To PCHF.....................


Please download MINITOOLBOX and run it.

Checkmark following boxes:


Report IE Proxy Settings
Report FF Proxy Settings
List content of Hosts
List IP configuration
List Winsock Entries
List last 10 Event Viewer log
List Installed Programs
List Users, Partitions and Memory size
List Devices (problems only)



Click Go and Attach the result in your next reply.
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1- Please click HERE to download HijackThis.

2- Run the program.

3- Click on the Main Menu button if not already there.

4- Select Do a system scan and save a logfile.

5- Copy and paste the scan log from Notepad into your next reply.
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Also please Download UnknownDeviceIdentifierand post the log it Creates in your next reply.
Run the program allow it to finish then hit file> save > Save the file to desktop.The default file name will be DeviceList Attach Device list in your next reply.
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Please go here and download Speccy run the program and when it is finished Hit File >>>>>>Publish Snap Shot>>>> A link will pop-up on your desktop please post it here in your next reply.

Download Ccleaner then open it and hit the tools button then the startup button then select each entry listed below then disable them one by one.Pretty much the only thing that you will need starting with your machine is your antivirus.The rest can be left disabled.
http://www.piriform.com/ccleaner/download/standard

O4 - HKLM\..\Run: [IgfxTray] C:\WINDOWS\system32\igfxtray.exe
O4 - HKLM\..\Run: [HotKeysCmds] C:\WINDOWS\system32\hkcmd.exe
O4 - HKLM\..\Run: [Persistence] C:\WINDOWS\system32\igfxpers.exe
O4 - HKLM\..\Run: [WinampAgent] "C:\Program Files\Winamp\winampa.exe"
O4 - HKLM\..\Run: [HDAudDeck] C:\Program Files\VIA\VIAudioi\HDADeck\HDeck.exe 1
O4 - HKLM\..\Run: [QuickTime Task] "C:\Program Files\QuickTime\QTTask.exe" -atboottime
O4 - HKLM\..\Run: [avast5] "C:\Program Files\Alwil Software\Avast5\avastUI.exe" /nogui
O4 - HKLM\..\Run: [Adobe ARM] "C:\Program Files\Common Files\Adobe\ARM\1.0\AdobeARM.exe"
O4 - HKLM\..\Run: [DRPU PC Management - Advanced] " "HD"

O4 - HKLM\..\Run: [AdobeAAMUpdater-1.0] "C:\Program Files\Common Files\Adobe\OOBE\PDApp\UWA\UpdaterStartupUtility.exe"
O4 - HKLM\..\Run: [SwitchBoard] C:\Program Files\Common Files\Adobe\SwitchBoard\SwitchBoard.exe
O4 - HKLM\..\Run: [AdobeCS5.5ServiceManager] "C:\Program Files\Common Files\Adobe\CS5.5ServiceManager\CS5.5ServiceManager.exe" -launchedbylogin
O4 - HKLM\..\Run: [Adobe Acrobat Speed Launcher] "C:\Program Files\Adobe\Acrobat 10.0\Acrobat\Acrobat_sl.exe"
O4 - HKLM\..\Run: [Acrobat Assistant 8.0] "C:\Program Files\Adobe\Acrobat 10.0\Acrobat\Acrotray.exe"
O4 - HKLM\..\Run: [SunJavaUpdateSched] "C:\Program Files\Common Files\Java\Java Update\jusched.exe"
O4 - HKCU\..\Run: [CTFMON.EXE] C:\WINDOWS\system32\ctfmon.exe
O4 - HKCU\..\Run: [LightScribe Control Panel] C:\Program Files\Common Files\LightScribe\LightScribeControlPanel.exe -hidden
O4 - HKCU\..\Run: [BgMonitor_{79662E04-7C6C-4d9f-84C7-88D8A56B10AA}] "C:\Program Files\Common Files\Ahead\Lib\NMBgMonitor.exe"
O4 - HKCU\..\Run: [Akamai NetSession Interface] C:\Documents and Settings\Windows User\Local Settings\Application Data\Akamai\netsession_win.exe
O4 - HKUS\S-1-5-19\..\Run: [CTFMON.EXE] C:\WINDOWS\system32\CTFMON.EXE (User 'LOCAL SERVICE')
O4 - HKUS\S-1-5-20\..\Run: [CTFMON.EXE] C:\WINDOWS\system32\CTFMON.EXE (User 'NETWORK SERVICE')
O4 - HKUS\S-1-5-18\..\Run: [CTFMON.EXE] C:\WINDOWS\system32\CTFMON.EXE (User 'SYSTEM')
O4 - HKUS\.DEFAULT\..\Run: [CTFMON.EXE] C:\WINDOWS\system32\CTFMON.EXE (User 'Default user')

Visit the intel Update utility you will need to use internet explorer to run this tool update all the drivers that you can with it.
http://www.intel.com/p/en_US/support/detect/


Run the Avast removal tool it seems you had it installed at one time and is still showing in your hijack this log.
http://www.avast.com/uninstall-utility


1. Right click on My Computer > Properties > Hardware Tab > Device Manager
2. Left click the IDE ATA/ATAPI Controllers group
3. Right click on Primary IDE and hit Uninstall repeat for all primary ide
4. Reboot the computer, the Primary IDE drivers will re-install themselves after you reboot.
5. Go back to the Device Manager and Left click the IDE ATA/ATAPI Controllers group again.
6. Right click on Primary IDE Channel and go to Properties > Advanced Settings tab.
7. Make sure that both Device's Modes are on "DMA if available".
8. Link Explaining http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/windows/hardware/gg463526.aspx

Hit the windows Key and R at the same time then type CMD in the run box when command prompt opens then type chkdsk /r then hit enter when asked to schedule on next reboot then type Y then hit enter then type exit then hit enter and reboot your machine.

In your next reply can you send me a fresh hijack this log and let me know ho things are going.

Lets see if Mcafee is the cause it is known to cause a wide variety of issues.
Run the removal tool.You can always reinstall Mcafee if it is not the cause.
http://majorgeeks.com/downloadget.php?id=5420&file=15&evp=24176563d608d7bfb04f95b4c72f1b9e

Then install avast or mse
http://download.cnet.com/Avast-Free...0019223.html?part=dl-85737&subj=dl&tag=button

http://www.microsoft.com/en-us/download/details.aspx?id=5201

Can I please See a updated hijack this log.

Another thing that I would like you to do is reset internet Explorer to default settings.
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/923737
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Download and try firefox on the net.
http://www.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/new/

Tweak firefox to run at optimal speed.
http://www.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/new/

http://www.wikihow.com/Make-Firefox-Load-Pages-Faster

Please download JavaRa to your desktop and unzip it to its own
folder

• Run JavaRa.exe (double-click for XP/right-click and Run as Administrator for Vista), pick the language of your choice and click Select. Then

click Remove Older Versions.

• Accept any prompts.
• Please Get the latest copy of Java from the link below.
• http://java.com/en/

Download the program below unzip it to your desktop and set it to run on the next boot.
http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/sysinternals/bb897426.aspx


Then clear all of your restore points and create a new one you can do this by turning off system restore and rebooting and turning it back on and rebooting again.
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/310405

Then download Erunt and create a backup of your registry and then download ntregopt and run it and then reboot.
http://www.larshederer.homepage.t-online.de/erunt/

Now defrag your machine with auslogics select defrag and optimize just uncheck the boxes in the shot below when installing auslogics disk defrag.
http://www.auslogics.com/en/downloads/disk-defrag/disk-defrag-setup.exe

Please open your device manager and then uninstall your audio driver and then reboot.

Now visit the intel auto update utility with internet eplorer and see if there are any updates for your display driver or just install anything that they offer you.
http://www.intel.com/p/en_US/support/detect/

Now try driver max to see if there any driver updates for your machine just make sure not to install anything that comes bundled with driver max see shot below.Make sure and untick the highlighted boxes when installing.You only get two free updates a day so start with your audio and video and then move on to the chipset and so on.

http://www.innovative-sol.com/drivermax/