falcon24

Actions: (1) Ran HJT, fixed all 017 items; reran HJT to verify they were gone--were. (2) rebooted in Safe Mode and ran AdAware. (2) then ran Ewido fast scan which detected several problems--see Log. it is unclear if items labled "error during cleaning" were actually fixed? (3) ran Spybot S&D---something is still inhibiting effeciency of running this software--it took 1 hour 15 min to complete---detected "pipas.A" trojan---fixed. this is a recurring trojan that I have been unable to get rid of. (4) ran SpySweeper which detected a bunch of trojans, adware and cookies---these were not fixable

My System: Dell8200, Win XP Home, Symantec AVC, ZoneAlarm, SpyBot S&D, AdAware, SpyWare Blaster. Symptoms: Noticed significant delay attempting to run SpyBot and AdAware--Task Manager indicated these were using 99% CPU. Let Spybot run to completion (1.5 hr)---detected "pipas.A" trojan. Removed, but continues to regenerate after reboot. Attempted free on-line scan using Panda and SpywareSweeper---these detected problems, but they could not be removed without purchasing removal tool. Downloaded and ran Ewido malware scanner---detected problems fixed. SpyBot still being significantly delayed