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| Ok, while trying to restore my settings and shortcuts after the rogue HDD infection and my deletion of temp files I've been also taking a look at unnecessary settings as well as programs. I've always felt my computer ran too slow, especially starting programs.
Do I really need Avast to scan documents and files when I open them? I am the only user of this computer. It is a home office computer and not networked with others.
seems to me that it is safe to turn off the file system shield which should help excel and word to open faster..... |
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- Posted by ravencajun (My Page) on Sat, Sep 17, 11 at 16:19
| absolutely that is one of the best features of AVAST, you want it to catch it before it is on the pc and then find it. For sure you want to leave that as it is set default, I would not mess with the AVAST settings, look elsewhere for why your pc might be slow like too many programs starting up. |
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- Posted by buyorsell888 (My Page) on Sat, Sep 17, 11 at 17:10
| If all of my office documents and files are created by me, on this computer, how would they get infected? It drives me crazy to wait for the scan every time I open a document, especially one that has been on my computer for years and scanned twenty or thirty times every time I open it... |
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| Also basic maintenance will help as well such as Disk CleanUp and Defragging. Since Corrine is finished working her magic and if you would like, follow the instructions below and I'll take a look at your start ups that can be stopped with HiJackThis. Click Here to download HJTInstall.exe DO NOT use the AnalyzeThis button, its findings are dangerous if misinterpreted. |
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- Posted by buyorsell888 (My Page) on Sat, Sep 17, 11 at 19:54
| Logfile of Trend Micro HijackThis v2.0.4 Scan saved at 4:52:07 PM, on 9/17/2011 Platform: Windows XP SP3 (WinNT 5.01.2600) MSIE: Internet Explorer v8.00 (8.00.6001.18702) Boot mode: Normal Running processes: R1 - HKLM\Software\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Main,Default_Page_URL = http://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?LinkId=69157 -- |
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| Hi buyorsell888, The program installed to the Documents and Settings folder. We need to move that to a permanent folder because if we don't we could lose the back up files if they are needed. We won't but I feel better knowing they are safe and secure. First, we need to direct your downloads to the desktop so It can install properly. Click on Tools in the Menu Bar of Firefox. Now to uninstall HiJackThis and get it in the correct folder. I need you to click on Start > My Computer > Double click on Local Disk (C:) > click on Documents and Settings > LeeAnne Goen > My Documents > Downloads > then Right click on HijackThis.exe and delete. Click Yes Click X to close that window. Now let's install it into the programs folder. Here's how: Click Here to download HJTInstall.msi Click Save File You will now find the icon on your desktop with the little guy in Red holding a magnifying glass. Double click that icon. Click on the Main Menu button at center bottom and click on Do a system scan and save a logfile. Copy and paste the log as you did before in your next post. In the meantime I will be looking at the other log. The log is fine above, I just want to see the new log to confirm it is in the right folder. Sorry about the delay. Back shortly.
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- Posted by buyorsell888 (My Page) on Sat, Sep 17, 11 at 22:03
| Logfile of Trend Micro HijackThis v2.0.4 Scan saved at 7:02:52 PM, on 9/17/2011 Platform: Windows XP SP3 (WinNT 5.01.2600) MSIE: Internet Explorer v8.00 (8.00.6001.18702) Boot mode: Normal Running processes: R1 - HKLM\Software\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Main,Default_Page_URL = http://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?LinkId=69157 -- |
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| C:\Program Files\Trend Micro\HiJackThis\HiJackThis.exe <---Excellent! You're really fast. Caught me off guard! While TeaTimer is an excellent tool for the prevention of spyware, it can sometimes prevent HijackThis from fixing certain things.
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Click Fix Checked. The above is all I see that can be stopped at startup. Those programs can be started manually when needed and not interfere with your system running smoothly. Please let me know how everything is running afterwards. |
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| Here's a few orphans that need to be tended to also. You can add them to be removed with the entries above. R3 - URLSearchHook: agihelper.AGUtils - "0BC6E3FA-78EF-4886-842C-5A1258C4455A> - mscoree.dll (file missing) O2 - BHO: agihelper.AGUtils - "0bc6e3fa-78ef-4886-842c-5a1258c4455a> - mscoree.dll (file missing) Let me know how it goes. |
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- Posted by buyorsell888 (My Page) on Sun, Sep 18, 11 at 10:56
| Logfile of Trend Micro HijackThis v2.0.4 Scan saved at 7:54:26 AM, on 9/18/2011 Platform: Windows XP SP3 (WinNT 5.01.2600) MSIE: Internet Explorer v8.00 (8.00.6001.18702) Boot mode: Normal Running processes: R1 - HKLM\Software\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Main,Default_Page_URL = http://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?LinkId=69157 -- |
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| Good morning buyorsell888, Great job on those deletions! Did you intentionally leave the following entries? O4 - HKLM\..\Run: [NvCplDaemon] RUNDLL32.EXE C:\WINDOWS\system32\NvCpl.dll,NvStartup If not, they are accessible through other means and are unnecessary at startup. Also the following is not required to startup as well and can be fixed. O4 - HKLM\..\Run: [PCCloneEX] C:\Program Files\PCCloneEX\PCCloneEX.EXE This program is not required to start automatically as you can run it when you need to. It is advised that you disable this program so that it does not take up necessary resources. See --> HERE for more on that if you like. A few more things: Do you recognize the following entry? Specifically www.pacificsolutions.com O14 - IERESET.INF: START_PAGE_URL=http://www.pacificsolutions.com If you do not recognize the address, then you should also have it fixed. Otherwise leave it be. For Java Quick Starter. It is running as a Service and is totally unnecessary. O23 - Service: Java Quick Starter (JavaQuickStarterService) - Sun Microsystems, Inc. - C:\Program Files\Java\jre6\bin\jqs.exe Here are the Steps to disable Java Quick Starter. I also wanted to point out something. The entry below shows that Adobe Reader is way out of date! Adobe is vulnerable to infection. O4 - HKLM\..\Run: [Adobe Reader Speed Launcher] "C:\Program Files\Adobe\Reader 8.0\Reader\Reader_sl.exe" You should definitely update it to version 10.1 If I remember correctly Corrine had also addressed this issue. As a side note: Adobe Reader has been having issues lately. I'd suggest uninstalling it and using FoxIt Reader. Adobe has become very vulnerable over the last couple of years and really uses up resources more than FoxIt Reader. It's 'footprint' is considerably smaller than Adobe's and consequently uses less resources (RAM as well as hard drive space). I believe there are a few things Foxit Reader cannot do compared to Adobe, but I haven't come across them. If you choose to install Foxit Reader, please be advised that you may have to uncheck any pre-checked software. I believe it offers the FoxIt Toolbar which is actually the Ask Toolbar in disguise. Choose custom install. If you'd like, you can download Foxit Reader from here. The choice is yours. Here's a basic maintenance program that I have been using for some time now. Run the following steps in the order I have them. Ccleaner and TFC are both cleaners. What one doesn't target at cleaning the other does. Then run Disk Cleanup to reduce the number of unnecessary files on your hard disk and Defrag will perform much better and faster if all the useless files are cleaned up and removed before using it. NOTE: 2nd: Not sure if you have TFC (Temporary File Cleaner) or not. Download from here if you don't. Double-click TFC.exe to run it. TFC will close all programs when run, so make sure you have saved all your work before you begin.
Don't be alarmed when the desktop disappears, it will reappear upon reboot. Once TFC is finished it should restart your computer. If it does not, please manually restart the computer yourself to ensure a complete cleaning. 3rd: Disk CleanUp This will reduce the number of unnecessary files on your hard disk to free up disk space and help your computer run faster. 4th: Defrag: The one included with Windows is fine but I personally like Auslogics Disk Defrag because:
Please do not run any other Auslogics programs other then this one as they may cause unwanted results. Let me know how your computer is running. You may see a noticeable difference after the basic maintenance and defrag.
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| Ooops! I just saw that you left webshots intentionally. Not a problem. |
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- Posted by buyorsell888 (My Page) on Sun, Sep 18, 11 at 19:27
| I left webshots but everything else you listed in the first message should have been fixed. I checked them against the list I printed out. I updated Adobe using the link Corrine gave me several days ago, no idea why it isn't showing up as updated. I never use the PC Clone software, I never could figure it out, it never worked as it was supposed to for one touch back up. I use Windows Explorer to back up to the external drive or when uploading photos I upload directly to that drive. I wasn't sure if it would be ok to remove the software completely or if the drive needed it to function? It is a Kingwin external hard drive. yes, I have CCleaner. I have no preference for Adobe reader or Foxit reader, if Foxit uses less resources and can read the same files that would be fine by me. I have Adobe Flash Player 10 Active X and Adobe Flash Player 10 Plug In, do they do the same thing? or do I need both? |
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- Posted by buyorsell888 (My Page) on Sun, Sep 18, 11 at 19:50
| Logfile of Trend Micro HijackThis v2.0.4 Scan saved at 4:47:37 PM, on 9/18/2011 Platform: Windows XP SP3 (WinNT 5.01.2600) MSIE: Internet Explorer v8.00 (8.00.6001.18702) Boot mode: Normal Running processes: R1 - HKLM\Software\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Main,Default_Page_URL = http://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?LinkId=69157 -- |
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| Boy! That booger doesn't want to stop running does it? Try booting into Safe Mode and fix that entry. If it doesn't work then leave it be. It is classified as 'user's choice' meaning it is not essential. The rest looks really good! You did a great job there. Makes it easy when the person I'm helping knows what they are doing. How's your computer running? Any better? Little faster? Did you go over the basic maintenance tips I provided? |
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- Posted by buyorsell888 (My Page) on Fri, Sep 23, 11 at 13:13
| I'm sorry, I had some issues come up and wasn't able to get back to this thread. Thank you for all your help. It is certainly restarting a lot faster. Not sure I'm noticing much speed elsewhere but I've been preoccupied. |
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| Hi buyorsell888, I'm glad to hear that you have noticed a difference at boot time. There are many causes as to why a computer is slow that go beyond just startups. Below is a link to just one of the many blog entries by a specialist named miekiemoes. You and others here at the GW may find it very educating so I thought that I would share it. It is a bit outdated but the same principles do apply. |
Here is a link that might be useful: Help! My computer is slow!
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