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25-Jun-2008, 08:20 PM #1
Possible Virus Causing Long Boot Times
I'm trying to get help on this, and this forum looked as good as any, so I apologize if this is the wrong forum for this question.

I have been recently experiencing long boot times and have found the cause. Windows Vista's native Event Log says I have a driver that is slowing my boot time. Its name is "aaqi5ihu". It slows the boot by about 1 minute. It shows no extension, which I thought was a little odd. A Google search returned nothing. I also fully searched my PC (including non-indexed, hidden, and system files) and found no such file. Further viewing of the event log shows 10 recent (past 3 days) occurrences of an 8 random lettered, A starting, no extension, not appearing on Google or my system, and taking almost exactly 1 minute on startup drivers. I think I have a virus. I just performed a full-system "Thorough" scan (including archives) with Avast! and found nothing.

Any help on what this is or how to get rid of it would be amazing.

EDIT: Windows Vista Home Premium SP1, a recent installation of CommView for Wifi was flagged by AVG, but I ignored it since Avast! said nothing and it seems like legitimate software.

Last edited by crzftx : 25-Jun-2008 08:45 PM.
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07-Jul-2008, 06:07 PM #2
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Click here to download HJTInstall.exe
  • Save HJTInstall.exe to your desktop.
  • Doubleclick on the HJTInstall.exe icon on your desktop.
  • By default it will install to C:\Program Files\Trend Micro\HijackThis .
  • Click on Install.
  • It will create a HijackThis icon on the desktop.
  • Once installed, it will launch Hijackthis.
  • Click on the Do a system scan and save a logfile button. It will scan and the log should open in notepad.
  • Click on "Edit > Select All" then click on "Edit > Copy" to copy the entire contents of the log.
  • Come back here to this thread and Paste the log in your next reply.
  • DO NOT have Hijackthis fix anything yet. Most of what it finds will be harmless or even required.
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