Hi everyone, and hats off to those of you who scrutinise other people's logs!
I'm no PC expert but I keep everything up to date, run Norton Internet Security, Ad-Aware, Spybot S&D and Spyware Blaster. My only 'indiscretion' is continuing to use IE, but I have tried other browsers and I genuinely prefer IE for a number of reasons.
Lately the computer seems a bit 'gluggy' and I found some adware (strangely enough Norton found some, where Ad-Aware & Spybot didn't). I have managed to delete everything that all those apps have found, so they all return a clean result, but I ran HJT and I reckon my log could afford to lose a few pounds.
The entries on the log I've spotted and am considering removing are:
O2 - BHO: (no name) - {9C691A33-7DDA-4C2F-BE4C-C176083F35CF} - (no file)
O4 - HKLM\..\Run: [iTunesHelper] C:\Program Files\iTunes\iTunesHelper.exe
O4 - HKLM\..\Run: [QuickTime Task] "C:\Program Files\QuickTime\qttask.exe" -atboottime
O4 - HKLM\..\Run: [searchbar] C:\WINDOWS\system32\vnmispoisn_downloader.exe
Just some background about this machine and its software - it is my main working machine, and I can't afford to start removing software or services if it is going to lead to problems - I'd rather leave them alone and stay up. Its a reasonably well-specced Compaq laptop that connects wirelessly to a router that has a broadband connection (I have 1 other machine on the 'network'). I don't use bluetooth or itunes but they came bundled. The Synaptics stuff is touchpad control. The Sun Java stuff gives me the irits, sometimes there are 2 or even 3 icons in the system tray. I no longer use messenger and thought I'd uninstalled it. I hate the way quicktime does what it does ;-).
So any sensible suggestions, tips or advice would be gratefully considered!
I'm no PC expert but I keep everything up to date, run Norton Internet Security, Ad-Aware, Spybot S&D and Spyware Blaster. My only 'indiscretion' is continuing to use IE, but I have tried other browsers and I genuinely prefer IE for a number of reasons.
Lately the computer seems a bit 'gluggy' and I found some adware (strangely enough Norton found some, where Ad-Aware & Spybot didn't). I have managed to delete everything that all those apps have found, so they all return a clean result, but I ran HJT and I reckon my log could afford to lose a few pounds.
The entries on the log I've spotted and am considering removing are:
O2 - BHO: (no name) - {9C691A33-7DDA-4C2F-BE4C-C176083F35CF} - (no file)
O4 - HKLM\..\Run: [iTunesHelper] C:\Program Files\iTunes\iTunesHelper.exe
O4 - HKLM\..\Run: [QuickTime Task] "C:\Program Files\QuickTime\qttask.exe" -atboottime
O4 - HKLM\..\Run: [searchbar] C:\WINDOWS\system32\vnmispoisn_downloader.exe
Just some background about this machine and its software - it is my main working machine, and I can't afford to start removing software or services if it is going to lead to problems - I'd rather leave them alone and stay up. Its a reasonably well-specced Compaq laptop that connects wirelessly to a router that has a broadband connection (I have 1 other machine on the 'network'). I don't use bluetooth or itunes but they came bundled. The Synaptics stuff is touchpad control. The Sun Java stuff gives me the irits, sometimes there are 2 or even 3 icons in the system tray. I no longer use messenger and thought I'd uninstalled it. I hate the way quicktime does what it does ;-).
So any sensible suggestions, tips or advice would be gratefully considered!
