Well here I am! I'll not bore y'all with my long and pitiful tale of woe! Suffice it to say ShadowPuterDude is painfully aware of my history, and continues valiantly to try and revive my ailing PC. I was suffering freeze-ups in IE7 and Firefox, after deleting "TrojanSpy.Banker" and did a Factory re-set to try and escape from the problem. Sadly, it didn't work, and despite dragging my PC back from 2003 (Date of purchase) to the present, it's still freezing, particularly on Video intensive sites! Suspicion now falls on either bad memory, or some corruption of the data on my "E" sector, where the OS recovery files reside!
I'm attaching a "System report" as per SPD's instructions.
Download Deckard's System Scanner (DSS) to your Desktop. Note: You must be logged onto an account with administrator privileges.
Note:
DSS automatically runs HijackThis for you, but it will also install and place a shortcut to HijackThis on your desktop if you do not already have HijackThis installed.
Close all applications and windows.
Double-click on dss.exe to run it, and follow the prompts
If the following message from DSS appears, please click on "Yes" to allow it to download HijackThis, if you don't already have it.
Allow DSS through your firewall to download HijackThis by clicking "OK"
DSS has installed HijackThis, and placed a shortcut on your desktop. Click "OK" to allow the scan to continue.
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When the scan is complete, two text files will open - main.txt <- this one will be maximized and extra.txt <-this one will be minimized
Copy (Ctrl+A then Ctrl+C) and paste (Ctrl+V) the contents of main.txt here.
Please attach extra.txt to your post.
What DSS will do:
create a new System Restore point in Windows XP and Vista.
clean your Temporary Files, Downloaded Program Files, and Internet Cache Files, and also empty the Recycle Bin on all drives.
check some important areas of your system and produce a report for your analyst to review. DSS automatically runs HijackThis for you, but it will also install and place a shortcut to HijackThis on your desktop if you do not already have HijackThis installed.
Since you're asking me to run Deckards scanner, can you reaffirm that you want me first to restore to C:\Windows\Programmes, the zipped Java folders that were created in 2003 as they are still in the Re-cycle Bin??
Also, referring to the instructions for copy and pasting the resultant text files,
When the scan is complete, two text files will open - main.txt <- this one will be maximized and extra.txt <-this one will be minimized Copy (Ctrl+A then Ctrl+C) and paste (Ctrl+V) the contents of main.txt here.
I'm not sure where "here" is. Is it in the body of my reply?
To attach a file to a new post, simply Click the[Manage Attachments] button under Additional Options > Attach Files on the post composition page, and copy and paste the following into the "Upload File from your Computer" box: C:\Deckard\System Scanner\extra.txt
Click Upload.
Can't see the "Manage attachments" button! Sorry, I think I'm getting more stupid as we go on!
Hi,ShadowPuterDude I think I've duplicated the extra text file by pasting C:\Deckard\System Scanner\extra.txt into the "File to attach" box
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Deckard's System Scanner v20071014.68 Run by Geoff Vost on 2008-03-22 23:25:41 Computer is in Normal Mode. --------------------------------------------------------------------------------
-- System Restore --------------------------------------------------------------
Successfully created a Deckard's System Scanner Restore Point.
-- Last 5 Restore Point(s) -- 85: 2008-03-22 23:26:01 UTC - RP85 - Deckard's System Scanner Restore Point 84: 2008-03-22 14:44:06 UTC - RP84 - Unsigned driver install 83: 2008-03-21 18:30:32 UTC - RP83 - System Checkpoint 82: 2008-03-19 18:54:58 UTC - RP82 - Installed Windows XP KB926239. 81: 2008-03-19 18:54:25 UTC - RP81 - Installed Windows XP MSCompPackV1.
-- First Restore Point -- 1: 2008-03-05 15:03:44 UTC - RP1 - System Checkpoint
Backed up registry hives. Performed disk cleanup.
-- HijackThis (run as Geoff Vost.exe) ------------------------------------------
Logfile of Trend Micro HijackThis v2.0.2 Scan saved at 23:28:36, on 22/03/2008 Platform: Windows XP SP2 (WinNT 5.01.2600) MSIE: Internet Explorer v7.00 (7.00.6000.16608) Boot mode: Normal
-- End of Deckard's System Scanner: finished at 2008-03-22 23:32:12 ------------
Deckard's System Scanner v20071014.68 Extra logfile - please post this as an attachment with your post. --------------------------------------------------------------------------------
-- System Information ----------------------------------------------------------
Microsoft Windows XP Home Edition (build 2600) SP 2.0 Architecture: X86; Language: English
CPU 0: Intel(R) Pentium(R) 4 CPU 3.00GHz CPU 1: Intel(R) Pentium(R) 4 CPU 3.00GHz Percentage of Memory in Use: 40% Physical Memory (total/avail): 1023.48 MiB / 610.25 MiB Pagefile Memory (total/avail): 2463.96 MiB / 2139.28 MiB Virtual Memory (total/avail): 2047.88 MiB / 1917.18 MiB
C: is Fixed (NTFS) - 74.55 GiB total, 51.05 GiB free. D: is Fixed (NTFS) - 68.64 GiB total, 66.37 GiB free. E: is Fixed (FAT32) - 5.85 GiB total, 2.03 GiB free. F: is CDROM (No Media) G: is CDROM (No Media) H: is Removable (No Media) I: is Removable (No Media) J: is Removable (No Media) K: is Removable (No Media)
-- System Event Log ------------------------------------------------------------
Event Record #/Type9559 / Error Event Submitted/Written: 03/22/2008 11:26:15 PM Event ID/Source: 7 / Disk Event Description: The device, \Device\Harddisk0\D, has a bad block.
Event Record #/Type9558 / Error Event Submitted/Written: 03/22/2008 11:26:11 PM Event ID/Source: 7 / Disk Event Description: The device, \Device\Harddisk0\D, has a bad block.
Event Record #/Type9557 / Error Event Submitted/Written: 03/22/2008 11:26:07 PM Event ID/Source: 7 / Disk Event Description: The device, \Device\Harddisk0\D, has a bad block.
Event Record #/Type9482 / Warning Event Submitted/Written: 03/22/2008 07:29:38 PM Event ID/Source: 4226 / Tcpip Event Description: TCP/IP has reached the security limit imposed on the number of concurrent TCP connect attempts.
Event Record #/Type8095 / Error Event Submitted/Written: 03/13/2008 05:54:02 PM Event ID/Source: 7023 / Service Control Manager Event Description: The Application Management service terminated with the following error: %%126
-- End of Deckard's System Scanner: finished at 2008-03-22 23:32:12 ------------
The Event Log is telling me that your hard drive is going bad.
Run HiJackFree.
Under Processes, kill the following processes: LogWatNT.exe
Under Services make sure the following are stopped and set to disabled: CA License Client CA License Server Event Log Watch
Uninstall each service using HiJackFree.
Now run HijackThis and fix the following, if the still exist: O2 - BHO: (no name) - {549B5CA7-4A86-11D7-A4DF-000874180BB3} - (no file) O2 - BHO: (no name) - {FDD3B846-8D59-4ffb-8758-209B6AD74ACC} - (no file) O9 - Extra button: (no name) - {CD67F990-D8E9-11d2-98FE-00C0F0318AFE} - (no file) O14 - IERESET.INF: START_PAGE_URL=http://www.aldi.com/ O23 - Service: CA License Client (CA_LIC_CLNT) - Computer Associates - C:\Program Files\CA\SharedComponents\CA_LIC\lic98rmt.exe O23 - Service: CA License Server (CA_LIC_SRVR) - Computer Associates - C:\Program Files\CA\SharedComponents\CA_LIC\lic98rmtd.exe O23 - Service: Event Log Watch (LogWatch) - Computer Associates - C:\Program Files\CA\SharedComponents\CA_LIC\LogWatNT.exe
Reboot and attach a fresh HijackThis log.
Have you created the MemTest86+ CD and ran it yet?
HijackThis fixed the first 4 items on the list, the others were already gone. On clicking "Fix", the window just went white, and nothing else happened, so I closed it after ensuring there was no activity in task manager, and rebooted.
No I haven't yet burned a new bootable disk, I need to download the burning software, and the memtest86 files again. I was afraid to upset my PC by downloading yet more software. I'll do it now.
Heres the new HJT log : -
Logfile of Trend Micro HijackThis v2.0.2 Scan saved at 00:45:26, on 23/03/2008 Platform: Windows XP SP2 (WinNT 5.01.2600) MSIE: Internet Explorer v7.00 (7.00.6000.16608) Boot mode: Normal
OK, Deleted CA folder and contents Recycle bin already empty. Before I run ATF and re-boot, I've now Downloaded memtest86+-2.01, and extracted the iso file. I've also downloaded Imgburn.
Can you guide me through creating a bootable CD using this programme, 'cos it's all double Dutch to me! And I don't need any more coasters.
OK, ShadowPuterDude, I'm back. Thanks for your instructions, disk burned OK, I'll get to understand the programme later, but it looks much simpler than Nero! Ran ATF, and rebooted, the memtest disk was immediately detected on boot up. I left it to do 30 cycles whilst I made some Coffee! Came back, and no errors found!
One bit of good news since the middle of February can't be too bad!
OK, looks like RAM is not an issue. However, the Event Log from the DSS scan showed that there are a couple of bad blocks on the D: drive. This may or may not be what is causing the system freezes.
There were a few services left over from ETrust that I had you remove, they shouldn't have been on the system any longer. Those could also cause conflicts.
Use the system for a day or so, then come back and let me know how things are working.
After the re-set, I thought I had eradicated eTrust, sorry about that!
A few questions so that I can try to understand what's happening in the "Big Box"
"A couple of bad blocks": - Given that my HD is relatively unused, is this a problem? The beginning of the end for it? Can they be "repaired" by windows, so that they are no longer addressed? I'm surprised that errors on the D sector (Back-up) would impinge on the performance of the C sector, which is where all the action takes place, isn't it?
I don't know if this is indicative of anything, but I mentioned to Medion way back in February, that the "Windows Loading Screen" runs about 7 passes of the blue lights, then disappears for a second or so, and returns to do 2 or 3 more before the black scre