk Fraudulent Security Program" />
<Scanner id="DrWeb" name="Trojan.Packed.846" />
<Scanner id="Ikarus" name="Trojan-Downloader.Win32.Wintrim!IK" />
</Scanners>
<File path="C:\Documents and Settings\christopher\Local Settings\Application Data\ioiam.exe" hash="BFE84BC144E5C757944F35AB6C049E42865D425A2387EAC81D7E050610C57834" />
</Item>
- <Item type="Malware" malwareName="Malware" score="110.0" status="Deleted">
- <Scanners>
<Scanner id="G Data" name="Gen:Heur.NaviPromo.3 (Engine-A)" />
<Scanner id="DrWeb" name="Trojan.Wintrim.44" />
<Scanner id="Ikarus" name="Trojan.Win32.Osram!IK" />
</Scanners>
<File path="C:\Documents and Settings\christopher\Local Settings\Application Data\xccgjl.exe" hash="F63BB019510127FE14A5F4CA7F1633C3ED63C82E92A6932B1A4492E3B67DBF65" />
</Item>
</Log>