What about just connecting your HDD to another available PC and just formatting it and reinstalling a fresh copy of XP? A bit tedious but will surely give you relief. I know formatting is a loser's...

I understand. You don't need a floppy-drive or Cd-Rom. You hopefully have USB-Drive.
If yes, follow my third instruction(download the tool - its free and small).
1)Extract the contents of the...

Sorry, just read u don't have a CD-Rom so i'd suggest you the third step from my suggestion above if you find it comfortable :)

Hello crystal26_03,


I've Listed Three Methods :
1)
1. Place your Windows XP CD in your cd-rom and start your computer (it’s assumed here that your XP CD is bootable – as it should be - and...

Wow..3 Months..You still have the problem??

Do The following :

Open CMD (Start/Run/Cmd)
Type in :
1) X: (where X is the drive letter of the drive)
2) Type in 'del autorun.* /f /s /q /a'
3) Now Restart The Pc Immediately

Now try...

AVG is known to slow down most users' computers, try Avast or Avira, comparatively faster but not as good as AVG, almost close.

If you're having a problem please make a new thread so that we can help you better.

Here's A list of Few Free Ones with the Download Link :

Malwarebytes Anti-Malware (http://download.cnet.com/Malwarebytes-Anti-Malware/3000-8022_4-10804572.html?tag=contentBody;mostPopTwoColWrap)
...

For those who want to download the tool, here's the link Glary Utilities (http://www.glaryutilities.com/gu.html?tag=download)

Deleting files from the 'My Documents' folder would never cause any harm to the OS but if ur sure that its not any of your required data then you can delete it, and as said above backups can always...

Please do not Attach any logs, copy the content and paste it in your post..

Considering the infections are from the temp folders, as a preliminary measure do the following :

Download Ccleaner...

Most of the times the problem can be due to a virus :
They can run themselves as a windows service/hidden process, it takes up memory, depending upon priority it can sometimes use up even much more...

wtf??

Just a note for future reference :
The Paths to be followed in the registry to remove Startup items are :

HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run

&
...

Try These, both are freeware and hopefully should work the way you want it : :)

AnalogX Extension Changer (http://www.snapfiles.com/get/exchanger.html)

Change Extension 1.0...

Whatever you do, some icons always take time to come up coz the program they are related to takes time to load...In your case i'd suppose Some firewall/AV/Internet Security,etc.

The more the...

Swflash is Shockwave flash, if the site needed it then it would be asked by any other browser too, not just IE, but personally i hate IE, i feel Firefox/Opera are the best.. :)

You do have a hijack :

close all browsers, scan again, place a 'check' mark next to the following entries and click on 'fix checked'

O1 - Hosts: 142.29.221.23 zenwsimport

O2 - BHO: (no name)...

That's Great, getting timed out is usually due to malicious programs using up ur bandwidth :)

Redirects are due to Browser/Dns Hijacks, i.e. in layman's terms, they're due to viruses/adwares, Do the following :

Download Ccleaner (http://download.cnet.com/ccleaner/?tag=mncol), Install it,...

Is it that you are connected to the internet but are not able to ping/open any websites at all?? Can you provide the error it gives on cmd when you try to ping the sites?? it gets timed out or does...

Well your Log looks clean, just place a check mark next to the following entries and click 'fix checked'

O2 - BHO: (no name) - {5C255C8A-E604-49b4-9D64-90988571CECB} - (no file)

O3 - Toolbar:...

Well there is always a risk, when you are not using it you can just disconnect the net/disable the Lan(Start/Conect to/show all connections/THEN right click on Local area connection and select...

I"m not bill :@ Lol yeah you have a point :) sometimes reinstalling is uhh..ok :P

Well i'd disagree with both of you'll, however badly infected your computer is, as long as you want it to work, you surely can..There are so many tools out there for your help, they were made so that...

@ tajs, I somehow do agree with you, due to some vague instinct i never use IE or any Yahoo stuff, my brother and me used to share the same Pc a year back and whenever i had problems in my pc it...

Do the Following :

Open Command Prompt (Winkey+R/cmd)
type in 'cd\'
now assuming its in C:\, type in 'del autorun.* /f /s /q /a'
Its case sensitive, type exactly as given, some files will be...

As said by hughv, just deleting the files does not help. When deleted they move to the recycle bin, they have to be removed/deleted from the recycle bin too to free up space...

Your case is very much probably due to an infection, Considering you might have a Rootkit placed, do the following :

Download Microsoft Malicious Software Removal Tool 2.10...

I'm not authorised to analyze HJT logs here, but your log looks clean,
just place a check mark next to the following entry and click on 'fix checked' :

O14 - IERESET.INF:...

Ignore the above advice and do the foll :

Download Malwarebytes' Anti-Malware (http://www.majorgeeks.com/Malwarebyt...are_d5756.html) to your desktop.

* Double-click mbam-setup.exe and follow...

You are unable to access user accounts probably because you are not the Administrator, At this point of time i'd suggest you to get back to your Administrator account. Assuming you have intermediate+...

Yes you are supposed to remove it, Scan again, remove it and reboot..

Thats Great :)

Download one of the tools from, the following link to retrieve your XP Cd key :

http://pcsupport.about.com/od/productkeysactivation/tp/topkeyfinder.htm

Open Run (start/Run) and type in :
'sfc...

Please Download ATF-Cleaner (http://www.atribune.org/ccount/click.php?id=1) (Windows XP, 2K, 2003 & Vista ONLY)
• You can put ATF-Cleaner on your Desktop for easy access.
RUN ATF-Cleaner.exe.

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AT which point are you specifically getting stuck...Just as u turn it on, after the BIOS detections, etc..??

Well there is a similar Thread with the same BSOD issue, try the advices given on that thread if its of any use and post back..

http://www.daniweb.com/forums/thread197175.html

Uninstall OneCare AntiSpyware and AntiVirus.. (Some of its files are missing, i.e. have been cleared by HJT sometime previously dunno Y)...
Reboot..

Download Ccleaner...