While following your instructions, I encountered a problem uninstalling AOL. I was able to remove all of the AOL programs in the Add/Remove utility, but the "main" AOL program took forever! I sat there, watching a screen, blank except for the AOL logo and the word "Uninstalling..." for an hour and a half before I gave up. I hit Ctrl-Alt-Delete and stopped the unistall process, only to find after rebooting my computer, that it had been deleted.
I did discover, when I searched for AOL components, that I was able to delete everything except for:
AOL Companion (in Program Files) and waol (also in program files)
I ran an HJT scan, but the following entries were not in the list:
03 - Toolbar:AOL Toolbar
04 - HKLM\..\Run: [AOL Spyware Protection]
023 - Service: AOL Connectivity Service (AOL ACS)
I checked all the other items you indicated and clicked the FIX button.
Then I rebooted to SAFE MODE and emptied the contents of the following folder:
C:\documents and settings\owner\local settings\temp
I left the folder intact as instructed.
Then I rebooted to normal mode and ran a new HJT scan. The scan is attached below:
(see: HJTLog052407.txt)
Note: during this entire process, my CPU was running at 100%, even though I was not connected to the internet (I had unplugged the telephone line).
Wayne
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