Installed Spanish KB4012598 as protection for Wannacrypto.
Installed No-Script add-on for Firefox and at some point while browsing, No-Script registered and asked me to forward information on a hijack attempt it had blocked.
Updated AVAST
My computer has become very slow; Firefox became near to impossible to open; AVAST GUI wasn’t loading properly and it constanttly shut off 1 of “x” number of protections.
Ran MiniToolBox; TDSSKiller; AdwCleaner; Junkware Removal Tool; and attempted to run ESET Online Scanner which I couldn’t because I had Avast installed, but Avast wasn’t working properly, so I “repaired” Avast, but it showed a conflict with Microsoft Security Essentials, which I can’t seem to find, not even using REVO Uninstaller. AVAST GUI continued to fail so I finally removed AVAST and scanned with ESET and Malwarebytes.
Malwarebytes didn’t find anything wrong but, ESET did:
“CDburner XPsetup_4.5.7.6623.exe a variant of Win32/FusionCore.L potentially unwanted application cleaned by deleting”.
However, now I can’t install anything else nor create a restore point, because my Hard Drive shows as being full, which is impossible having recently backedup and removed files from HD.
Malwarebytes, which I still have installed, doesn’t allow me to select realtime protection.
Symptoms you are describing seem to fit. Reboot after resetting your hard drive. If PIO fix does not apply then you may have a failing hard drive. Hope not but if you do, back up all personal files now.
I checked my hard drive and it still shows as almost full.
As I waited for a response I had gone ahead and stopped a process related to IDriveT.exe, which I’m not sure is responsible for opening up a 5.9G on my hardrive but, there it was. I was then able to defragment my HD. I don’t however, have any restore points even after running FIX on FRST.
I followed instructions on link provided and I downloaded MicrosoftFixit50692 which is file to use to remove MSE but, I get a system message stating that can not access Windows Installer. This can occur if executing in Safemode or if Windows Installer is not correctyly installed…".
My Volume control keeps on disappearing from my taskbar everytime I start up and my icons get shifted around back to original setting, and when I play a video I am unable to modify volume.
Also, when I bring up system restore, all I see is a blank screen.
My computer does seem to be running smoother, as far as speed is concerned but, it does seem that everytime I take a look there is something not quite right.
Looking at the problems you are having, I would say go for the clean install.
It won’t hurt to have a nice and clean system again without crap etc that runs in the best (fastest) way possible
Your OS (WinXP SP3) is damaged. The best and most reliable way to repair the system is to make a clean install of the OS. You can also try a Windows Repair All In One (http://www.tweaking.com/content/page/windows_repair_all_in_one.html). I have instructions on using this utility if you want to but a reinstall would be the fastest way to a reliable system.
I’d appreciate the instructions for the Windows Repair all in one, since I’ve never performed a Clean Install and I’m not quite sure which of the following 2 options available is the correct one:
1.- HP destroy Restore, which entails formatting the HD. (Where would I get all the updates for all the software for XP versions?)
2.- HP Applications Restore.