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what means the log file from progrom hijackthis?
Please help me solve the problem....
Logfile of HijackThis v1.99.1
Scan saved at 11:53:57 AM, on 8/21/2008
Platform: Windows XP SP2 (WinNT 5.01.2600)
MSIE: Internet Explorer v7.00 (7.00.5730.0011)
That is an old version of HJT so we need to update it.
Delete that one, and download this one. Let it install to the default location.
C:\Program Files\Hijackthis
Download a copy of HijackThis installer from here and save it to your Desktop.
Save HJTInstall.exe to your desktop.
Double-click on the HJTintall.exe icon on your desktop.
(Let it install to the default location C:\Program Files\Hijackthis)
Continue to click Next in the setup dialogue boxes until you get to the Select Additional Tasks dialogue.
Put a check by Create a desktop icon and then click Next again.
Continue to follow the rest of the prompts from there.
At the final dialogue box click Finish and it will launch HijackThis.
Click on the Do a system scan and save a log file button.
(It will scan and the log should open in Notepad.)
Click on "Edit" > "Select All" to highlight the entire Notepad contents.
Then click on "Edit" > "Copy".
Come back here to this thread and Paste the log in your next reply.
(Right-click in the message body field and select "Paste".)
CAUTION:DO NOT have HijackThis "fix" anything without carefully following expert guidance. Otherwise, you might render your computer unstable or even unbootable. Most of what HijackThis finds will be harmless or even required.
Thank you for your information....This a new log file hijackthis
Logfile of Trend Micro HijackThis v2.0.2
Scan saved at 10:43:19 AM, on 8/23/2008
Platform: Windows XP SP2 (WinNT 5.01.2600)
MSIE: Internet Explorer v7.00 (7.00.5730.0011)
Boot mode: Normal
Lets do a little clean up and maintenance and see if that helps.
Please download ATF Cleaner by Atribune. This program is for XP and Windows 2000 only
Double-click ATF-Cleaner.exe to run the program.
Under Main choose: Select All
Click the Empty Selected button.
If you use Firefox browser
Click Firefox at the top and choose: Select All
Click the Empty Selected button. NOTE: If you would like to keep your saved passwords, please click No at the prompt.
If you use Opera browser
Click Opera at the top and choose: Select All
Click the Empty Selected button. NOTE: If you would like to keep your saved passwords, please click No at the prompt.
Click Exit on the Main menu to close the program.
For Technical Support, double-click the e-mail address located at the bottom of each menu.
Now lets do a defrag and chkdisk. This will take some time to run through so make sure you can have some down time to complete it.
Defragment – (Run in Safe Mode – Recommended) or Turn off virus protection and screen savers (if you have one running)
To turn off virus protection, right click on your virus protection icon down by the clock, click exit or close. click yes if asked if you want to close it.
1. Click Start, Double click My Computer.
2. Right-click the local disk volume that you want to defragment, (C: Drive) and then click Properties.
3. On the Tools tab, click Defragment Now.
4. Click Defragment.
CheckDisk
1.Double-click My Computer, and then right-click the local disk that you want to check. (C Drive)
2.Click Properties, and then click Tools.
3.Under Error-checking, click Check Now.
4.Under Check disk options, select the Scan for and attempt recovery of bad sectors check both boxes.
5.Click Start.
A window will open saying that it can not do chkdisk, will ask if you want to run it the next time you restart your computer.
Select "Yes"
Click on "Start" click on Turn off computer, Click Restart.
