I was previously being helped by a very wonderful and extremely patient person with this issue. The diagnosis he gave was malware/spyware/adware infection. Unfortunately, my computer was physically damaged by a visitor to my home and I just got it back from being repaired. Because I was away from the topic for more than 5 days, the thread was made inactive.
So, here I am trying to finish what was put on pause. The last step the tech had asked me to perform was an F-secure On-line scan. This is the full report:
Scanning Report
Wednesday, November 16, 2011 11:45:09 - 11:55:06
Computer name: PIMPONE
Scanning type: Quick scan
Target: System
14 malware found
TrackingCookie.Questionmarket (spyware)
System (Disinfected)
TrackingCookie.2o7 (spyware)
System (Disinfected)
TrackingCookie.Advertising (spyware)
System (Disinfected)
TrackingCookie.Atdmt (spyware)
System (Disinfected)
TrackingCookie.Adtech (spyware)
System (Disinfected)
TrackingCookie.Doubleclick (spyware)
System (Disinfected)
TrackingCookie.Revsci (spyware)
System (Disinfected)
TrackingCookie.WebTrendsLive (spyware)
System (Disinfected)
TrackingCookie.Fastclick (spyware)
System (Disinfected)
TrackingCookie.Adbrite (spyware)
System (Disinfected)
TrackingCookie.Mediaplex (spyware)
System (Disinfected)
TrackingCookie.Liveperson (spyware)
System (Disinfected)
TrackingCookie.Atwola (spyware)
System (Disinfected)
TrackingCookie.Yieldmanager (spyware)
System (Disinfected)
Statistics
Scanned:
Files: 5309
System: 5309
Not scanned: 0
Actions:
Disinfected: 14
Renamed: 0
Deleted: 0
Not cleaned: 0
Submitted: 0
Options
Scanning engines:
So, here I am trying to finish what was put on pause. The last step the tech had asked me to perform was an F-secure On-line scan. This is the full report:
Scanning Report
Wednesday, November 16, 2011 11:45:09 - 11:55:06
Computer name: PIMPONE
Scanning type: Quick scan
Target: System
14 malware found
TrackingCookie.Questionmarket (spyware)
System (Disinfected)
TrackingCookie.2o7 (spyware)
System (Disinfected)
TrackingCookie.Advertising (spyware)
System (Disinfected)
TrackingCookie.Atdmt (spyware)
System (Disinfected)
TrackingCookie.Adtech (spyware)
System (Disinfected)
TrackingCookie.Doubleclick (spyware)
System (Disinfected)
TrackingCookie.Revsci (spyware)
System (Disinfected)
TrackingCookie.WebTrendsLive (spyware)
System (Disinfected)
TrackingCookie.Fastclick (spyware)
System (Disinfected)
TrackingCookie.Adbrite (spyware)
System (Disinfected)
TrackingCookie.Mediaplex (spyware)
System (Disinfected)
TrackingCookie.Liveperson (spyware)
System (Disinfected)
TrackingCookie.Atwola (spyware)
System (Disinfected)
TrackingCookie.Yieldmanager (spyware)
System (Disinfected)
Statistics
Scanned:
Files: 5309
System: 5309
Not scanned: 0
Actions:
Disinfected: 14
Renamed: 0
Deleted: 0
Not cleaned: 0
Submitted: 0
Options
Scanning engines: