Reply to thread

Message

<blockquote data-quote="echium" data-source="post: 123908" data-attributes="member: 8694">Thanks for all that info Fiery - I have printed it all out. I downloaded OTL again (I wasn&#039;t sure if it was the same as OTLPeNet.exe) and clicked clean up, then I downloaded JavaRa and removed the old Java.Then three strange things happened.1) I suddently found I was running Zone Alarm. I never to my knowledge downloaded it - is this something that one of your programs installed. I assume it is a safe program, but it makes the machine boot very slowly. I thought I had another problem the first time it booted.2) When downloading JavaRa a screen came up saying thank you for downloading Wajam. Again I never asked for this. I have since uninstalled it.3) A bit more worryingly, when after rebooting a couple of times Zone Alarm said that TopArcadeHits.loader.exe was trying to contact the internet. I said no. Then AVG detected it and said it was malware and had removed it. This is about the first time AVG has detected anything. I have since run Adwcleaner, which says my registry is clean.Is this a pure coincidence? I have been on almost no sites other than downloading your programs. And is is gone, and was it nasty, and do I have a longer term virus problem?The reason I don&#039;t update programs is that I am always worried that loads of stuff I never asked for will be downloaded at the same time as any updates.Other than the slow boot with Zone Alarm - everything else seems to be running very well, thank you.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="echium, post: 123908, member: 8694"] Thanks for all that info Fiery - I have printed it all out. I downloaded OTL again (I wasn't sure if it was the same as OTLPeNet.exe) and clicked clean up, then I downloaded JavaRa and removed the old Java. Then three strange things happened. 1) I suddently found I was running Zone Alarm. I never to my knowledge downloaded it - is this something that one of your programs installed. I assume it is a safe program, but it makes the machine boot very slowly. I thought I had another problem the first time it booted. 2) When downloading JavaRa a screen came up saying thank you for downloading Wajam. Again I never asked for this. I have since uninstalled it. 3) A bit more worryingly, when after rebooting a couple of times Zone Alarm said that TopArcadeHits.loader.exe was trying to contact the internet. I said no. Then AVG detected it and said it was malware and had removed it. This is about the first time AVG has detected anything. I have since run Adwcleaner, which says my registry is clean. Is this a pure coincidence? I have been on almost no sites other than downloading your programs. And is is gone, and was it nasty, and do I have a longer term virus problem? The reason I don't update programs is that I am always worried that loads of stuff I never asked for will be downloaded at the same time as any updates. Other than the slow boot with Zone Alarm - everything else seems to be running very well, thank you. [/QUOTE]

Verification