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The PC has been re-assembled with a new Power Supply and everything is running fine .

Apparently there was a budget Power Supply installed in the PC originally , this was not pushing out the...

The PC has been striped down and inspected by someone more qualified than me. So far the Motherboard looks fine , no damaged capacitors or any sign of overheating.All cables and leads are connected...

Thanks for the reply .

Regarding the PC, well, I have had some serious problems with it. The machine started to switch off suddenly without warning and now it boots up for a couple of seconds the...

Here are the scan results :-

RootAlyzer Quick Scan Results

Files in Windows folder
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718 files tested.
No hidden files detected....

Hello .

I carried out a rootkit scan this morning and found the following :-

11121

Can someone please tell me if these are legitimate or should they be removed .


Many Thanks

So far the PC is behaving ok . I have done 4 boot up's today and the problem has not returned .

Here is the "eset " log :-

ESETSmartInstaller@High as downloader log:
all ok
# version=8
# OnlineScannerApp.exe=1.0.0.1
# OnlineScanner.ocx=1.0.0.6920
# api_version=3.0.2
#...

Ken,

The scan found 9 infected files by a "win32 adware cidhelp" variant .

Sorry,

Please ignore the last post .

The Eset link is not working

Ken,

I removed all the infections that Malwarebytes found and also did the scan with TDSS which found no infections .

The PC is still slow at booting up , could what ever it is be hiding...

Here is the log for Malwarebytes :-

Malwarebytes Anti-Malware 1.75.0.1300
www.malwarebytes.org

Database version: v2013.09.15.02

Windows XP Service Pack 3 x86 NTFS
Internet Explorer...

Ken,

Unfortunately the problem has returned , the PC is now starting slow again .

Anyway, I managed to run OTL but encountered the same problem as before on the first attempt but everything...

Ken,

I can't run OTL in Safe Mode . Should I download it in "Safe Mode With Networking" and try again ?

Thanks

Gwalch

Anyway , I tried a scan again without the fix and it seems to have done a complete LOG this time :-

10932

Ken,

When I tried that fix my PC froze up and had to re boot .

Continued :-

========== Files/Folders - Created Within 30 Days ==========

[2013/09/12 22:33:41 | 000,000,000 | ---D | C] -- C:\WINDOWS\ERUNT
[2013/09/12 21:20:20 | 000,000,000 | ---D | C] --...

Here is the OTL LOG :-

OTL logfile created on: 13/09/2013 17:32:26 - Run 1
OTL by OldTimer - Version 3.2.69.0 Folder = C:\Documents and Settings\Garry\My Documents\Downloads
Windows XP Home...

Ken,

I did not recognize any of that crap ADW found so I ran the cleaner and the PC booted up straight away ! like it use to do before , marvelous !.

When I ran it again it found the following...

Ken,

Thanks for the reply , here is the log :-

# AdwCleaner v3.003 - Report created 12/09/2013 at 21:20:24
# Updated 07/09/2013 by Xplode
# Operating System : Microsoft Windows XP Service...

I used "Process Hacker" the other day to monitor what was going on with my system , to cut a long story short it notified me of a new process called

MpKsl981a4e86 at system start .

When I...

I am hoping someone can help me .For the last three weeks my PC has been slow starting up . I have windows XP Home as an OS and up to now I have had very little problems with it . I downloaded Spybot...