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Again thank you for all your help and the advice I will start reading the sites you gave me.

Maybe I will have you as a teacher at WhattheTech :2thumb:

Ok I just want to be sure the protections that anti-malware products like spybot have not been lost from the host file. I Assume that any security products that update the host file will eventually...

Things seem to be fine THANKS:D:

I did notice one thing though.

During the course of this I noticed an entry about the host file in the OTL log.
C:\WINDOWS\system32\drivers\etc\Hosts

I...

Ok I installed Java.

The last instructions seem to be for a different OS.

Under XP there is no Start > Settings > Control Panel it is Start > Control Panel.

In control Panel There is no Java...

Here is the OTL scan report:

OTL logfile created on: 3/25/2011 7:08:14 AM - Run 4
OTL by OldTimer - Version 3.2.17.3 Folder = C:\Documents and Settings\User\My Documents\Downloads\02
Windows...

Here is the OTL run fixes log:

All processes killed
========== PROCESSES ==========
========== OTL ==========
C:\Documents and Settings\User\Application...

VirusTotal logs:

File name:
itijpg2.dll
Submission date:
2011-03-25 11:39:07 (UTC)
Current status:
queued (#6) queued (#3) analysing finished
Result:
1/ 41 (2.4%)

VirusTotal logs

File name:
GSService.exe
Submission date:
2011-03-25 11:28:34 (UTC)
Current status:
queued queued analysing finished
Result:
0/ 43 (0.0%)

I do not know if this information is of any use to you but here it is.

The file mentioned in the ESET log was last updated at the date and time of the attack I initially described.

I looked up...

Here is the ESET log.

C:\Documents and Settings\User\Application Data\Sun\Java\Deployment\cache\6.0\54\300d4776-2138de16 Win32/Cycbot.AF trojan

I ran OTL 2 times and it only gives the OTL.txt and it does not make the extras.txt.

OTL logfile created on: 3/24/2011 10:23:09 AM - Run 3
OTL by OldTimer - Version 3.2.17.3 Folder =...

Thanks the MalwareBytes Log is atached in a zip file. It was too large to post.
It looks like it got rid of white smoke tool bar. Which I did not want and tried to disable and delete. I got it...

Tea timer sucks up so much system resources that I had to turn it off. I tried leaving it on mostly and just turning it off for certain things but somehow that turned into it being off all the time....

DDS data is at end of post and attached. First is a description of what happened.

Yesterday while I was looking for pictures of an actress I like, I was infected with the XP firewall virus (It...

OK thanks for all your help.

At least I have probably eliminated malware as a possibility, and can start trying other things.

I can remember the days when checking for malware and viruses was...

It did not produce the extras.txt file nor is it in the directory with OTL.

OTL logfile created on: 11/24/2010 7:11:36 PM - Run 2
OTL by OldTimer - Version 3.2.17.3 Folder = C:\Documents and...

I keep calling it NetStat but I am referring to NetMeter. Sorry:red:

NetStat was uninstalled before we began this process. It no longer appears in add/remove programs.

This program may very well be at the heart of my problems. It may not be intentionally...

Only time will tell if it is running well.

I am planning on putting in more memory to raise it from 1 to 2GB.

Did NetStat get removed?

I feel better knowing that it is probably just the...

ESETSmartInstaller@High as CAB hook log:
OnlineScanner.ocx - registred OK
# version=7
# IEXPLORE.EXE=8.00.6001.18702 (longhorn_ie8_rtm(wmbla).090308-0339)
# OnlineScanner.ocx=1.0.0.6211
#...

ComboFix 10-11-23.05 - User 11/24/2010 12:19:30.1.2 - x86
Microsoft Windows XP Professional 5.1.2600.3.1252.1.1033.18.1014.602 [GMT -6:00]
Running from: c:\documents and...

The Gmer scan is attached.

Mcafee is not supposed to be running I thought I had disabled it.
It was something that was on the system when I got it.
I do not like or trust Mcafee.

Filename: itijpg2.dll
Status:
Scan finished. 0 out of 19 scanners reported malware.
Scan taken on: Wed 24 Nov 2010 04:14:10 (CET) Permalink

[ArcaVir]
2010-11-24 Found nothing
[G DATA]...

OTL Extras logfile created on: 11/23/2010 6:28:15 PM - Run 1
OTL by OldTimer - Version 3.2.17.3 Folder = C:\Documents and Settings\User\My Documents\Downloads
Windows XP Professional Edition...

OTL logfile created on: 11/23/2010 6:28:15 PM - Run 1
OTL by OldTimer - Version 3.2.17.3 Folder = C:\Documents and Settings\User\My Documents\Downloads
Windows XP Professional Edition Service...

A few weeks ago my system suddenly started to give out of memory errors. Windows would not close or minimize or they would do so very slowly. Clicking on anything usually gives an error indicating...

Drop my rights seems to work with anything as does the manual method that involves making shortcuts that use the run as command. While AE only allows certain programs.:confused:

Does AE do...

For the benefit of those who may read this post and take the advice to use eraser. That was good advice back then. However all of the 6.x versions of eraser have a lot of problems. The author...

It looks like AlterEgo is probably easier to use. Anyone use both and have an opinion?

TIA

When I started this post I intended to only ask if a registry key that is not a windows XP key and the associated software is not present, could somehow affect the system?

While typing the message...

Spybot found the following key and removed it:

Fraud.Sysguard: [SBI $F62BE2C3] Settings (Registry key, nothing done)
HKEY_USERS\S-1-5-21-1844237615-764733703-682003330-1003\Software\SolutionAV...