Dont Want To Mess Up The Computer
Mar 5, 2009
My dads comp is pretty slow so i ran a hijackthis scan - it came up with a few bad things that i deleted but there are lots unknown objects. I dont want to mess up the computer, anyone able to check through these?
Logfile of Trend Micro HijackThis v2.0.2
Scan saved at 16:14:54, on 05/03/2009
Platform: Windows XP SP3 (WinNT 5.01.2600)
MSIE: Internet Explorer v7.00 (7.00.6000.16791)
Boot mode: Normal
Running processes:
C:WINDOWSSystem32smss.exe
C:WINDOWSsystem32winlogon.exe
C:WINDOWSsystem32services.exe
C:WINDOWSsystem32lsass.exe
C:WINDOWSsystem32svchost.exe
C:WINDOWSSystem32svchost.exe
C:WINDOWSExplorer.EXE....
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