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peculiar IE8 behavior, Ad-Aware finds bugs but won't open

n2934 · 2010-03-12T00:18:10+00:00

Sometimes my computer just slows down to a crawl without running many programs, sometimes tells me messages that aren't true, sometimes IE just won't open to let me use it - as if it's locked up. Comodo AV doesn't find anything, neither does MalwareBytes. Ad-Aware finds something, but won't open up to let me see what it is... Sometimes IE will open 3 windows even though I only ran one. Any help will be appreciated! Logfile of Trend Micro HijackThis v2.0.3 (BETA) Scan saved at 6:53:15 PM, on 3/11/2010 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:\WINDOWS\system32\winlogon.exe C:\WINDOWS\system32\services.exe C:\WINDOWS\system32\lsass.exe C:\WINDOWS\system32\svchost.exe C:\Program Files\COMODO\COMODO Internet Security\cmdagent.exe C:\WINDOWS\system32\svchost.exe C:\WINDOWS\System32\WLTRYSVC.EXE C:\WINDOWS\System32\bcmwltry.exe C:\Program Files\Lavasoft\Ad-Aware\AAWService.exe

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n2934

March 21, 2010, 6:02 PM UTC

Thanks, but the Combofix /Uninstall from the run dialog did not work. It says Windows cannot find 'Combofix'. Is there another way to clean that up? I'm running Windows XP.

Katana MRU Teacher Emeritus

March 21, 2010, 10:35 PM UTC

Rename the Combofix.exe file to Uninstall.exe.

(note ... If you can't see the .exe extension, just change Combofix to Uninstall)

Double click the renamed file.

n2934

March 22, 2010, 1:15 PM UTC

OK, Combofix has been uninstalled. You might as well archive this, as far as I'm concerned. Thanks!!!

Katana MRU Teacher Emeritus

March 23, 2010, 11:32 AM UTC

As your problems appear to have been resolved,

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