Gary,
Avenger worked in removing the stray files. Logs below. The reason there are two logs is that I can't copy/paste, the XP laptop in question still can't connect to the internet, and my old and semi-broken Windows 2000 laptop can connect to the internet so I can download the files and read the instructions easily enough and hand type them into the XP laptop. I'm transferring files using my oldest USB flash drive yet every time I plug it into the old laptop I get the blue screen and have to reboot.
Since I can't log onto the internet from the XP laptop I wasn't able to install Java 6 or run Eset. Java 5 is uninstalled however.
The latest message I got when trying to connect was:
"Local area Connection Status"
"Limited or no connectivity"
I clicked to repair, got the message "Renewing your IP Address" then:
"Windows could not finish repairing the problem..."
Avenger logs:
Logfile of The Avenger Version 2.0, (c) by Swandog46
http://swandog46.geekstogo.comPlatform: Windows XP
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Script file opened successfully.
Script file read successfully.
Backups directory opened successfully at C:\Avenger
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Beginning to process script file:
Rootkit scan active.
No rootkits found!
Folder "c:\docume~1\alluse~1\applic~1\AVG10" deleted successfully.
Folder "c:\docume~1\alluse~1\applic~1\AVAST Software" deleted successfully.
Error: folder "c:\docume~1\alluse~1\applic~1\oCiJ1Bg08200" not found!
Deletion of folder "c:\docume~1\alluse~1\applic~1\oCiJ1Bg08200" failed!
Status: 0xc0000034 (STATUS_OBJECT_NAME_NOT_FOUND)
--> the object does not exist
Folder "c:\docume~1\alluse~1\applic~1\Norton" deleted successfully.
Folder "c:\program files\AVAST Software" deleted successfully.
Completed script processing.
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Finished! Terminate.
Logfile of The Avenger Version 2.0, (c) by Swandog46
http://swandog46.geekstogo.comPlatform: Windows XP
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Script file opened successfully.
Script file read successfully.
Backups directory opened successfully at C:\Avenger
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Beginning to process script file:
Rootkit scan active.
No rootkits found!
Folder "c:\docume~1\alluse~1\applic~1\oCiJlBg08200" deleted successfully.
Completed script processing.
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Finished! Terminate.