My computer won't move!

[Mona~on~wheels]

It stopped moving (taking forever) after I downloaded something I thought was Windows xp. It said it would help. grrrr

Anyway I have an emachine & window xp & use Internet Explorer.

I went to my programs to see if I could figure out what shouldn't be there to remove it. Should I have Apple Application Support or Apple Mobile Device Support, & Apple Software Update?

Also when I downloaded that stuff (which I'll never do again!) it added a search on my bottom tool bar that says "search desktop." In programs it says Windows search 4.0. That's probably it. Can I delete that?

I see 2 drivers:

2 from Realtek
1 Intel graphics media

Also

Windows Media player 11
Windows Medis format 11 runtime

Can I delete any of these?


thanks! Mona

[Mona~on~wheels]

Also

Atheros Communications Inc. (R) AR81FAMILY Gigabit/Fast Ethernet Driver

OCR Software by I.R.I.S. 7.0

Everything else is a game. AVG ANTI VIRUS & ADAWARE (runs every morning),
Microsoft, Windows, or HP Something. (probably my hp printer)

[Foolish Old]

Mona, everything you've mentioned sounds legitimate. Are you saying that your computer has started to run slow?

Try going to start>control panel>add or remove programs. Look for something you don't recognize that has been added recently.

[t8burst]

Mona,

If you download HijackThis: http://sourceforge.net/projects/hjt/, run it and either post the output to this thread or PM it to me I can tell you what you should remove and if you have any nasties on your machine.

t8

[Mona~on~wheels]

Mona,

If you download HijackThis: http://sourceforge.net/projects/hjt/, run it and either post the output to this thread or PM it to me I can tell you what you should remove and if you have any nasties on your machine.

t8

Foolish that's what I did when I wrote that. It's from my add/remove program.

T8burst, thanks I'll do that!

[Mona~on~wheels]

Logfile of Trend Micro HijackThis v2.0.4
Scan saved at 7:03:05 PM, on 3/14/2012
Platform: Windows XP SP3 (WinNT 5.01.2600)
MSIE: Internet Explorer v8.00 (8.00.6001.18702)
Boot mode: Normal
Running processes:
C:\WINDOWS\System32\smss.exe
C:\PROGRA~1\AVG\AVG2012\avgrsx.exe
C:\Program Files\AVG\AVG2012\avgcsrvx.exe
C:\WINDOWS\system32\winlogon.exe
C:\WINDOWS\system32\services.exe
C:\WINDOWS\system32\lsass.exe
C:\WINDOWS\system32\svchost.exe
C:\WINDOWS\System32\svchost.exe
C:\Program Files\Lavasoft\Ad-Aware\AAWService.exe
C:\WINDOWS\system32\spoolsv.exe
C:\Program Files\Common Files\Apple\Mobile Device Support\AppleMobileDeviceService.exe
C:\Program Files\AVG\AVG2012\avgwdsvc.exe
C:\Program Files\Bonjour\mDNSResponder.exe
C:\Program Files\Java\jre6\bin\jqs.exe
C:\Program Files\Memeo\AutoBackup\MemeoBackgroundService.exe
C:\WINDOWS\system32\HPZipm12.exe
C:\Program Files\Seagate\Seagate Dashboard\SeagateDashboardService.exe
C:\WINDOWS\System32\svchost.exe
C:\Program Files\AVG\AVG2012\AVGIDSAgent.exe
C:\WINDOWS\system32\SearchIndexer.exe
C:\WINDOWS\Explorer.EXE
C:\Program Files\AVG\AVG2012\avgnsx.exe
C:\Program Files\AVG\AVG2012\avgemcx.exe
C:\Program Files\AVG\AVG2012\avgtray.exe
C:\Program Files\Real\RealPlayer\update\realsched.exe
C:\Program Files\HP\HP Software Update\HPWuSchd2.exe
C:\WINDOWS\system32\hkcmd.exe
C:\WINDOWS\system32\igfxsrvc.exe
C:\WINDOWS\system32\igfxpers.exe
C:\WINDOWS\RTHDCPL.EXE
C:\Program Files\iTunes\iTunesHelper.exe
C:\Program Files\Messenger\msmsgs.exe
C:\WINDOWS\system32\ctfmon.exe
C:\Program Files\NoAds\NoAds.exe
C:\Program Files\Seagate\Seagate Dashboard\MemeoDashboard.exe
C:\Program Files\Lavasoft\Ad-Aware\AAWTray.exe
C:\Program Files\Memeo\Memeo Send\MemeoSend.exe
C:\Program Files\HP\Digital Imaging\bin\hpqtra08.exe
C:\Program Files\Windows Desktop Search\WindowsSearch.exe
C:\Program Files\iPod\bin\iPodService.exe
C:\Program Files\Memeo\AutoBackup\InstantBackup.exe
C:\Program Files\OpenOffice.org 3\program\soffice.exe
C:\Program Files\OpenOffice.org 3\program\soffice.bin
C:\Program Files\HP\Digital Imaging\bin\hpqimzone.exe
C:\Program Files\Seagate\Seagate Dashboard\HipServAgent\HipServAgent.exe
C:\Program Files\HP\Digital Imaging\bin\hpqSTE08.exe
C:\Program Files\Internet Explorer\iexplore.exe
C:\Program Files\Internet Explorer\iexplore.exe
C:\Program Files\Internet Explorer\iexplore.exe
C:\Documents and Settings\User\Local Settings\Temporary Internet Files\Content.IE5\RC69DPVH\HijackThis[1].exe
R1 - HKLM\Software\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Main,Default_Page_URL = http://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?LinkId=69157
R1 - HKLM\Software\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Main,Default_Search_URL = http://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?LinkId=54896
R1 - HKLM\Software\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Main,Search Page = http://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?LinkId=54896
R0 - HKLM\Software\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Main,Start Page = http://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?LinkId=69157
R1 - HKCU\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Int ernet Settings,ProxyOverride = *.local
R3 - URLSearchHook: (no name) - {81017EA9-9AA8-4A6A-9734-7AF40E7D593F} - (no file)
F2 - REG:system.ini: UserInit=C:\WINDOWS\system32\userinit.exe
O2 - BHO: (no name) - {02478D38-C3F9-4efb-9B51-7695ECA05670} - (no file)
O2 - BHO: AcroIEHelperStub - {18DF081C-E8AD-4283-A596-FA578C2EBDC3} - C:\Program Files\Common Files\Adobe\Acrobat\ActiveX\AcroIEHelperShim.dll
O2 - BHO: RealPlayer Download and Record Plugin for Internet Explorer - {3049C3E9-B461-4BC5-8870-4C09146192CA} - C:\Documents and Settings\All Users\Application Data\Real\RealPlayer\BrowserRecordPlugin\IE\rpbrow serrecordplugin.dll
O2 - BHO: WormRadar.com IESiteBlocker.NavFilter - {3CA2F312-6F6E-4B53-A66E-4E65E497C8C0} - C:\Program Files\AVG\AVG2012\avgssie.dll
O2 - BHO: Inbox Toolbar - {D3D233D5-9F6D-436C-B6C7-E63F77503B30} - C:\PROGRA~1\INBOXT~1\Inbox.dll
O2 - BHO: Java(tm) Plug-In 2 SSV Helper - {DBC80044-A445-435b-BC74-9C25C1C588A9} - C:\Program Files\Java\jre6\bin\jp2ssv.dll
O2 - BHO: JQSIEStartDetectorImpl - {E7E6F031-17CE-4C07-BC86-EABFE594F69C} - C:\Program Files\Java\jre6\lib\deploy\jqs\ie\jqs_plugin.dll
O3 - Toolbar: &Inbox Toolbar - {D7E97865-918F-41E4-9CD0-25AB1C574CE8} - C:\PROGRA~1\INBOXT~1\Inbox.dll
O4 - HKLM\..\Run: [AVG_TRAY] "C:\Program Files\AVG\AVG2012\avgtray.exe"
O4 - HKLM\..\Run: [TkBellExe] "C:\Program Files\Real\RealPlayer\update\realsched.exe" -osboot
O4 - HKLM\..\Run: [HP Software Update] C:\Program Files\HP\HP Software Update\HPWuSchd2.exe
O4 - HKLM\..\Run: [Memeo Instant Backup] C:\Program Files\Memeo\AutoBackup\MemeoLauncher2.exe --silent --no_ui
O4 - HKLM\..\Run: [Memeo AutoSync] C:\Program Files\Memeo\AutoSync\MemeoLauncher2.exe --silent
O4 - HKLM\..\Run: [Memeo Send] C:\Program Files\Memeo\Memeo Send\MemeoLauncher.exe --silent
O4 - HKLM\..\Run: [Seagate Dashboard] C:\Program Files\Seagate\Seagate Dashboard\MemeoLauncher.exe --silent --no_ui
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: [RTHDCPL] RTHDCPL.EXE
O4 - HKLM\..\Run: [Adobe ARM] "C:\Program Files\Common Files\Adobe\ARM\1.0\AdobeARM.exe"
O4 - HKLM\..\Run: [APSDaemon] "C:\Program Files\Common Files\Apple\Apple Application Support\APSDaemon.exe"
O4 - HKLM\..\Run: [QuickTime Task] "C:\Program Files\QuickTime\qttask.exe" -atboottime
O4 - HKLM\..\Run: [iTunesHelper] "C:\Program Files\iTunes\iTunesHelper.exe"
O4 - HKCU\..\Run: [MSMSGS] "C:\Program Files\Messenger\msmsgs.exe" /background
O4 - HKCU\..\Run: [ctfmon.exe] C:\WINDOWS\system32\ctfmon.exe
O4 - HKCU\..\Run: [NoAds] "C:\Program Files\NoAds\NoAds.exe"
O4 - Startup: OpenOffice.org 3.3.lnk = C:\Program Files\OpenOffice.org 3\program\quickstart.exe
O4 - Global Startup: HP Digital Imaging Monitor.lnk = C:\Program Files\HP\Digital Imaging\bin\hpqtra08.exe
O4 - Global Startup: HP Photosmart Premier Fast Start.lnk = C:\Program Files\HP\Digital Imaging\bin\hpqthb08.exe
O4 - Global Startup: Windows Search.lnk = C:\Program Files\Windows Desktop Search\WindowsSearch.exe
O8 - Extra context menu item: Add to Google Photos Screensa&ver - res://C:\WINDOWS\system32\GPhotos.scr/200
O9 - Extra button: (no name) - {e2e2dd38-d088-4134-82b7-f2ba38496583} - C:\WINDOWS\Network Diagnostic\xpnetdiag.exe
O9 - Extra 'Tools' menuitem: @xpsp3res.dll,-20001 - {e2e2dd38-d088-4134-82b7-f2ba38496583} - C:\WINDOWS\Network Diagnostic\xpnetdiag.exe
O9 - Extra button: Messenger - {FB5F1910-F110-11d2-BB9E-00C04F795683} - C:\Program Files\Messenger\msmsgs.exe
O9 - Extra 'Tools' menuitem: Windows Messenger - {FB5F1910-F110-11d2-BB9E-00C04F795683} - C:\Program Files\Messenger\msmsgs.exe
O16 - DPF: {E2883E8F-472F-4FB0-9522-AC9BF37916A7} - http://platformdl.adobe.com/NOS/getPlusPlus/1.6/gp.cab
O18 - Protocol: inbox - {37540F19-DD4C-478B-B2DF-C19281BCAF27} - C:\PROGRA~1\INBOXT~1\Inbox.dll
O18 - Protocol: linkscanner - {F274614C-63F8-47D5-A4D1-FBDDE494F8D1} - C:\Program Files\AVG\AVG2012\avgpp.dll
O22 - SharedTaskScheduler: Browseui preloader - {438755C2-A8BA-11D1-B96B-00A0C90312E1} - C:\WINDOWS\System32\browseui.dll
O22 - SharedTaskScheduler: Component Categories cache daemon - {8C7461EF-2B13-11d2-BE35-3078302C2030} - C:\WINDOWS\System32\browseui.dll
O23 - Service: Apple Mobile Device - Apple Inc. - C:\Program Files\Common Files\Apple\Mobile Device Support\AppleMobileDeviceService.exe
O23 - Service: AVGIDSAgent - AVG Technologies CZ, s.r.o. - C:\Program Files\AVG\AVG2012\AVGIDSAgent.exe
O23 - Service: AVG WatchDog (avgwd) - AVG Technologies CZ, s.r.o. - C:\Program Files\AVG\AVG2012\avgwdsvc.exe
O23 - Service: Bonjour Service - Apple Inc. - C:\Program Files\Bonjour\mDNSResponder.exe
O23 - Service: Google Updater Service (gusvc) - Google - C:\Program Files\Google\Common\Google Updater\GoogleUpdaterService.exe
O23 - Service: iPod Service - Apple Inc. - C:\Program Files\iPod\bin\iPodService.exe
O23 - Service: Java Quick Starter (JavaQuickStarterService) - Sun Microsystems, Inc. - C:\Program Files\Java\jre6\bin\jqs.exe
O23 - Service: Lavasoft Ad-Aware Service - Lavasoft Limited - C:\Program Files\Lavasoft\Ad-Aware\AAWService.exe
O23 - Service: MemeoBackgroundService - Memeo - C:\Program Files\Memeo\AutoBackup\MemeoBackgroundService.exe
O23 - Service: Pml Driver HPZ12 - HP - C:\WINDOWS\system32\HPZipm12.exe
O23 - Service: Seagate Dashboard Service (SeagateDashboardService) - Memeo - C:\Program Files\Seagate\Seagate Dashboard\SeagateDashboardService.exe
--
End of file - 8622 bytes

[Mona~on~wheels]

I HOPE I DID IT RIGHT! THANK! sorry caps

[t8burst]

If it was me I would:

Uninstall adaware
Uninstall avg
Uninstall noads
Uninstall windows desktop search

Go to http://windows.microsoft.com/en-US/w...ity-essentials

No nasties. I thought wormraider was one but it is part of avg.

[t8burst]

Also just to be anal:

Start Hjt log - click Scan.
Once the page has opened - put a Tick mark against these entries and click Fix.

O2 - BHO: (no name) - {02478D38-C3F9-4efb-9B51-7695ECA05670} - (no file)
R3 - URLSearchHook: (no name) - {81017EA9-9AA8-4A6A-9734-7AF40E7D593F} - (no file)

[Mona~on~wheels]

If it was me I would:

Uninstall adaware
Uninstall avg
Uninstall noads
Uninstall windows desktop search

Go to http://windows.microsoft.com/en-US/w...ity-essentials

No nasties. I thought wormraider was one but it is part of avg.

Thanks for helping me.
But I'm confused adaware gets rid of my spyware.
Avg is my antivirus program.
Noads stops pops ups!

So why them?

[Mona~on~wheels]

Okay it says "Window Search" no desktop. Is that what you're talking about?

[Foolish Old]

One thing you might want to try is to open your browser (Internet Explorer) and select Tools>Manage Add-ons. Here you can disable anything you don't want/need. You can enable again, so no worries if you change your mind. There's not much you need. Disable one at a time and see what effect (if any) you notice.

[markg]

This won't help if you've downloaded some junk that's infected your PC but once you can get your PC back up and running and you want to peek at a speeding it up a little bit this may be a bit helpful.

It's been a while since a messed with XP but a lot of times if you have an older computer with an older CPU and not much memory stuff just run slow – especially over time as you had more and more programs. Every developer wants their latest and greatest beast to be in your startup but that takes away resources such as RAM and can cause your computer to take forever to boot up, too

What I do is use selective startup and and choose what applications I want at start up. Your mileage may vary but it's been useful for me.

Do a search for msconfig - and run that as an administrator of possible with your regular account if you need to. There you'll see a tab that says startup. uncheck the ones you don't want using your resources at start up. Don't uncheck the Windows ones but there could be some that you just don't use very often that you don't want using resources at start up. you can also do it for some unwanted services on another tab there within msconfig.

Here's a quick article on how to get to it on XP. Just be careful of the ads. Man that page is packed full of them.

http://www.netsquirrel.com/msconfig/msconfig_xp.html

note: I hope this makes sense because I'm using voice software and sometimes my mouth doesn't say what my brain thinks.

[Mona~on~wheels]

Foolish & Mark I think they're both great ideas!!! Thanks for explaining how to do it!
Also Foolish that I don't have to worry I can add it back. lol

Mark I know I have a bunch of things on start up my daughter told me I did but was too busy to fix it. So I'll get busy & let ya'll know. I understand exactly what you said. Good job!


THANK YOU SO MUCH!!!

[Mona~on~wheels]

ALOT OF THIS IS OVER MY HEAD but,,,,,,,,,,

The only thing I knew that I took off start up is my printer.
Should I left it on start up?

How about this?

IgfxTray (igfxtray.exe)

This page expands upon the information already available for this entry in the Pacman's Portal Windows start-up programs database.
User's choice - depends whether a user deems it necessary
For further information on how to identify and disable startup programs please visit the Introduction page.
Description:

System Tray access to display settings for Intel desktop and mobile motherboard chipsets with integrated graphics. With this enabled, you can access settings like graphics properties and hot key settings via the icon on the System Tray. Different chipset versions may have different options available. These options are normally also available via the system Control Panel - under Display (XP) or Personalization and Appearance (Vista)