Re: Slow Computer Response:

"Robert" <magineeer@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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My handle is Navyguy, I apparently posted it in the wrong forum and
didn't do it right as it was moved by a moderator.

I assume this is yours:

http://www.bleepingcomputer.com/forums/topic125517.html

If so, it looks like you still have malware:

O3 - Toolbar: (no name) - {a2595f37-48d0-46a1-9b51-478591a97764} - (no
file)

See:

http://www.castlecops.com/tk30341-Protection_Bar.html

You should post again to HijackThis Logs and Malware Removal forum:

http://www.bleepingcomputer.com/forums/forum22.html

Tell them you suspect:

"ProtectionBar, rogue 'security software', related to the notorious
PS_Guard/SpywareQuake/WinAntivirus foistware and detected as a variant
of the FakeAle aka Zlob or Puper trojan."

Please confirm if that is your post. If so, there are other things I
noticed that you should fix. But it would actually be best to follow the
advice of the experts from that particular forum.

I suppose my biggest memory hog is my ImageX program(Dell Imagining)
which you and Gerry asked about but it's a program I use quite allot
and I like it very much.

I didn't see it in that log. Have you temporarily disabled it?

However I have been moving the bulk of my jpg
and other files to disk; while I understand this isn't going to make
my computer run faster it should help speed up my scans since those
files are no longer there.

I'm not sure that would speed anything up at all (unless there is some
sort of cache issue with that program).

How do I image my hard drive?

With an imaging program such as Acronis True Image.

I'll give it a try if you tell me how to image my hard drive. (It kind
of sounds like cloning my drive to a external backup) I do have System
Restore but I assume what your talking about is a true imagin of my
operating system.

It's similar to cloning. This should help:

http://groups.google.com/group/microsoft.public.windowsxp.general/msg/b69de2dfca9b7779

Although it's always a good idea to periodically image your disk, it's
quite possible you'll never need to restore that image. Think of it as
insurance. And chances are System Restore will work, so just make sure
you have restore points.


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