OK, I uninstalled and re-installed Spy Sweeper, then re-booted.

Then I ran Spy Sweeper.

When it completed, There was a Sweeper message: System Monitor Found: potentially rootkit-masked...

I rebooted before, and just rebooted again. When I rebooted this time, I got an error message saying 'The Spysweeper installation has been damaged. Please re-install product.'

Should I uninstall...

Still having problems with a slow-motion PC. I think I found the culprit...a temp directory (tmp00000171). That directory was referenced when I got the McAfee Red Alert saying I had the New Poly...

OK, ran CCleaner and SpySweeper. SpySweeper and new HJT logs follow:

SpySweeper log:

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12:02 PM: | Start of Session, Wednesday, May 17, 2006 |
12:02 PM: Spy Sweeper...

OK, I've done the following, in order:

1. Scanned with ewido and saved the report.
2. Rebooted.
3. Saved new HJT log.

**It was still running slow, so I defragged, saved the defrag report and...

tayspen,

Thanks for the quick reply! Yes, the first HJT log was done in Normal mode rather than Safe Mode. I haven't disabled any startup items recently.

I've installed ewido. It might take...

In the last couple days, my desktop has been running REALLY SLOW! I'm fairly computer literate, just need a step-by-step. I also know my way around the registry with 'walk through' assistance. (HJT...