Glad to hear your daughter is enjoying her computer. She should give you a big
for your time and effort. Didn't mean to alarm you about the ports, I was just curious. I did some research and they seem legitamate. Either network or program related. I will check it out more.
If everything seems to be fine, we'll clean up the tools we used.
* Click start button, run, then copy and paste the following line into the box and click ok.
ComboFix /u* Please download
OTMoveIt2 by OldTimer.Open OTMOVEIT2 then click the Clean Up button. You may get prompted by your firewall that OTMoveIt wants to contact the internet - allow this. A cleanup.txt will be downloaded, a message dialog will ask you if you want to proceed with the cleanup process, click Yes. This will delete all the tools you have downloaded plus itself.
* Create a new restore point
You must be logged on to an administrator account
Go to Start - All Programs - Accessories - System Tools - System Restore.
Click Create a restore point, and then click Next.
In the text box labeled Restore Point Description, type a name for this restore point , click create
* Remove old restore points
- Go to Start - All Programs - Accessories - system tools. Launch the Disk Cleanup tool and let it run. When it finishes a box with tabs will appear, select the more options tab. On this tab you will find a section for System Restore. If you press the Clean Up button for that section, Windows will delete all restore points except for the most recent one.
* Open an Internet Explorer (only) window and go to
http://java.sun.com/javase/downloads/index.jsp > Scroll down to "Java Runtime Environment (JRE) 6 Update 5...allows end-users to run Java applications".
Click the download button on the right.
> If Information Bar pop-ups up, right-click on it and say it's OK to display the blocked content.
You do not have to install the Java Web Start ActiveX Control Accept the license agreement > Click on Windows (XP,Vista, .etc) Offline Installation, Multi-language and Save the file jre-6u5-windows-i586-p.exe to your desktop;
do not Run it. Do not install it yet. When the download is complete, Open Control Panel > Add/Remove Programs:
Uninstall anything that says Sun Java, Java JRE, or similar.
Close Add/Remove Programs.
In Windows Explorer, navigate to C:\Program Files\Java <=this folder, if found. Delete any subfolders it may contain.
Do NOT delete C:\Program Files\JavaVM <=this folder, if found!
Reboot your computer.
Double-click on the saved file to install the update.
Delete the downloaded installation file after completing the above procedure and reboot if not prompted to do so.
* Clear the java cache
http://www.java.com/en/download/help/5000020300.xml* Download and run this clean up utility. You can use it regularly. When it's first run, it is in demo mode to show you what it will remove. Review it and then rerun in real mode. It is configurable.
CleanUp by Steven Gould
http://www.stevengould.org/downloads/cleanup/* If you are using windows firewall, please note that it doesn't provide outbound protection. A third party firewall will.
A discussion on free firewalls can be found here.
http://forum.avast.com/index.php?topic=30808.0or
http://forum.avast.com/index.php?topic=33530.0Thanks for your perciverence and great work on your end.
Take care and keep safe.
edit: I almost forgot your other questions. You should have a resident antispyware program, such as spywareblaster. It won't remove anything but can prevent malware from entering. Also a good on demand antispyware program like superantispyware.
Both are free
http://www.javacoolsoftware.com/spywareblaster.htmlJust get the home version, unless you want to trial the paid version.
http://www.superantispyware.com/my recommended setting for on demand scans:
First update SAS Then boot into safe mode and set SAS up like this.
Under Configuration and Preferences, click the Preferences button.
Then click the Scanning Control tab.
Under Scanner Options make sure the following are checked
- CHECK ALL BOXES
Return to the main page by clicking close on that screen. On the main screen, under Scan for Harmful Software click Scan your computer. On the left check C:\Fixed Drive.(and other fixed drives)
Under Complete Scan, choose Perform Complete Scan.
· Click Next to start the scan.
