OK- There are actually no indications of malicious infections in your HJT log, although that's not necessarilly an indication that your system is infection-free.
1. In terms of antivirus software, I'd recommend downlaoding and installing AVG Anti-Virus ; the program is very good, is updated very regularly, and it doesn't put anywhere near as much of a load on your system as does Norton or McAfee. The version of AVG that I linked to is totally free for personal use.
2. In terms of spyware detection and removal, Ad Aware and SpyBot unfortunately really just aren't keeping up with many of the nastier infections out there right now, but there are alternatives.
If possible, try these general detection and removal procedures and let us know the results:
A) Please visit at least two of the following sites for an online virus scan:
BitDefender Free Online Virus Scan
http://www.bitdefender.com/scan/licence.php
Make sure you tick AutoClean under Scan Options.
Panda ActiveScan
http://www.pandasoftware.com/active...n_principal.htm
Make sure you tick Disinfect automatically under Scan Options.
Housecall at TrendMicro
http://housecall60.trendmicro.com/e...orp.asp?id=scan
Make sure you tick Auto Clean.
eTrust Antivirus Web Scanner
http://www3.ca.com/securityadvisor/virusinfo/scan.aspx
Also run this online trojan scanner
TrojanScan
B) You will need to close/quit all web browser programs and disconnect from the Internet for much of the following, so you should print out these instructions or save them into a text file with Notepad.
> Download and install the following utilities:
CCleaner - www.ccleaner.com
Webroot Spy Sweeper (14 day free trial) - http://www.webroot.com/shoppingcart...4011&vcode=DT02
Microsoft Anti-Spyware beta - http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/...&displaylang=en
ewido Anti-malware (14 day free trial) - http://www.ewido.net/en/download/
- Open Spy Sweeper, click on "Options", and then click on "Update Definitions" under the Program Options tab. Do not run a scan yet; just close the program once the update completes.
- Open ewido. In the main screen, click "Update" and click "Start Update". After the update process completes, exit from Ewido.
- Open MS Antispyware beta. Make sure the "AntiSpyware Autoupdater" feature is enabled, and that it has downloaded the most current antispyware updates. Close the program after you've verified this.
- Open AVG and make sure that it has the most current virus definitions installed. Again- don't scan yet, just close the program once it's updated.
> Reboot into Safe Mode (you get to the safe mode boot option by hitting the F8 key as your computer is starting up) and:
Open CCleaner.
- Go to Options-> Advanced: Uncheck "Only delete files in Windows Temp folders older than 48 hours"
- Go to Options>CustomFolders>Add Folder>Navigate to these folders (click on bold file once and hit OK) :
* C:\Windows\Temp
* C:\Windows\Prefetch
* C:\Documents and Settings\\Local Settings\Temporary Internet Files\ (This will delete all your cached internet content including cookies.)
* C:\Documents and Settings\\Local Settings\Temp
* C:\Documents and Settings\\Local Settings\Temporary Internet Files
* C:\Documents and Settings\\Local Settings\Temp
* C:\Documents and Settings\\Cookies
* C:\Documents and Settings\\Cookies
Hit OK
- In left pane, scroll down to "Advanced, Custom Folders", put a check in Custom Folders
- Click on Run Cleaner
It may take a while for the program to perform its cleaning, so be patient. Close the program when it has finished.
- Run AVG, MS Antispyware, and ewido; have the programs fix all malicious items they find.
When ewido finds the first malicious object on your system, it will ask you if it should clean it. When it asks this, put a checkmark in the lower left corner of the box that says "Perform action on all infections", then choose clean and click OK.
Save the log file that ewido will create after it finishes scanning; you'll be including that log in your next post here.
- Run Spy Sweeper.
* Under the Sweep Options tab, select ALL options under 'What to Sweep'.
* Click the "Sweep" icon and then "Start" to begin scanning.
*When the scan completes, click Next to automatically quarantine all detected items.
*Click the Results icon, select Session Log, and then click Save to File. Save the scan results to your desktop and close Spy Sweeper.
> Empty your Recycle Bin, reboot normally, run HijackThis again, and post the new log. Also post the logs that ewido and Spy Sweeper generated.