Andavari

It's a big difference from an open source firewall.

I found out what was creating that file, it's Power Defragmenter GUI which uses irsetup.exe. I suppose it's using it as a runtime.

Should I even ask, what is Monkey Island? Nevermind don't tell me!

I don't know what that would be in U.S. money, however for around $100-$200 dollars here in the U.S.A. you can get a very decent pair of Altec Lansing surround speakers with a subwoofer. In that price range there's other name brands as well.

Perhaps it's the VB Runtime issue, see possible fix here. If that isn't it uninstall CCleaner, then restart Windows. Then reinstall CCleaner, and restart Windows.

Some registry keys are protected/locked. For an example ZoneAlarm does that with some registry keys to protect itself.

You need real-time protection (resident shield) enabled to stop a virus before it infects your system and causes damage versus it infecting your system and later having to remove the virus and repair the damage. Since you don't have real-time protection running that's why it was suggested for you to get an antivirus scanner. You'd be better off with eTrust that rridgely recommended, and you can use it for free for one full year.

Check your firewall logs if their advanced enough to show if the updater .exe program was blocked.

ClamAV is Clam Antivirus, what you would've tried on Windows is ClamWin Free Antivirus.

Personally I use, like, and prefer Altec Lansing speakers w/Subwoofer on the PC because my first set was on my first system that came with them, they left a very good lasting impression; I really like how they are made/manufactured quality-wise when comparing them against rival products in the same price range, and I like the sound they produce again against rival products in the same price range - I'm however not sure how they would fair against Bose speakers though. Although I have desktop speakers they very rarely get used because most of the time I'm using headphones.

Thanks for the info Mike, however that sounds like a pain just to use one online scanner when Microsoft has their one that works without going through an ordeal.

The eTrust EZ Antivirus updater seemed to me as if it downloaded other program components when I installed version 7. I don't think it only downloaded the virus signature files!

Sorry!

Probably is! I remember using Norton Antivirus 2000 and it's email protection if I remember correctly added an entry in the HOSTS file as well.

I'm wondering what Interpol would have to say about that.

Yeah, what is ICT? Ha ha ha.

If someone has the time and patience those other software developers should be contacted!

Although I don't backup what the Issues scanner detects as do many other long time CCleaner users if you're ever in doubt create the backup that CCleaner offers to make as it's the only way to determine and examine what exactly was removed without the lot of us guessing.

I don't see anything wrong with the registry file itself that you posted. I do have a question and it is what registry cleaning program were you using that removed so many of from what I can determine valid references? Sure some of the listings with @="" point to nothing, however some of them shouldn't be removed. Whatever registry cleaner it was removed references to some security programs you have or used to have installed which are: * anti-virus = Norton * anti-trojan = Trojan Hunter * anti-spyware = PepiMK Software is for Spybot Search & Destroy * anti-spyware/anti-malware = SpywareBlaster Try this: 1. Copy (don't move) that registry file to C:\ but don't put it in any folders, just put it into C:\ 2. Rename the registry file to a short name such as: restore.reg 3. Open the Registry Editor: Start > Run > Type in: regedit 4. With the Registry Editor open click: File > Import 5. Browse to C:\restore.reg and click OK when it displays a confirmation window. 6. Close the Registry Editor and restart Windows. When Windows starts up again see if any of the problems are fixed. Note: I still want to know what registry cleaning program you used!

I'll look at what you posted above when I get back from my Doctor's appointment.

Whatever, these two entries are required for CookieCop to work without them it won't function properly: 127.0.0.1 localhost 0.0.0.0 localhost Edit: Forgot these: 127.0.0.1 CookieCop 0.0.0.0 CookieCop

A quick or full format then reinstall would get rid of it, and of course everything else as well.

What defrag program are you using that would suggest such an absurd thing? We aren't in the day of Win9x anymore where you'd have to disable your antivirus scanner real-time protection in order for defrag to complete.

Looks like it's a common problem then. At least it can be fixed in a matter of seconds.

Since the issue isn't resolved you could send the developer MrG a PM and tell him about this thread.