Thanks for the reply to my very old problem demonica61.

This actually occurred at my office, and I looked through all the machines for any trace evidence of torrent or other P2P programs. I found...

I have received emails and calls from my ISP recently claiming that I am using the connection to download copyrighted torrents. I didn't recognize the files listed, but I removed all my torrent...

Short answer
Yes, it would be very unwise.

Long answer
"I feel that I am properly protected without it". What do you base these feelings on? Do you base it on research that you have done that...

Here are some good scanners... they're free too :).

Spybot-S&D (http://www.safer-networking.org/en/download/)
Ad-Aware SE Personal (http://www.lavasoftusa.com/software/adaware/)

Start by...

I'm sorry if I come off rude. I'm just giving you the facts so that you may resolve your situation as quickly as possible. A link to your thread may be helpful to someone who reads this thread....

If you are wanting immediate assistance and money is on the line, pay a consultant. This is a free forum that attempts to help everyone, but the people who are best able to help you with your...

Can you describe what problems you are having?

Be patient. People will help you when they can. Also, don't make junk threads (this is an example of a junk thread BTW).

Try running "sfc /scannow".

You need to provide more details for us to understand your situation.

What version of Windows do you have?
Do you have SP2 installed?
What type of internet connection do you have?
Do you...

skyepoet, for problems like this, you will want to create your own thread so that people focus on your individual issues.

Considering that you can't start your system up, it's hard to say what the actual issue is.

See if you can access the Recovery Console...

Thanks for the update. It's very possible that this could help someone out.

Are you certain that you didn't modify anything? Please list what different things you tried to fix the issue in case it might help others.

Join in on the Cannot login to Hotmail (http://daniweb.com/techtalkforums/thread32796.html) thread. Seems like many people are having this issue. We haven't found a fix yet, but we're looking.

I might be missing something, but the log looks fine to me. Can you describe in better detail what you mean by acting suspicious?

It might help if you actually post the log :).

What process is maxing out the processor (check the processes tab)?
If you kill the process that is taking all the processor (right-click the process and select "End Process"), does your system...

Download it again and save it to its own folder. If it downloads as a zip file, unzip it to the folder.

The following line is still an issue:O23 - Service: Command Service (cmdService) - Unknown owner - C:\WINNT\ZG9uLm1jZG9uYWxk\command.exe
See if you can find that program and delete it. After...

Reboot your computer in Safe Mode (http://www.microsoft.com/resources/documentation/windows/xp/all/proddocs/en-us/boot_failsafe.mspx), make sure that you have no programs running in the background...

crazyaz88, make your own thread so we can focus on your issues directly.

You're getting really close. These are the only lines that remain:R1 - HKCU\Software\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Main,Search Page = http://www.ampmsearch.com/sp2.php
O4 - HKLM\..\Run: [winsync]...

Are you doing all the steps that I listed: running HijackThis from its own folder, clicking "Do a system scan only", checking the checkbox next to each item that I listed, and clicking "Fix checked"?...

Looks like most of that isn't wanting to go away.

Make sure that you are running HijackThis outside of a temp folder. It looks like you are running HijackThis from WinRAR, unzip the program into...

I noticed that you were still running your browser. Make sure that you have all your browsers closed when you run HijackThis.

Run HijackThis again, select "Do a system scan only", and put a check...

Read crunchie's last post. Start your own thread.

Use this guide (http://mywebpages.comcast.net/SupportCD/OptimizeXP.html) to clean up your machine. It starts with an array of virus scans, then goes through numerous in-depth spyware scans, and...

You don't need to use another computer to remove them. Just use the account on your system that has Administrator rights, go to User Accounts in the Control Panel, and modify your users from there.

You really don't have much to worry about with cookies (at least I don't). I find if I keep scanning with Ad-Aware, it will always find something it doesn't like. A clean system apparently doesn't...

My top recommendation would be Microsoft Antispyware (http://www.microsoft.com/athome/security/spyware/software/default.mspx). This program is good to keep running at all times. It is very good at...

Norton Antivirus is not a Spyware remover. Antivirus programs handle viruses. Antispyware programs handle spyware. Antivirus programs may be able to identify some spyware, but they don't typically...

If you are running these tools and making these changes from Safe Mode, the likelyhood of the files or registry settings coming back after a reboot is very slim.

As for how long it takes Trend...

This is something that doesn't have a correct answer. Everyone has their opinion on the matter. Personally, I use Norton AntiVirus (http://www.symantec.com/nav/nav_9xnt/). That's not to say I love...

Run HijackThis! from Safe Mode, select "Do a system scan only", let the scan finish, put a check next to each item that I indicated, and select "Fix checked".

If you have a pirated version of Windows (or your system fails the genuine Microsoft Windows test for whatever reason), you cannot download the program.

Use this guide (http://mywebpages.comcast.net/SupportCD/OptimizeXP.html) to run through a very thorough series of programs that will clean just about anything out of your system and help secure it...

The names look random, hence there is nothing we can figure out about the software from the names. I recommend using this guide (http://mywebpages.comcast.net/SupportCD/OptimizeXP.html) to clean up...

Have you tried running all the scans from Safe Mode (http://www.microsoft.com/resources/documentation/windows/xp/all/proddocs/en-us/boot_failsafe.mspx)?

If you think it may be a software conflict, send an email to all the users indicating the mail system will be down for however long you think it will take to diagnose, shut off the mail server and go...