My PC is only 6 months old and running a bit slow. I think it is running slow only when on the net, Im not actually sure. But even back and fwd pages take too long to come up. So here goes;
I have Ad-Aware and Spybot, but am afraid to delete what adaware suggests!
Is it absolutely safe to do so?
Also I downloaded Spykiller, and its list seemed to be more alarming!
Some of the spyware files found included files from Creative Labs. Will deleting these harm the soundcard files?
Anyway, you have to subscribe to this to use the clean/remove facility so I'll leave it for the moment.
So I ran Spybot and heres what I got:
Alexa Related: What's related link (Replace file, nothing done)
C:\WINDOWS\Web\related.htm
Avenue A, Inc.: Tracking cookie or cookie of tracking site (File, nothing done)
C:\Documents and Settings\Kevin Carroll\Cookies\kevin carroll@atdmt[2].txt
Commission Junction: Tracking cookie or cookie of tracking site (File, nothing done)
C:\Documents and Settings\Kevin Carroll\Cookies\kevin carroll@qksrv[1].txt
DoubleClick: Tracking cookie or cookie of tracking site (File, nothing done)
C:\Documents and Settings\Kevin Carroll\Cookies\kevin carroll@doubleclick[1].txt
DSO Exploit: Data source object exploit (Registry change, nothing done)
HKEY_USERS\S-1-5-19\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Internet Settings\Zones\0\1004=W=3
DSO Exploit: Data source object exploit (Registry change, nothing done)
HKEY_USERS\S-1-5-21-1644491937-2111687655-839522115-1004\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Internet Settings\Zones\0\1004=W=3
DSO Exploit: Data source object exploit (Registry change, nothing done)
HKEY_USERS\S-1-5-18\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Internet Settings\Zones\0\1004=W=3
DSO Exploit: Data source object exploit (Registry change, nothing done)
HKEY_USERS\S-1-5-20\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Internet Settings\Zones\0\1004=W=3
DSO Exploit: Data source object exploit (Registry change, nothing done)
HKEY_USERS\.DEFAULT\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Internet Settings\Zones\0\1004=W=3
eAcceleration: Setup info (File, nothing done)
C:\WINDOWS\Downloaded Program Files\setup.inf
MS Works: Autorun settings (Registry value, nothing done)
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run\Microsoft Works Update Detection
MS Works: Program file (File, nothing done)
C:\Program Files\Common Files\Microsoft Shared\Works Shared\WkUFind.exe
Secret-Crush: Autostart item (File, nothing done)
C:\Documents and Settings\All Users\Desktop\The Britannica Quizmaster.lnk
Windows Media Player: Client ID (Registry change, nothing done)
HKEY_USERS\S-1-5-20\Software\Microsoft\MediaPlayer\Player\Settings\Client ID=
Windows Media Player: Client ID (Registry change, nothing done)
HKEY_USERS\S-1-5-19\Software\Microsoft\MediaPlayer\Player\Settings\Client ID=
--- Spybot-S&D version: 1.2 ---
2003-03-16 Includes\Cookies.sbi
2003-03-16 Includes\Dialer.sbi
2003-03-16 Includes\Hijackers.sbi
2003-03-16 Includes\Keyloggers.sbi
2003-03-16 Includes\Malware.sbi
2003-03-16 Includes\plugin-ignore.ini
2003-03-16 Includes\Security.sbi
2003-03-16 Includes\Spybots.sbi
2003-03-16 Includes\Temporary.sbi
2003-03-16 Includes\Tracks.uti
2003-03-16 Includes\Trojans.sbi
Can all these be safely removed?
Do you want me to download Hijack This!!?
Many thanks!
KC