SSD space is disappearing. Troublshooted almost everything already.

karlsnooks said:

I feel like I'm talking to the wall.

Read the instructions I gave. You will see that should only be two programs still checked.

Post me a startup.txt file that so indicates.

Seriously? I'm not trying to be rude, but did you even read my post???

Here is what I said:

I deleted the faulty file and ran a QUICK SCAN. It took only a few minutes this time and nothing popped up when the scan finished. No log was created from the quick scan either. Only the previous log from the full scan still remains.

Here is the startup file as requested.

ZyngaGamesAgent, STCagent, and Adobebridge were all deselected from the startup menu, but it still defaults to being added in the startup lineup.

What's next?

karlsnooks said:

For the time-being, until we've found the fly in the ointment, then the uninstall of those programs is necessary.

They should not be "rechecking". Something is NOT correct with those programs.

Okay. I will uninstall them. The zyngagamesagent and STCagent came with Windows 7 when I installed it.

essenbe said:

i have the same motherboard. Zyagna games is from Asrock, and i had an extremely hard time deleting it. I really don't recall how I did it. It may be under Stardock or I went to program files and deleted it there, I really can't remember. I only remember that every time I deleted it, it returned next startup.

Ah, interesting. I looked at the folder they came from and found the program named as "Splashtop" under my programs list. I uninstalled it and it removed all of it. It appears it didn't come back. So, good news there.

karlsnooks said:

Good. After the uninstall, then post another startup.txt file. There is the possibility that a "friend" program is the guilty party. I hope not because that will be more problematic to run down.

Here it is. As requested.

No HKCU:Run Google Update "C:\Users\Steven\AppData\Local\Google\Update\GoogleUpdate.exe" /c
Yes HKLM:Run avast "C:\Program Files\AVAST Software\Avast\avastUI.exe" /nogui
Yes HKLM:Run Malwarebytes' Anti-Malware "C:\Program Files (x86)\Malwarebytes' Anti-Malware\mbamgui.exe" /starttray
No HKLM:Run Acrobat Assistant 8.0 "D:\Program Files\Acrobat 10.0\Acrobat\Acrotray.exe"
No HKLM:Run Adobe Acrobat Speed Launcher "D:\Program Files\Acrobat 10.0\Acrobat\Acrobat_sl.exe"
No HKLM:Run Adobe ARM "C:\Program Files (x86)\Common Files\Adobe\ARM\1.0\AdobeARM.exe"
No HKLM:Run AdobeAAMUpdater-1.0 "C:\Program Files (x86)\Common Files\Adobe\OOBE\PDApp\UWA\UpdaterStartupUtility.exe"
No HKLM:Run AdobeCS5.5ServiceManager "C:\Program Files (x86)\Common Files\Adobe\CS5.5ServiceManager\CS5.5ServiceManager.exe" -launchedbylogin
No HKLM:Run BCSSync "D:\Program Files\Microsoft Office\Office14\BCSSync.exe" /DelayServices
No HKLM:Run NBAgent "D:\Program Files\Nero 10\Nero BackItUp\NBAgent.exe" /WinStart
No HKLM:Run QuickTime Task "D:\Program Files\Quicktime\QTTask.exe" -atboottime
No HKLM:Run RtHDVCpl C:\Program Files\Realtek\Audio\HDA\RAVCpl64.exe -s
No HKLM:Run SmartViewAgent "C:\Program Files (x86)\DeviceVM\SmartView\SmartViewAgent.exe"
No HKLM:Run STCAgent "C:\Program Files (x86)\Splashtop\Splashtop Connect IE\STCAgent.exe"
No HKLM:Run SwitchBoard C:\Program Files (x86)\Common Files\Adobe\SwitchBoard\SwitchBoard.exe
No HKLM:Run XFastUsb C:\Program Files (x86)\XFastUsb\XFastUsb.exe
No HKLM:Run ZyngaGamesAgent "C:\Program Files (x86)\Splashtop\Splashtop Connect\ZyngaGamesAgent.exe"
No Startup Common WD Quick View.lnk C:\PROGRA~1\WESTER~1\WDSMAR~1\WDDMST~1.EXE