Services" Which to disabled, Enable on WinXp SP1 ??

[Theodore Baldwin Boothe III]

I need an up-to-date listing of services that should be enabled,
disabled and automatic for 'best/fastest performance' on my WinXp SP1
machine.

Something has happened in the last three weeks to slow my computer by
about 50%.

I have 2 spyware programs always scanning, have zone alarm, and use
norton antivirus that scans. I have also run defrag several times.

I need an up-to-date listing of services that should be enabled,
disabled and automatic for 'best/fastest performance' on my WinXp SP1
machine.

So, I need that list of services. Also, does anyone know what in the
world could have happened?? Is their a better spyware virus scanner to
use? I am currently using zonealarm, spy-bot search&destroy, ad-aware
and norton antivirus.

signed,
very desperate

 

[Guest]

hope these help.....

http://web.archive.org/web/20041128094512/http://www.blackviper.com/

http://web.archive.org/web/20041128084144/www.blackviper.com/WinXP/servicecfg.htm

 

[websitesnservices]

I don't have a list myself, but you may find this link useful
http://majorgeeks.com/page.php?id=12

That's basically info from Black Viper's site (site is down, gone) BV
was one the best, if not the best, resource for tweaking. I'll have to
look thru my archives on CD to see if I have his tweaks, you used to be
able to download the shebang as zip files...

You'd do better by posting a list of what services you have disabled so
someone can look that over.
and post what your sytem specs, i.e. what type of computer, how much
RAM, what CPU, what OS, etc... hard to diagnose w/o that info.

Did you do hack something recently?

Now, on a/v and anti-spyware, that's an area of expertise for me. I'll
try to keep it short.

#1- I hope you aren't using the anti-virus products of all those apps
at one time!
That would be the cause right there. Only one a/v running on a box-
rule of thumb. all a/v tell you not to have any other a/v installed. If
you're running all those apps together, that is exactly what's hosing
down your system.

#2- If I had a nickel for every time I had to fix a box that was
running zone alarm I'd be rich. Zone Alarm firewall sucks up system
resources like a sponge. Their a/v product is garbage.

#3- Imho, For best protection, run Norton a/v & Webroot Spysweeper. You
can also keep Spybot, also get Spywareblaster (both freeware). They
won't conflict w/ those other 2 apps. Get rid of ad aware too- another
piece of garbage. Make sure your definitions are up to date, make sure
all your MS products are up to date too.

#4- Post more info, I'll help you out.

Also, take a look here
http://www.websitesnservices.com/securitydownloads.php

After you uninstall the crap and get Spysweeper, scan with it and have
the real time protection on. First after uninstalling the crap, empty
your recycle bin, and then defrag your hard drive. Then scan. Make sure
you take a look at the above link, there's some pertiment info there.
Get hijack this, run a scan and save a logfile. I advise joining
http://forums.speedguide.net/
You need to register to post there. We have a lot of knowledgable
people there, you can post your logfile there too. I just came back to
that forum after a year away from it. The security section's been kind
of dead, I don't know why. It used to be a hotbed of activity.


www.websitesnservices.com

 

[MAP]

I need an up-to-date listing of services that should be enabled,
disabled and automatic for 'best/fastest performance' on my WinXp SP1
machine.

Something has happened in the last three weeks to slow my computer by
about 50%.

I have 2 spyware programs always scanning, have zone alarm, and use
norton antivirus that scans. I have also run defrag several times.

I need an up-to-date listing of services that should be enabled,
disabled and automatic for 'best/fastest performance' on my WinXp SP1
machine.

So, I need that list of services. Also, does anyone know what in the
world could have happened?? Is their a better spyware virus scanner to
use? I am currently using zonealarm, spy-bot search&destroy, ad-aware
and norton antivirus.

signed,
very desperate

A list of services
http://majorgeeks.com/page.php?id=12

I will never again use Nortons anti-virus
http://www.nod32.com/download/trial.htm

But you need to find out why your system has slowed down if it was running
fine three weeks ago then something has changed on it, in addition to Spybot
and Ad-Aware you might try scanning with these:

http://www.ewido.net/en/

http://www.webroot.com/consumer/products/spysweeper/index.html?acode=af1&rc=1776

Both of these programs are a fully funtional "trial" after awhile they will
stop working.But by then your system should be clean.

Is anything using a high amount of cpu time in task manager?
if so what is the process name.

 

[Theodore Baldwin Boothe III]

I don't have a list myself, but you may find this link useful
http://majorgeeks.com/page.php?id=12

That's basically info from Black Viper's site (site is down, gone) BV
was one the best, if not the best, resource for tweaking. I'll have to
look thru my archives on CD to see if I have his tweaks, you used to be
able to download the shebang as zip files...

You'd do better by posting a list of what services you have disabled so
someone can look that over.
and post what your sytem specs, i.e. what type of computer, how much
RAM, what CPU, what OS, etc... hard to diagnose w/o that info.

Did you do hack something recently?

Now, on a/v and anti-spyware, that's an area of expertise for me. I'll
try to keep it short.

#1- I hope you aren't using the anti-virus products of all those apps
at one time!
That would be the cause right there. Only one a/v running on a box-
rule of thumb. all a/v tell you not to have any other a/v installed. If
you're running all those apps together, that is exactly what's hosing
down your system.

#2- If I had a nickel for every time I had to fix a box that was
running zone alarm I'd be rich. Zone Alarm firewall sucks up system
resources like a sponge. Their a/v product is garbage.

#3- Imho, For best protection, run Norton a/v & Webroot Spysweeper. You
can also keep Spybot, also get Spywareblaster (both freeware). They
won't conflict w/ those other 2 apps. Get rid of ad aware too- another
piece of garbage. Make sure your definitions are up to date, make sure
all your MS products are up to date too.

#4- Post more info, I'll help you out.

amd cpu barton core +2500
512 mb ram
wd 80 gig 7200rpm 8mb cache hardrive
geforce 6200 128mb[64bit] video card
400watt psu

You said Zalarm was bad, what firewall [in/out traffic] do you
suggest?
Also, I only use norton, no other antivirus is installed nor running
ever on this comp.

Like I said, something has changed and it isn't something I did. I
have either downloaded a file that infected the comp or I am just too
retarded to figure out what is going on.

Thanks for the help.

 

[websitesnservices]

Sorry, but this will a little long:

There will always be arguments on which anti-virus to use. I do
internet security consulting and removal of virus, trojan, worm,
spyware. What I suggested to use, I know for a fact those apps work
well, and people whose boxes I've worked on, after they start using
those apps, I don't have to go back later to remove more infections,
even the ones who like to visit porn sites (where a majority of
infections come from).
There are a lot of folks who swear by Nod32, but I think there's more
who swear by Norton. However, both products are good. No anti-virus
catches everything too. Since you've already purchased Norton, why not
stick with it, it is one of the best (the best in my opinion).

The Spysweeper link, that app was recommended by me too, so now you
have 2 of us telling you to get it. It's only $40 for a year
subscription. Stongly recommend you get that. It's the best
anti-spyware, and it also catches trojans and can also detect and
remove some rootkits. Note that I said 'some'. You can download the
trial version for starters.

Both of these programs are a fully funtional "trial" after
awhile they will
stop working.But by then your system should be clean. [End Quote]

* If you want your system to stay clean, you need to keep running
Spysweeper and whichever anti-virus you choose. And keep the
definitions updated. A common mistake.

amd cpu barton core +2500
512 mb ram
wd 80 gig 7200rpm 8mb cache hardrive
geforce 6200 128mb[64bit] video card
400watt psu
[End Quote]

Well, you certainly have a powerful enough box and enough RAM. That's
one thing I needed to know.

"You said Zalarm was bad, what firewall [in/out traffic] do you
suggest? "
answer: XP firewall. It actually works. The best option is to buy
yourself a NAT Router (built in hardware firewall) you should be able
to get one for about $100, I can send you a few links on that if you
want.

"Also, I only use norton, no other antivirus is installed nor running
ever on this comp. "
answer: Good. I wasn't sure if you were using the anti-virus app of
zone alarm or the firewall, the last two sentences of your original
post threw me. But running ad-aware and Spybot on the same box always
seems to lead to problems. I personally hate ad-aware, I've tried it,
and done extensive testing. Garbage if you ask me, which you did. You
can keep it if you want, I'm just telling you what works best...I have
a great deal of experience, and after I service someone, I don't have
to come back. That's how I earned my reputation.

Now, I still don't know if you have been turning off services. Have
you, or have you been hacking your registry? I need to know that...

Also, is your OS up to date, and are any/all MS products, like Office
for example, up to date. You'd be surprised what can happen to you just
because your MS products aren't updated. 99% of the world's threats are
written for Windows and there are also MS Office vulnerabilities that
can get you infected and in deep trouble quick. Please answer the
question.

Since I don't have all the info yet, let's do this. Put Spysweeper on
your box, update it, and then scan. You want to scan within compressed
files and folders. Go to the Options panel, then Sweep options tab,
check off all the "what to sweep boxes"
run a scan.

Spysweeper can detect and remove some rootkits- some! - but
professionally, when a rootkit is suspected, you need to run a scan
from either another OS (I have my hard drives partitioned on all my
boxes and have multiple OS's installed, so I can just boot up into
another OS and scan with anti-virus) Rootkits are very difficult to
detect, they are hidden from the Win API, so scanning from within an
infected OS is pretty much futile. Without the option of scanning from
another OS, you should do an online scan. I know I have a link for an
online on my downloads page, but I'll give you a link here to that
online scan
http://security.symantec.com/ssc/home.asp?j=1&langid=us&venid=sym&plfid=23&pkj=OMISKVYRMHCGVRVRMNR

Also, download and run Hijack This, post a log file and I'll take a
look. All this stuff is linked on my downloads page, and there's some
good basic info there. here it is again
http://www.websitesnservices.com/securitydownloads.php

Also, you really should switch to Firefox if you're not already using
it.

Now, I also asked you what OS. Are you running xp Home or Pro, and what
Service Pack? Now see, here I missed something, you told me in the
thread start that you have xp sp1. You should've rubbed my nose in it
LOL.
It is important what SP, as there issues specific to the service packs.
For example, if you run sp1, and you do any file sharing apps like
Limewire, etc... there's a huge security issue with the maximum number
of incoming connections per Port. SP2 fixed that vulnerability. And in
regards to that fix, some folks find that they just have to hack that
fix so they can get better download speeds from their file sharing
apps. And there may be some of those apps that are patching the OS so
they can connect better.

I could write a book on this stuff. I'm skipping a lot of stuff here.
I'll help you to the best of my ability if you answer the questions I
have. I do this professionally, and I charge for it unless you belong
to Speedguide, or if I see someone needs help in a forum like this (and
if I feel like it).

After you scan with Spysweeper, and run Hijack This and post a log
file, we can go from there. And please, make sure everything is updated
first, including your OS and Office products.

Speedguide is one of the top forums, you really should join up, you can
learn a lot. membership is FREE.

I had oral surgery Tuesday afternoon, and I'm still on pain medication,
so I'm a little impaired. It's also the only reason I'm here today, I'm
taking a few days off from running my business. So excuse me if I seem
a little dis-organized today. I'll still be able to help you resolve
the problem. I just don't type so well today, and I hate this format.
I wish you would just sign up and post on Speedguide, the bulletin
board format is so much easier to work with, and I can edit my typos
(lol). There are a lot of other experts there too.

I'll check back on you in a while.

 

[Theodore Baldwin Boothe III]

A list of services
http://majorgeeks.com/page.php?id=12

I will never again use Nortons anti-virus
http://www.nod32.com/download/trial.htm

But you need to find out why your system has slowed down if it was running
fine three weeks ago then something has changed on it, in addition to Spybot
and Ad-Aware you might try scanning with these:

http://www.ewido.net/en/

http://www.webroot.com/consumer/products/spysweeper/index.html?acode=af1&rc=1776

Both of these programs are a fully funtional "trial" after awhile they will
stop working.But by then your system should be clean.

Is anything using a high amount of cpu time in task manager?
if so what is the process name.

Nothing is taking more than 1-2% of the cpu. I have run everything I
mentioned and everything you mentioned. Nothing has been found, not
even those 'maybe' things they can find was even found.

I've literally done everything I can possibly think of doing.

4 different virus scanners.
bazooka
ad-aware, spysweep, spybot
defragged like 20 times
disabled startup programs, no improvement.

I am totally lost now. Totally.

 

[websitesnservices]

ok, you don't want my help, fine with me

good luck

 

[Theodore Baldwin Boothe III]

Now, I still don't know if you have been turning off services. Have
you, or have you been hacking your registry? I need to know that...

Also, is your OS up to date, and are any/all MS products, like Office
for example, up to date. You'd be surprised what can happen to you just
because your MS products aren't updated. 99% of the world's threats are
written for Windows and there are also MS Office vulnerabilities that
can get you infected and in deep trouble quick. Please answer the
question.

Since I don't have all the info yet, let's do this. Put Spysweeper on
your box, update it, and then scan. You want to scan within compressed
files and folders. Go to the Options panel, then Sweep options tab,
check off all the "what to sweep boxes"
run a scan.

Spysweeper can detect and remove some rootkits- some! - but
professionally, when a rootkit is suspected, you need to run a scan
from either another OS (I have my hard drives partitioned on all my
boxes and have multiple OS's installed, so I can just boot up into
another OS and scan with anti-virus) Rootkits are very difficult to
detect, they are hidden from the Win API, so scanning from within an
infected OS is pretty much futile. Without the option of scanning from
another OS, you should do an online scan. I know I have a link for an
online on my downloads page, but I'll give you a link here to that
online scan
http://security.symantec.com/ssc/home.asp?j=1&langid=us&venid=sym&plfid=23&pkj=OMISKVYRMHCGVRVRMNR

Ran the virus & security checks, nothing was found.

Also, download and run Hijack This, post a log file and I'll take a
look. All this stuff is linked on my downloads page, and there's some
good basic info there. here it is again
http://www.websitesnservices.com/securitydownloads.php

Also, you really should switch to Firefox if you're not already using
it.

Now, I also asked you what OS. Are you running xp Home or Pro, and what
Service Pack? Now see, here I missed something, you told me in the
thread start that you have xp sp1. You should've rubbed my nose in it
LOL.
It is important what SP, as there issues specific to the service packs.
For example, if you run sp1, and you do any file sharing apps like
Limewire, etc... there's a huge security issue with the maximum number
of incoming connections per Port. SP2 fixed that vulnerability. And in
regards to that fix, some folks find that they just have to hack that
fix so they can get better download speeds from their file sharing
apps. And there may be some of those apps that are patching the OS so
they can connect better.

I could write a book on this stuff. I'm skipping a lot of stuff here.
I'll help you to the best of my ability if you answer the questions I
have. I do this professionally, and I charge for it unless you belong
to Speedguide, or if I see someone needs help in a forum like this (and
if I feel like it).

After you scan with Spysweeper, and run Hijack This and post a log
file, we can go from there. And please, make sure everything is updated
first, including your OS and Office products.

As far as services go, I used the list and disabled things not needed,
only it didn't improve much.
Used this list to check
http://majorgeeks.com/page.php?id=12

HERE is the other information you asked about.
---
The only Office product I have is MS OFFICE 97 [97]
I know of no updates MS would offer for such an outdated/old product?
----------------
Also, I am using SP1 because there are a lot of software that even the
microsoft says will either no longer work or will cause

errors in. I chose not to update past SP1 for this reason. Also read a
ton of posts on forums/usenet where people, upon patching

to SP2, could not connect to the internet even after attempting many
workarounds for several days. Also read about how hard it

was to revert back to SP1 if SP2 was an issue.
I know I could simply re-install winxp and stick with SP1 as a repair
to SP2, but my average time from start to finish, including

re-installing all my personal stiff and certain software, would be
around 4 hours.
-------------------
Note: I use Firefox/Mozilla about 99.99% of the time. Only if a
website cannot be viewed by those two will I use IE on my

machine.

HijackThis Logs Are Listed:
Logfile of HijackThis v1.99.1
Scan saved at 5:59:21 PM, on 2/23/2006
Platform: Windows XP (WinNT 5.01.2600)
MSIE: Internet Explorer v6.00 (6.00.2600.0000)

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:\WINDOWS\System32\svchost.exe
C:\Program Files\Common Files\Symantec Shared\ccSetMgr.exe
C:\Program Files\Common Files\Symantec Shared\SNDSrvc.exe
C:\WINDOWS\Explorer.EXE
C:\Program Files\Common Files\Symantec Shared\SPBBC\SPBBCSvc.exe
C:\Program Files\Common Files\Symantec Shared\ccEvtMgr.exe
C:\Program Files\Zone Labs\ZoneAlarm\zlclient.exe
C:\WINDOWS\System32\RUNDLL32.EXE
C:\Program Files\Common Files\Symantec Shared\ccApp.exe
C:\WINDOWS\system32\spoolsv.exe
C:\Program Files\Norton AntiVirus\IWP\NPFMntor.exe
C:\WINDOWS\System32\nvsvc32.exe
C:\WINDOWS\System32\svchost.exe
C:\Program Files\Common Files\Symantec Shared\CCPD-LC\symlcsvc.exe
C:\WINDOWS\system32\ZoneLabs\vsmon.exe
C:\Program Files\Norton AntiVirus\navapsvc.exe
C:\Program Files\Mozilla Firefox\firefox.exe
C:\Program Files\Internet Explorer\IEXPLORE.EXE
C:\Program Files\WinRAR\WinRAR.exe

R0 - HKCU\Software\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Main,Start Page =
http://www.drudgereport.com/
O2 - BHO: AcroIEHlprObj Class - {06849E9F-C8D7-4D59-B87D-784B7D6BE0B3}
- C:\Program Files\Adobe\Acrobat

7.0\ActiveX\AcroIEHelper.dll
O2 - BHO: (no name) - {53707962-6F74-2D53-2644-206D7942484F} -
C:\PROGRA~1\SPYBOT~1\SDHelper.dll
O2 - BHO: NAV Helper - {BDF3E430-B101-42AD-A544-FADC6B084872} -
C:\Program Files\Norton AntiVirus\NavShExt.dll
O3 - Toolbar: &Radio - {8E718888-423F-11D2-876E-00A0C9082467} -
C:\WINDOWS\System32\msdxm.ocx
O3 - Toolbar: Norton AntiVirus -
{42CDD1BF-3FFB-4238-8AD1-7859DF00B1D6} - C:\Program Files\Norton

AntiVirus\NavShExt.dll
O4 - HKLM\..\Run: [Zone Labs Client] C:\Program Files\Zone
Labs\ZoneAlarm\zlclient.exe
O4 - HKLM\..\Run: [UpdReg] C:\WINDOWS\UpdReg.EXE
O4 - HKLM\..\Run: [NvCplDaemon] RUNDLL32.EXE
C:\WINDOWS\System32\NvCpl.dll,NvStartup
O4 - HKLM\..\Run: [Symantec NetDriver Monitor]
C:\PROGRA~1\SYMNET~1\SNDMon.exe /Consumer
O4 - HKLM\..\Run: [SSC_UserPrompt] C:\Program Files\Common
Files\Symantec Shared\Security Center\UsrPrmpt.exe
O4 - HKLM\..\Run: [nwiz] nwiz.exe /install
O4 - HKLM\..\Run: [NvMediaCenter] RUNDLL32.EXE
C:\WINDOWS\System32\NvMcTray.dll,NvTaskbarInit
O4 - HKLM\..\Run: [ccApp] "C:\Program Files\Common Files\Symantec
Shared\ccApp.exe"
O16 - DPF: {01010E00-5E80-11D8-9E86-0007E96C65AE} (SupportSoft
SmartIssue) -

http://www.symantec.com/techsupp/asa/ctrl/tgctlsi.cab
O16 - DPF: {01012101-5E80-11D8-9E86-0007E96C65AE} (SupportSoft Script
Runner Class) -

http://www.symantec.com/techsupp/asa/ctrl/tgctlsr.cab
O16 - DPF: {04E214E5-63AF-4236-83C6-A7ADCBF9BD02} (HouseCall Control)
-

http://housecall60.trendmicro.com/housecall/xscan60.cab
O16 - DPF: {1F2F4C9E-6F09-47BC-970D-3C54734667FE} (LSSupCtl Class) -

http://www.symantec.com/techsupp/asa/ctrl/LSSupCtl.cab
O16 - DPF: {2BC66F54-93A8-11D3-BEB6-00105AA9B6AE} (Symantec AntiVirus
scanner) -

http://security.symantec.com/SSC/SharedContent/vc/bin/AvSniff.cab
O16 - DPF: {6414512B-B978-451D-A0D8-FCFDF33E833C} (WUWebControl Class)
-

http://update.microsoft.com/microsoftupdate/v6/V5Controls/en/x86/client/wuweb_site.cab?1130034037718
O16 - DPF: {644E432F-49D3-41A1-8DD5-E099162EEEC5} (Symantec RuFSI
Utility Class) -

http://security.symantec.com/sscv6/SharedContent/common/bin/cabsa.cab
O16 - DPF: {6E32070A-766D-4EE6-879C-DC1FA91D2FC3} (MUWebControl Class)
-

http://update.microsoft.com/microsoftupdate/v6/V5Controls/en/x86/client/muweb_site.cab?1130034030265
O16 - DPF: {6E5A37BF-FD42-463A-877C-4EB7002E68AE} (Housecall ActiveX
6.5) -

http://housecall65.trendmicro.com/housecall/applet/html/native/x86/win32/activex/hcImpl.cab
O16 - DPF: {CE28D5D2-60CF-4C7D-9FE8-0F47A3308078} (ActiveDataInfo
Class) -

http://www.symantec.com/techsupp/asa/ctrl/SymAData.cab
O20 - Winlogon Notify: WRNotifier - WRLogonNTF.dll (file missing)
O23 - Service: Symantec Event Manager (ccEvtMgr) - Symantec
Corporation - C:\Program Files\Common Files\Symantec

Shared\ccEvtMgr.exe
O23 - Service: Symantec Password Validation (ccPwdSvc) - Symantec
Corporation - C:\Program Files\Common Files\Symantec

Shared\ccPwdSvc.exe
O23 - Service: Symantec Settings Manager (ccSetMgr) - Symantec
Corporation - C:\Program Files\Common Files\Symantec

Shared\ccSetMgr.exe
O23 - Service: Creative Service for CDROM Access - Unknown owner -
C:\WINDOWS\System32\CTsvcCDA.exe (file missing)
O23 - Service: Norton AntiVirus Auto-Protect Service (navapsvc) -
Symantec Corporation - C:\Program Files\Norton

AntiVirus\navapsvc.exe
O23 - Service: Norton AntiVirus Firewall Monitor Service (NPFMntor) -
Symantec Corporation - C:\Program Files\Norton

AntiVirus\IWP\NPFMntor.exe
O23 - Service: NVIDIA Display Driver Service (NVSvc) - NVIDIA
Corporation - C:\WINDOWS\System32\nvsvc32.exe
O23 - Service: Remote Packet Capture Protocol v.0 (experimental)
(rpcapd) - Unknown owner -

%ProgramFiles%\WinPcap\rpcapd.exe" -d -f
"%ProgramFiles%\WinPcap\rpcapd.ini (file missing)
O23 - Service: SAVScan - Symantec Corporation - C:\Program
Files\Norton AntiVirus\SAVScan.exe
O23 - Service: ScriptBlocking Service (SBService) - Symantec
Corporation -

C:\PROGRA~1\COMMON~1\SYMANT~1\SCRIPT~1\SBServ.exe
O23 - Service: Symantec Network Drivers Service (SNDSrvc) - Symantec
Corporation - C:\Program Files\Common

Files\Symantec Shared\SNDSrvc.exe
O23 - Service: Symantec SPBBCSvc (SPBBCSvc) - Symantec Corporation -
C:\Program Files\Common Files\Symantec

Shared\SPBBC\SPBBCSvc.exe
O23 - Service: Symantec Core LC - Symantec Corporation - C:\Program
Files\Common Files\Symantec

Shared\CCPD-LC\symlcsvc.exe
O23 - Service: Windows User Mode Driver Framework (UMWdf) - Unknown
owner - (no file)
O23 - Service: TrueVector Internet Monitor (vsmon) - Zone Labs, LLC -
C:\WINDOWS\system32\ZoneLabs\vsmon.exe

End of Log
-------------
SpySweeper scan found nothing [scanned everything including archives,
compressed files, hidden/system files]
-----
CPU resources, nothing about 1% ever [except the process viewer when
viewed/task manager thing]
----


Do you have any ideas/ clues as to what may be going wrong or what I
can do at this point?

thanks,

 

[Theodore Baldwin Boothe III]

ok, you don't want my help, fine with me

good luck

Uh, I was busy and didn't read your message for a while, I just
recently posted all the information you asked for me to provide. I
couldn't do all that really fast, especially all those virus/spyware
scans...

I have no idea what ticked you off?

 

[MAP]

On 23 Feb 2006 11:31:14 -0800, (e-mail address removed) wrote:

Also, I am using SP1 because there are a lot of software that even the
microsoft says will either no longer work or will cause

errors in. I chose not to update past SP1 for this reason. Also read a
ton of posts on forums/usenet where people, upon patching

to SP2, could not connect to the internet even after attempting many
workarounds for several days. Also read about how hard it

was to revert back to SP1 if SP2 was an issue.
I know I could simply re-install winxp and stick with SP1 as a repair
to SP2, but my average time from start to finish, including

It is VERY critical that you do not install SP2 unless you know your system
is completly clean,malware has an adverse affect on the SP2, install.

Also when you are double checking you AV software it is best to use a
different one than the one you have installed.

A link for free online virus and trojan scanners.
http://virusall.com/downscan.html

 

[MAP]

There are a lot of folks who swear by Nod32, but I think there's more

who swear by Norton.

That's only because Norton is a household name and when I mention NOD32
to someone they always say "what"?

 

[MAP]

Nothing is taking more than 1-2% of the cpu. I have run everything I
mentioned and everything you mentioned. Nothing has been found, not
even those 'maybe' things they can find was even found.

I've literally done everything I can possibly think of doing.

4 different virus scanners.
bazooka
ad-aware, spysweep, spybot
defragged like 20 times
disabled startup programs, no improvement.

I am totally lost now. Totally.

About 6 weeks ago my system was running really slow and took almost forever
to bootup, running checkdisc cured the problem. (I had a few bad sectors on
my drive). Just a thought.