P.S. UPDATE:
1. I have now managed to run MalwareBytes Anti-Malware. It took a fair (c. 5 hours?) while to run (including the ext HD) but here are the results:
Malwarebytes Anti-Malware 1.75.0.1300
www.malwarebytes.org
Database version: v2013.08.08.04
Windows XP Service Pack 3 x86 NTFS
Internet Explorer 8.0.6001.18702
Xxxx :: Xxxx08 [administrator]
08/Aug/2013 13:26:33
mbam-log-2013-08-08 (13-26-33).txt
Scan type: Full scan (C:\|E:\|)
Scan options enabled: Memory | Startup | Registry | File System | Heuristics/Extra | Heuristics/Shuriken | PUP | PUM
Scan options disabled: P2P
Objects scanned: 855412
Time elapsed: 4 hour(s), 58 minute(s), 4 second(s)
Memory Processes Detected: 0
(No malicious items detected)
Memory Modules Detected: 0
(No malicious items detected)
Registry Keys Detected: 0
(No malicious items detected)
Registry Values Detected: 0
(No malicious items detected)
Registry Data Items Detected: 0
(No malicious items detected)
Folders Detected: 0
(No malicious items detected)
Files Detected: 0
(No malicious items detected)
(end)
2.
After doing the above scan the whole PC seemed to become v sluggish even with nothing open. Nonethless I tried to Install TDSSKILLER. This rather worrying screen then appeared. So after about 10 minutes I got worried and killed the window and rebooted the (WinXP) PC. I had a look in the Control Panel to check that nothing had been installed... And then I tried running TDSSKILLER again. But again the same rather worrying looking screen has appeared. I should explain that withing the window there is a flashing cursor pinging around at very high speed randomly all over the blank area of the window. From within Windows Task Manager I can see that that the CPU usage is bouncing around at about 50-60% so it definitely is doing *something*... Should I just let it run or what? And if so how long should I give it before killing it - esp given that I still have the external HD attached?
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Hi
SUMMARY
I have just finished a huge battle fighting Web Cake 3.0 on my other PC (which is Windows 7).
Given that I had been synchronizing data between the two PCs almost every day, I now need to make sure that this PC (a Windows XP Pro laptop) has not become infected with anything.
During the of cleaning up my Win7 PC I also came across several trojans lurking in my archived Outlook .PST files.
BACKGROUND
I was running MSE as my antiviral software. However I saw MSE has been getting terrible reviews so I uninstalled it and installed BitDefender Internet Security. BitDefender has found a LOT of things. However it complains about several (over 100) Zip files which it says are password protected, even though most of them are not PW protected.
I have run a few things (e.g. AdwCleaner, MalwareBytes Anti-malware) but I cant now remember what!
What precautionary steps should I take on this PC now?
Btw, I also have a 1GB external HD which I was using for all my archiving and backups. I'm now feeling a bit of a fool because if the possible infection rendering it useless... BitDefender took about 2 days to scan it and found lots of things (about 500) in the archived .PST files so I have simply deleted all of them from the external HD, but I need to keep the archives of my other documents on it. What scans should I run over it?
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