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It looks like you might have had Norton installed at some point. Did you uninstall it?
Firewall Required
Windows' firewall is highly ineffective, as it does not block outgoing connections. Here are some free firewalls available for personal use:
Antivirus Required
I notice that you do not appear to have an active antivirus program. Connecting to the Internet without antivirus protection is a "Welcome" doormat for malware. It can take as little as eight seconds to infect an unprotected computer. Here are several very good free antivirus products which are available:
HijackThis Fixes
Open HijackThis and click on 'Do a System Scan Only'. Check the following entries if they still exist (make sure you do not miss any):
Post a new HijackThis log after you have done this.
It looks like you might have had Norton installed at some point. Did you uninstall it?
Firewall Required
Windows' firewall is highly ineffective, as it does not block outgoing connections. Here are some free firewalls available for personal use:
- Sygate Personal Firewall
- ZoneAlarm
- Tiny Personal Firewall
- Sunbelt Kerio Personal Firewall
- Outpost Firewall PRO
Antivirus Required
I notice that you do not appear to have an active antivirus program. Connecting to the Internet without antivirus protection is a "Welcome" doormat for malware. It can take as little as eight seconds to infect an unprotected computer. Here are several very good free antivirus products which are available:
- AOL Active Virus Shield (powered by Kaspersky Antivirus)
- BitDefender
- Avira PersonalEdition Classic
- Avast!
- AVG
HijackThis Fixes
Open HijackThis and click on 'Do a System Scan Only'. Check the following entries if they still exist (make sure you do not miss any):
R3 - URLSearchHook: Yahoo! Toolbar - {EF99BD32-C1FB-11D2-892F-0090271D4F88} - (no file)
O2 - BHO: (no name) - {549B5CA7-4A86-11D7-A4DF-000874180BB3} - (no file)
O2 - BHO: (no name) - {FDD3B846-8D59-4ffb-8758-209B6AD74ACC} - (no file)
Please remember to close all other windows, including browsers then click Fix checked. Close HijackThis.O2 - BHO: (no name) - {549B5CA7-4A86-11D7-A4DF-000874180BB3} - (no file)
O2 - BHO: (no name) - {FDD3B846-8D59-4ffb-8758-209B6AD74ACC} - (no file)
Post a new HijackThis log after you have done this.
