Well I'm cleaning out my PC and so far:

- Startup items [done]
- CCleaner [done]
- Defragment [in progress]
- Removing stuff I don't need [90%;HijackThis]

Now could any of you older people tell me what to remove from here?

Logfile of Trend Micro HijackThis v2.0.2
Scan saved at 11:09:11 PM, on 12/17/2008
Platform: Windows XP SP3 (WinNT 5.01.2600)
MSIE: Internet Explorer v8.00 (8.00.6001.18241)
Boot mode: Normal

Running processes:
C:\WINDOWS\System32\smss.exe
C:\WINDOWS\system32\winlogon.exe
C:\WINDOWS\system32\services.exe
C:\WINDOWS\system32\lsass.exe
C:\WINDOWS\system32\svchost.exe
C:\WINDOWS\System32\svchost.exe
C:\Program Files\ESET\ESET Smart Security\ekrn.exe
C:\WINDOWS\system32\Wacom_Tablet.exe
C:\DOCUME~1\John\MYDOCU~1\bbLean\blackbox.exe
C:\Program Files\ESET\ESET Smart Security\egui.exe
C:\WINDOWS\system32\WTablet\Wacom_TabletUser.exe
C:\WINDOWS\system32\Wacom_Tablet.exe
C:\WINDOWS\System32\svchost.exe
C:\Program Files\Steam\Steam.exe
C:\Program Files\Windows Live\Messenger\msnmsgr.exe
C:\Program Files\Windows Live\Contacts\wlcomm.exe
C:\Program Files\Trend Micro\HijackThis\HijackThis.exe
C:\Program Files\Mozilla Firefox 3 Beta 5\firefox.exe

R0 - HKCU\Software\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Main,Start Page = http://www.google.ca/
R1 - HKLM\Software\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Main,Default_Page_URL = http://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?LinkId=69157
R1 - HKLM\Software\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Main,Default_Search_URL = http://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?LinkId=54896
R1 - HKLM\Software\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Main,Search Page = http://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?LinkId=54896
R0 - HKLM\Software\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Main,Start Page = http://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?LinkId=69157
R1 - HKCU\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Internet Settings,ProxyOverride = *.local
F2 - REGystem.ini: Shell=C:\DOCUME~1\John\MYDOCU~1\bbLean\blackbox.exe
O2 - BHO: AcroIEHelperStub - {18DF081C-E8AD-4283-A596-FA578C2EBDC3} - C:\Program Files\Common Files\Adobe\Acrobat\ActiveX\AcroIEHelperShim.dll
O2 - BHO: SSVHelper Class - {761497BB-D6F0-462C-B6EB-D4DAF1D92D43} - C:\Program Files\Java\jre1.6.0_07\bin\ssv.dll
O4 - HKLM\..\Run: [egui] "C:\Program Files\ESET\ESET Smart Security\egui.exe" /hide /waitservice
O4 - HKCU\..\Run: [MsnMsgr] "C:\Program Files\Windows Live\Messenger\MsnMsgr.Exe" /background
O16 - DPF: {6E32070A-766D-4EE6-879C-DC1FA91D2FC3} (MUWebControl Class) - http://www.update.microsoft.com/microsoftupdate/v....cab?1208998970061
O23 - Service: AST Service (astcc) - Unknown owner - C:\WINDOWS\system32\AstSrv.exe (file missing)
O23 - Service: Eset HTTP Server (EhttpSrv) - ESET - C:\Program Files\ESET\ESET Smart Security\EHttpSrv.exe
O23 - Service: Eset Service (ekrn) - ESET - C:\Program Files\ESET\ESET Smart Security\ekrn.exe
O23 - Service: FLEXnet Licensing Service - Macrovision Europe Ltd. - C:\Program Files\Common Files\Macrovision Shared\FLEXnet Publisher\FNPLicensingService.exe
O23 - Service: InstallDriver Table Manager (IDriverT) - Macrovision Corporation - C:\Program Files\Common Files\InstallShield\Driver\11\Intel 32\IDriverT.exe
O23 - Service: TabletServiceWacom - Wacom Technology, Corp. - C:\WINDOWS\system32\Wacom_Tablet.exe

Pasting all of that into http://www.hijackthis.de/ and looking at myself.

Only thing I see is "O23 - Service: AST Service (astcc) - Unknown owner - C:\WINDOWS\system32\AstSrv.exe (file missing)"

File is Missing afterall...so remove it

I will be doing a similar thing this coming weekend. Reinstalling Vista + Win7 Dual Boot...to celebrate the new year my resolution = Non Crappy Messy Disorganized machine

what sam says and
what's this? C:\DOCUME~1\John\MYDOCU~1\bbLean\blackbox.exe

(doing the same as sam before 2009 =D)

quote:

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Originally posted by Voldemort
what's this? C:\DOCUME~1\John\MYDOCU~1\bbLean\blackbox.exe

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Yeah Sam I tried removing that, but when I do a rescan it pops up again..

It seems (according to google) that AST Service is http://www.castlecops.com/o23list-3048.html