Problems running Hijackthis among others..

[Firewatch]

Hello I am running windows vista and have been unable to install AVG Antivirus to machine over and over and am having pop up problems im thinking im infected. So I backed up my registry using ERUNT and then atempted to make a HJT log. HJT will run and post results but for some reason it wont post a log in notepad. I am getting the message that my system denied access to the hosts file. The tooltip that poped up told me to simply right click HTJ and chose to run as administrator but I do not have that option. Hope this provides some background. I am standing by for instructions thanks

 

[ken545]

Hello Firewatch

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With Vista, to run most programs you have to right click on the icon and select RUN AS ADMINISTRATOR .


Please download RootRepeal one of these locations and save it to your desktop
Here
Here
Here

• Open
  
  on your desktop.
• Click the
  
  tab.
• Click the
  
  button.
• Check just these boxes:
• 
• Push Ok
• Check the box for your main system drive (Usually C:, and press Ok.
• Allow RootRepeal to run a scan of your system. This may take some time.
• Once the scan completes, push the
  
  button. Save the log to your desktop, using a distinctive name, such as RootRepeal.txt. Include this report in your post.

• Download random's system information tool (RSIT) by random/random from here and save it to your desktop.
• Double click on RSIT.exe to run RSIT.
• Click Continue at the disclaimer screen.
• Once it has finished, two logs will open. Please post the contents of both log.txt (<<will be maximized) and info.txt (<<will be minimized)

 

[ken545]

Due to inactivity, this thread will now be closed.

If it has been four days or more since your last post, and the helper assisting you posted a response to that post to which you did not reply, your topic will not be reopened. At that point, if you still require help, please start a new topic and include a new HijackThis log with a link to your previous thread. Please do not add any logs that might have been requested in the closed topic, you would be starting fresh.