Infection? --- Random Laptop Frezzing

theboy

theboy

New Member
My girlfriends laptop has been freezing up at random times. I have ran chkdsk & chkdsk/f a few times. Also, I have ran MBAM in safe mode but found nothing. Lastly, I ran ComboFix and I think it found and corrected a few entries that may be possible causes.

Can you give a look?
Many thanks in advance.:D

ComboFix 10-05-05.04 - Ace 05/05/2010 18:36:33.1.2 - x86 NETWORK
Microsoft® Windows Vista™ Home Premium 6.0.6002.2.1252.1.1033.18.1915.1466 [GMT -7:00]
Running from: C:\Users\Ace\Desktop\ComboFix.exe
SP: Windows Defender *enabled* (Updated) {D68DDC3A-831F-4FAE-9E44-DA132C1ACF46}
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C:\$RECYCLE.BIN\S-1-5-21-2734677411-1145241183-1731341934-500
C:\$RECYCLE.BIN\S-1-5-21-3969566641-39007500-1738613080-500

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((((((((((((((((((((((((( Files Created from 2010-04-06 to 2010-05-06 )))))))))))))))))))))))))))))))
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2010-05-06 01:35:04 . 2010-05-06 01:35:24 -------- d-----w- C:\32788R22FWJFW
2010-05-06 01:11:52 . 2010-05-06 01:40:41 680 ----a-w- C:\Users\Ace\AppData\Local\d3d9caps.dat
2010-05-05 21:07:13 . 2010-04-29 22:39:38 38224 ----a-w- C:\Windows\system32\drivers\mbamswissarmy.sys
2010-05-05 21:07:12 . 2010-05-05 21:07:17 -------- d-----w- C:\Program Files\Malwarebytes' Anti-Malware
2010-05-05 21:07:12 . 2010-04-29 22:39:26 20952 ----a-w- C:\Windows\system32\drivers\mbam.sys
2010-05-05 20:29:09 . 2010-05-05 20:29:09 -------- d-----w- C:\found.000
2010-04-30 01:23:40 . 2010-04-30 01:23:40 -------- d-----w- C:\Program Files\iPod
2010-04-30 01:23:38 . 2010-04-30 01:24:27 -------- d-----w- C:\Program Files\iTunes
2010-04-30 01:21:07 . 2010-04-30 01:21:07 -------- d-----w- C:\Program Files\Bonjour
2010-04-30 01:17:52 . 2010-04-30 01:17:52 73000 ----a-w- C:\ProgramData\Apple Computer\Installer Cache\iTunes 9.1.1.12\SetupAdmin.exe
2010-04-14 20:02:45 . 2010-02-23 11:10:19 212992 ----a-w- C:\Windows\system32\drivers\mrxsmb10.sys
2010-04-14 20:02:45 . 2010-02-23 11:10:13 79360 ----a-w- C:\Windows\system32\drivers\mrxsmb20.sys
2010-04-14 20:02:45 . 2010-02-23 11:10:13 106496 ----a-w- C:\Windows\system32\drivers\mrxsmb.sys
2010-04-14 20:02:38 . 2010-02-18 14:07:05 3548040 ----a-w- C:\Windows\system32\ntoskrnl.exe
2010-04-14 20:02:37 . 2010-02-18 14:07:05 3600776 ----a-w- C:\Windows\system32\ntkrnlpa.exe
2010-04-14 20:02:34 . 2010-03-05 14:01:02 420352 ----a-w- C:\Windows\system32\vbscript.dll
2010-04-14 20:02:27 . 2010-02-18 14:07:16 904576 ----a-w- C:\Windows\system32\drivers\tcpip.sys
2010-04-14 20:02:27 . 2010-02-18 11:28:13 25088 ----a-w- C:\Windows\system32\drivers\tunnel.sys
2010-04-14 20:02:26 . 2010-02-18 13:30:03 200704 ----a-w- C:\Windows\system32\iphlpsvc.dll
2010-04-13 22:17:47 . 2009-12-23 11:33:29 172032 ----a-w- C:\Windows\system32\wintrust.dll
2010-04-13 22:17:45 . 2010-01-13 17:34:11 98304 ----a-w- C:\Windows\system32\cabview.dll
2010-04-09 04:19:05 . 2010-04-09 04:19:36 -------- d-----w- C:\Program Files\OpenOffice.org 3
2010-04-08 20:20:02 . 2010-04-08 20:20:02 91424 ----a-w- C:\Windows\system32\dnssd.dll
2010-04-08 20:20:02 . 2010-04-08 20:20:02 107808 ----a-w- C:\Windows\system32\dns-sd.exe

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2010-04-30 01:23:39 . 2009-06-30 20:22:51 -------- d-----w- C:\Program Files\Common Files\Apple
2010-04-27 03:04:45 . 2009-06-29 22:01:23 -------- d-----w- C:\Program Files\CCleaner
2010-04-15 00:06:20 . 2006-11-02 11:18:33 -------- d-----w- C:\Program Files\Windows Mail
2010-04-14 19:54:42 . 2009-11-14 03:33:35 -------- d-----w- C:\ProgramData\Yahoo! Companion
2010-04-14 16:47:23 . 2009-12-23 08:07:20 38848 ----a-w- C:\Windows\system32\avastSS.scr
2010-04-14 16:47:03 . 2009-12-23 08:07:02 153184 ----a-w- C:\Windows\system32\aswBoot.exe
2010-04-14 16:35:47 . 2009-12-23 08:07:20 46672 ----a-w- C:\Windows\system32\drivers\aswTdi.sys
2010-04-14 16:35:25 . 2009-12-23 08:07:20 162768 ----a-w- C:\Windows\system32\drivers\aswSP.sys
2010-04-14 16:31:39 . 2009-12-23 08:07:21 23376 ----a-w- C:\Windows\system32\drivers\aswRdr.sys
2010-04-14 16:31:23 . 2009-12-23 08:07:02 51792 ----a-w- C:\Windows\system32\drivers\aswMonFlt.sys
2010-04-14 16:31:01 . 2009-12-23 08:07:20 19024 ----a-w- C:\Windows\system32\drivers\aswFsBlk.sys
2010-04-14 00:07:08 . 2009-06-30 00:40:03 -------- d-----w- C:\Users\Ace\AppData\Roaming\Yahoo!
2010-04-13 23:53:10 . 2009-06-30 00:38:55 -------- d-----w- C:\Program Files\Yahoo!
2010-04-09 23:25:47 . 2009-06-29 21:43:35 88680 ----a-w- C:\Users\Ace\AppData\Local\GDIPFONTCACHEV1.DAT
2010-04-02 02:49:56 . 2010-04-02 02:49:00 -------- d-----w- C:\ProgramData\{429CAD59-35B1-4DBC-BB6D-1DB246563521}
2010-04-02 02:46:44 . 2010-04-02 02:46:19 -------- d-----w- C:\Program Files\QuickTime
2010-03-30 23:27:27 . 2009-07-08 21:32:50 -------- d-----w- C:\Users\Ace\AppData\Roaming\IObit
2010-03-12 20:41:42 . 2009-07-01 06:04:20 -------- d-----w- C:\Program Files\Safari
2010-03-12 20:38:43 . 2010-03-12 20:38:43 79144 ----a-w- C:\ProgramData\Apple Computer\Installer Cache\Safari 5.31.22.7\SetupAdmin.exe
2010-02-23 06:39:13 . 2010-03-31 20:12:10 916480 ----a-w- C:\Windows\system32\wininet.dll
2010-02-23 06:33:45 . 2010-03-31 20:12:09 109056 ----a-w- C:\Windows\system32\iesysprep.dll
2010-02-23 06:33:45 . 2010-03-31 20:12:05 71680 ----a-w- C:\Windows\system32\iesetup.dll
2010-02-23 04:55:36 . 2010-03-31 20:12:09 133632 ----a-w- C:\Windows\system32\ieUnatt.exe
2010-02-20 23:06:41 . 2010-03-10 06:50:37 24064 ----a-w- C:\Windows\system32\nshhttp.dll
2010-02-20 23:05:14 . 2010-03-10 06:50:31 30720 ----a-w- C:\Windows\system32\httpapi.dll
2010-02-20 20:53:34 . 2010-03-10 06:50:32 411648 ----a-w- C:\Windows\system32\drivers\http.sys
2009-06-29 21:42:53 . 2009-06-29 21:42:53 13 --sh--r- C:\Windows\System32\drivers\fbd.sys
2009-06-29 21:42:50 . 2009-06-29 21:42:50 4 --sh--r- C:\Windows\System32\drivers\taishop.sys
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*Note* empty entries & legit default entries are not shown
REGEDIT4

[HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\URLSearchHooks]
"{31c7d459-9cc3-44f2-9dca-fc11795309b4}"= "C:\Program Files\IObitCom\tbIOb1.dll" [2010-03-04 04:02:29 2349080]

[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\clsid\{31c7d459-9cc3-44f2-9dca-fc11795309b4}]

[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\~\Browser Helper Objects\{31c7d459-9cc3-44f2-9dca-fc11795309b4}]
2010-03-04 04:02:29 2349080 ----a-w- C:\Program Files\IObitCom\tbIOb1.dll

[HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Toolbar\Webbrowser]
"{31C7D459-9CC3-44F2-9DCA-FC11795309B4}"= "C:\Program Files\IObitCom\tbIOb1.dll" [2010-03-04 04:02:29 2349080]

[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\clsid\{31c7d459-9cc3-44f2-9dca-fc11795309b4}]

[HKEY_CURRENT_USER\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run]
"TOSCDSPD"="C:\Program Files\TOSHIBA\TOSCDSPD\TOSCDSPD.exe" [2008-04-24 20:03:12 430080]
"Sidebar"="C:\Program Files\Windows Sidebar\sidebar.exe" [2009-04-11 06:28:03 1233920]
"WMPNSCFG"="C:\Program Files\Windows Media Player\WMPNSCFG.exe" [2008-01-21 02:25:33 202240]

[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run]
"IgfxTray"="C:\Windows\system32\igfxtray.exe" [2008-06-25 23:06:10 150040]
"HotKeysCmds"="C:\Windows\system32\hkcmd.exe" [2008-06-25 23:05:50 170520]
"Persistence"="C:\Windows\system32\igfxpers.exe" [2008-06-25 23:06:02 145944]
"RtHDVCpl"="RtHDVCpl.exe" [2008-04-08 23:14:50 6037504]
"IAAnotif"="C:\Program Files\Intel\Intel Matrix Storage Manager\iaanotif.exe" [2008-04-16 01:54:40 178712]
"SynTPEnh"="C:\Program Files\Synaptics\SynTP\SynTPEnh.exe" [2008-08-14 17:40:36 1348904]
"TPwrMain"="C:\Program Files\TOSHIBA\Power Saver\TPwrMain.EXE" [2008-02-06 21:52:52 431456]
"HSON"="C:\Program Files\TOSHIBA\TBS\HSON.exe" [2007-11-01 06:01:12 54608]
"SmoothView"="C:\Program Files\Toshiba\SmoothView\SmoothView.exe" [2008-06-02 21:26:48 505720]
"00TCrdMain"="C:\Program Files\TOSHIBA\FlashCards\TCrdMain.exe" [2008-05-09 19:49:30 716800]
"NDSTray.exe"="NDSTray.exe" [BU]
"LogitechQuickCamRibbon"="C:\Program Files\Logitech\Logitech WebCam Software\LWS.exe" [2009-05-08 17:35:50 2780432]
"AppleSyncNotifier"="C:\Program Files\Common Files\Apple\Mobile Device Support\AppleSyncNotifier.exe" [2010-03-17 04:58:34 47392]
"SunJavaUpdateSched"="C:\Program Files\Common Files\Java\Java Update\jusched.exe" [2010-01-11 23:21:52 246504]

[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\RunOnce]
"GrpConv"="grpconv -o" [X]

[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\software\microsoft\windows\currentversion\policies\system]
"EnableUIADesktopToggle"= 0 (0x0)

[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\software\microsoft\windows nt\currentversion\drivers32]
"aux"=wdmaud.drv

[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Control\SafeBoot\Minimal\WinDefend]
@="Service"

[HKLM\~\startupfolder\C:^Users^Ace^AppData^Roaming^Microsoft^Windows^Start Menu^Programs^Startup^OneNote 2007 Screen Clipper and Launcher.lnk]
path=C:\Users\Ace\AppData\Roaming\Microsoft\Windows\Start Menu\Programs\Startup\OneNote 2007 Screen Clipper and Launcher.lnk
backup=C:\Windows\pss\OneNote 2007 Screen Clipper and Launcher.lnk.Startup
backupExtension=.Startup

[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\software\microsoft\shared tools\msconfig\startupreg\Adobe ARM]
2010-03-24 18:17:47 952768 ----a-w- C:\Program Files\Common Files\Adobe\ARM\1.0\AdobeARM.exe

[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\software\microsoft\shared tools\msconfig\startupreg\Adobe Reader Speed Launcher]
2010-04-04 05:42:51 36272 ----a-w- C:\Program Files\Adobe\Reader 9.0\Reader\reader_sl.exe

[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\software\microsoft\shared tools\msconfig\startupreg\iTunesHelper]
2010-04-28 22:06:30 142120 ----a-w- C:\Program Files\iTunes\iTunesHelper.exe

[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\software\microsoft\shared tools\msconfig\startupreg\QuickTime Task]
2010-03-18 04:53:36 421888 ----a-w- C:\Program Files\QuickTime\QTTask.exe

[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\software\microsoft\shared tools\msconfig\startupreg\Search Protection]
2009-02-23 13:05:34 111856 ----a-w- C:\Program Files\Yahoo!\Search Protection\SearchProtection.exe

[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\software\microsoft\shared tools\msconfig\startupreg\Windows Defender]
2008-01-21 02:23:32 1008184 ----a-w- C:\Program Files\Windows Defender\MSASCui.exe

[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\software\microsoft\shared tools\msconfig\startupreg\YSearchProtection]
2009-02-23 13:05:34 111856 ----a-w- C:\Program Files\Yahoo!\Search Protection\SearchProtection.exe

[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\software\microsoft\security center\Svc]
"VistaSp2"=hex(b):76,29,45,ff,d4,f9,c9,01

R1 aswSP;aswSP; [x]
R2 aswFsBlk;aswFsBlk; [x]
R2 aswMonFlt;aswMonFlt;C:\Windows\system32\drivers\aswMonFlt.sys [2010-04-14 16:31:23 51792]
R2 ConfigFree Service;ConfigFree Service;C:\Program Files\TOSHIBA\ConfigFree\CFSvcs.exe [2008-04-17 07:19:48 40960]
R2 TMachInfo;TMachInfo;C:\Program Files\TOSHIBA\TOSHIBA Service Station\TMachInfo.exe [2008-08-04 21:46:22 46392]
R2 TOSHIBA SMART Log Service;TOSHIBA SMART Log Service;C:\Program Files\TOSHIBA\SMARTLogService\TosIPCSrv.exe [2007-12-04 01:03:52 126976]
R2 Viewpoint Manager Service;Viewpoint Manager Service;C:\Program Files\Viewpoint\Common\ViewpointService.exe [2007-01-04 21:38:08 24652]
R3 IO_Memory;IO_Memory;C:\WINDOWS\SYSTEM32\SYSPREP\Drivers\ioport.sys [x]
R3 jswpsapi;Jumpstart Wifi Protected Setup;C:\Program Files\Jumpstart\jswpsapi.exe [2008-04-16 23:53:00 954368]
R3 SVRPEDRV;SVRPEDRV;C:\Windows\System32\sysprep\PEDrv.sys [2008-01-18 16:22:00 9216]
S1 jswpslwf;JumpStart Wireless Filter Driver;C:\Windows\system32\DRIVERS\jswpslwf.sys [2008-04-29 00:59:18 20384]
S3 FwLnk;FwLnk Driver;C:\Windows\system32\DRIVERS\FwLnk.sys [2006-11-20 21:11:14 7168]


--- Other Services/Drivers In Memory ---

*NewlyCreated* - ECACHE

[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\software\microsoft\windows nt\currentversion\svchost]
LocalServiceAndNoImpersonation REG_MULTI_SZ FontCache
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Contents of the 'Scheduled Tasks' folder

2010-04-26 C:\Windows\Tasks\SmartDefrag.job
- C:\Program Files\IObit\IObit SmartDefrag\IObit SmartDefrag.exe [2010-04-06 23:04:44 . 2010-03-26 23:48:20]
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------- Supplementary Scan -------
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uStart Page = hxxp://www.yahoo.com
mStart Page = hxxp://www.yahoo.com/
mSearch Bar = hxxp://us.rd.yahoo.com/customize/ie/defaults/sb/msgr10/*http://www.yahoo.com/ext/search/search.html
uInternet Settings,ProxyOverride = *.local
uSearchURL,(Default) = hxxp://us.rd.yahoo.com/customize/ie/defaults/su/msgr10/*http://www.yahoo.com
IE: E&xport to Microsoft Excel - C:\PROGRA~1\MICROS~3\Office12\EXCEL.EXE/3000
FF - ProfilePath - C:\Users\Ace\AppData\Roaming\Mozilla\Firefox\Profiles\ty335yi2.default\
FF - plugin: C:\Program Files\Microsoft\Office Live\npOLW.dll
FF - plugin: C:\Program Files\Viewpoint\Viewpoint Media Player\npViewpoint.dll
FF - plugin: C:\Users\Ace\AppData\Roaming\Move Networks\plugins\npqmp071503000010.dll
FF - HiddenExtension: Microsoft .NET Framework Assistant: {20a82645-c095-46ed-80e3-08825760534b} - c:\Windows\Microsoft.NET\Framework\v3.5\Windows Presentation Foundation\DotNetAssistantExtension\

---- FIREFOX POLICIES ----
FF - user.js: yahoo.homepage.dontask - trueC:\Program Files\Mozilla Firefox\greprefs\all.js - pref("ui.use_native_colors", true);
C:\Program Files\Mozilla Firefox\greprefs\all.js - pref("ui.use_native_popup_windows", false);
C:\Program Files\Mozilla Firefox\greprefs\all.js - pref("browser.enable_click_image_resizing", true);
C:\Program Files\Mozilla Firefox\greprefs\all.js - pref("accessibility.browsewithcaret_shortcut.enabled", true);
C:\Program Files\Mozilla Firefox\greprefs\all.js - pref("javascript.options.mem.high_water_mark", 32);
C:\Program Files\Mozilla Firefox\greprefs\all.js - pref("javascript.options.mem.gc_frequency", 1600);
C:\Program Files\Mozilla Firefox\greprefs\all.js - pref("network.auth.force-generic-ntlm", false);
C:\Program Files\Mozilla Firefox\greprefs\all.js - pref("svg.smil.enabled", false);
C:\Program Files\Mozilla Firefox\greprefs\all.js - pref("ui.trackpoint_hack.enabled", -1);
C:\Program Files\Mozilla Firefox\greprefs\all.js - pref("browser.formfill.debug", false);
C:\Program Files\Mozilla Firefox\greprefs\all.js - pref("browser.formfill.agedWeight", 2);
C:\Program Files\Mozilla Firefox\greprefs\all.js - pref("browser.formfill.bucketSize", 1);
C:\Program Files\Mozilla Firefox\greprefs\all.js - pref("browser.formfill.maxTimeGroupings", 25);
C:\Program Files\Mozilla Firefox\greprefs\all.js - pref("browser.formfill.timeGroupingSize", 604800);
C:\Program Files\Mozilla Firefox\greprefs\all.js - pref("browser.formfill.boundaryWeight", 25);
C:\Program Files\Mozilla Firefox\greprefs\all.js - pref("browser.formfill.prefixWeight", 5);
C:\Program Files\Mozilla Firefox\greprefs\all.js - pref("html5.enable", false);
C:\Program Files\Mozilla Firefox\greprefs\security-prefs.js - pref("security.ssl.allow_unrestricted_renego_everywhere__temporarily_available_pref", true);
C:\Program Files\Mozilla Firefox\greprefs\security-prefs.js - pref("security.ssl.renego_unrestricted_hosts", "");
C:\Program Files\Mozilla Firefox\greprefs\security-prefs.js - pref("security.ssl.treat_unsafe_negotiation_as_broken", false);
C:\Program Files\Mozilla Firefox\greprefs\security-prefs.js - pref("security.ssl.require_safe_negotiation", false);
C:\Program Files\Mozilla Firefox\defaults\pref\firefox-branding.js - pref("app.update.download.backgroundInterval", 600);
C:\Program Files\Mozilla Firefox\defaults\pref\firefox-branding.js - pref("app.update.url.manual", "http://www.firefox.com");
C:\Program Files\Mozilla Firefox\defaults\pref\firefox-branding.js - pref("browser.search.param.yahoo-fr-ja", "mozff");
C:\Program Files\Mozilla Firefox\defaults\pref\firefox.js - pref("extensions.{972ce4c6-7e08-4474-a285-3208198ce6fd}.name", "chrome://browser/locale/browser.properties");
C:\Program Files\Mozilla Firefox\defaults\pref\firefox.js - pref("extensions.{972ce4c6-7e08-4474-a285-3208198ce6fd}.description", "chrome://browser/locale/browser.properties");
C:\Program Files\Mozilla Firefox\defaults\pref\firefox.js - pref("xpinstall.whitelist.add", "addons.mozilla.org");
C:\Program Files\Mozilla Firefox\defaults\pref\firefox.js - pref("xpinstall.whitelist.add.36", "getpersonas.com");
C:\Program Files\Mozilla Firefox\defaults\pref\firefox.js - pref("lightweightThemes.update.enabled", true);
C:\Program Files\Mozilla Firefox\defaults\pref\firefox.js - pref("browser.allTabs.previews", false);
C:\Program Files\Mozilla Firefox\defaults\pref\firefox.js - pref("plugins.hide_infobar_for_outdated_plugin", false);
C:\Program Files\Mozilla Firefox\defaults\pref\firefox.js - pref("plugins.update.notifyUser", false);
C:\Program Files\Mozilla Firefox\defaults\pref\firefox.js - pref("toolbar.customization.usesheet", false);
C:\Program Files\Mozilla Firefox\defaults\pref\firefox.js - pref("browser.taskbar.previews.enable", false);
C:\Program Files\Mozilla Firefox\defaults\pref\firefox.js - pref("browser.taskbar.previews.max", 20);
C:\Program Files\Mozilla Firefox\defaults\pref\firefox.js - pref("browser.taskbar.previews.cachetime", 20);
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- - - - ORPHANS REMOVED - - - -

HKLM-Run-cfFncEnabler.exe - cfFncEnabler.exe
HKLM-RunOnce-<NO NAME> - (no file)
MSConfigStartUp-SunJavaUpdateSched - C:\Program Files\Java\jre6\bin\jusched.exe



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catchme 0.3.1398 W2K/XP/Vista - rootkit/stealth malware detector by Gmer, http://www.gmer.net
Rootkit scan 2010-05-05 18:41:36
Windows 6.0.6002 Service Pack 2 NTFS

scanning hidden processes ...

scanning hidden autostart entries ...
 
johnb35

johnb35

Administrator
Staff member
Combofix just deleted a couple things from the recycle bin. However with finding this in your log....

C:\found.000

This means you may have a failing hard drive. You may want to download and run the hard drive makers disk diagnostic utility and run it on the drive to make sure you don't get any errors.
 
theboy

theboy

New Member
johnb35 said:
Combofix just deleted a couple things from the recycle bin. However with finding this in your log....

C:\found.000

This means you may have a failing hard drive. You may want to download and run the hard drive makers disk diagnostic utility and run it on the drive to make sure you don't get any errors.
Click to expand...

Hey John,

Thanks for the reply. Do you know where I could find that? Maybe from the Toshiba website?
 
theboy

theboy

New Member
johnb35 said:
Here is hitachi's drive fitness test.

http://www.hitachigst.com/hdd/support/download.htm#DFT

or you can try seagates seatools.

http://www.seagate.com/www/en-us/support/downloads/seatools

Download seatools for dos.

With either program you choose you will have burn the image to a cd and then boot to it in order to run it.
Click to expand...

I downloaded and burnt an ISO (slow speed 8x) to CD. I booted the CD and got as far as; "loading dtf" or something like that. So, I burnt another CD and tried again but got the same results. I can still boot into Windows and use the PC some of the time. Slow failing drive perhaps?
 
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