Infection: PUM.Hijack.StartMenu

[sbuxman]

I posted the below in the Intensive Care Unit and apparently, though inadvertently, crossed a line. I'm so sorry.


Hewlett-Packard Presario CQ62 Notebook PC
Notebook
Win7 Home Premium
2.20 gigahertz AMD V120
128 kilobyte primary memory cache
512 kilobyte secondary memory cache
64-bit ready
764 Megabytes Usable Installed Memory
Slot 'Bottom - Slot 1 (top)' is Empty
Slot 'Bottom - Slot 2 (under)' has 1024 MB
249.84 Gigabytes Usable Hard Drive Capacity


I ran Malwarebytes due to suspicious slowness and got the uploaded text document identifying the subject malware. I selected removal when offered the option.

Is this infection a bad one...should I do more? I want to install more memory, but might opt to wait until I have a clean system.

May I please have some advice, when convenient?

Thanks as always,

sbuxman

If the upload doesn't work, here is the contents of the malwarebytes scan in a .txt document"


Malwarebytes Anti-Malware 1.61.0.1400
www.malwarebytes.org

Database version: v2012.05.26.06

Windows 7 x64 NTFS
Internet Explorer 8.0.7600.16385
Owner :: OWNER-PC [administrator]

5/26/2012 4:06:29 PM
mbam-log-2012-05-26 (16-13-01).txt

Scan type: Quick scan
Scan options enabled: Memory | Startup | Registry | File System | Heuristics/Extra | Heuristics/Shuriken | PUP | PUM
Scan options disabled: P2P
Objects scanned: 213001
Time elapsed: 4 minute(s), 26 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: 1
HKCU\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\Advanced|Start_ShowSearch (PUM.Hijack.StartMenu) -> Bad: (0) Good: (1) -> No action taken.

Folders Detected: 0
(No malicious items detected)

Files Detected: 0
(No malicious items detected)

(end)

[fink]

Pls see your original thread in the intensive care forum. I will close this one.

tnks