Hardware issues, I think

I am a newbie to this forum. Trying to get at the root of some error issues in my event viewer. I had a virus removed with Spy Sweeper, but I'm still having some hardware issues that makes my browser close. For some background info, here is a part of my Spy Sweeper program and the virus info:

Operation: Registry Access
Target: \SYSTEM\ControlSet001\Enum\Root\LEGACY_SSIDRV\0000\Driver
Source: C:\WINDOWS\SYSTEM32\SERVICES.EXE
8:08 PM: Tamper Detection
Operation: Registry Access
Target: \SYSTEM\ControlSet001\Enum\Root\LEGACY_SSHRMD\0000\Driver
Source: C:\WINDOWS\SYSTEM32\SERVICES.EXE
8:08 PM: Tamper Detection
Operation: Registry Access
Target: \SYSTEM\ControlSet001\Enum\Root\LEGACY_SSIDRV\0000\Driver
Source: C:\WINDOWS\SYSTEM32\SERVICES.EXE
8:08 PM: Tamper Detection
Operation: Registry Access
Target: \SYSTEM\ControlSet001\Enum\Root\LEGACY_SSHRMD\0000\Driver
Source: C:\WINDOWS\SYSTEM32\SERVICES.EXE
8:08 PM: Tamper Detection
Operation: Registry Access
Target: \SYSTEM\ControlSet001\Enum\Root\LEGACY_SSIDRV\0000\Driver
Source: C:\WINDOWS\SYSTEM32\SERVICES.EXE
8:02 PM: Tamper Detection
Operation: Registry Access
Target: \SYSTEM\ControlSet001\Enum\Root\LEGACY_SSHRMD\0000\Driver
Source: C:\WINDOWS\SYSTEM32\SERVICES.EXE
8:02 PM: Tamper Detection
Operation: Registry Access
Target: \SYSTEM\ControlSet001\Enum\Root\LEGACY_SSIDRV\0000\Driver
Source: C:\WINDOWS\SYSTEM32\SERVICES.EXE
8:02 PM: Tamper Detection
Operation: Registry Access
Target: \SYSTEM\ControlSet001\Enum\Root\LEGACY_SSHRMD\0000\Driver
Source: C:\WINDOWS\SYSTEM32\SERVICES.EXE
8:02 PM: Tamper Detection

So, this was eradicated from my computer a few days ago. But I'm getting these expected closings in firefox and internet explorer and disk errors tthat I don't understand:


Hanging application firefox.exe, Version 1.9.0.3105, hang module hungapp, version 0.0.0.0. hang address 0x00000000.
Falut bucket 829830123

Faulting application explorer.exe., Version 6.0.2900.5512, faulting module unknown, Version 0.0.0.0., fault address 0x030223ac
Fault bucket 756884916

An error was detected on device \Device\Harddisk1\D during a paging operation.


The interesting thing about the Internet explorer messages is that I'm in Firefox when I get them! So why would I get internet explorer messages? Like I said, I think this a hardware issue, since I felt pretty safe about the elimination of the virus. Any help you can bring to this issue would be appreciated.

HardWare

Explorer.exe is Not Internet Explorer

The fault (yes a Hardware fault) is referring to your HardDrive, or HardDrive data Cable

Regarding HardDrive: Run a HardDrive Diagnostic Test
Regarding (Sata) HardDrive data cable: Replace

Ran Manual Diagnostic but...

Ran Hard Drive Test but got no pop-up log or messages after it finished - did the "Scan for an attempt to recover..." but got no log to look for error codes, bad sectors, etc. As for the Sata, are you refering to the cable for the external hard drive?

ok so you have an external USB connected HardDrive
This is probably the issue

Please disconnect it, and test if your browser closes (you may need to restart first)