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Yes, I've done exactly as you've said. I'm not electing just the volume. I've selected to erase the device and still the volume will popup after erasing the entire device. I know yall think I'm nuts, but I've done all of this. I cannot clean this. And yes, I understand that after adding...

Right, but it's the size and what's in the folders that concerns me. When I compare what's in them to what's on my install CD, I have many many more files. For example, on the cd, /usr/bin is 8 MB, mine is 122.4 MB. A huge difference! CD's /usr/bin has arch, atlookup, etc. Mine has a2p...

My hardware test results showed everything was normal, so that's good news. I still think I have some kind of malware. After a supposed clean install, I have folders and files that I don't think come with OS X. /usr/bin 122.4 MB /usr/lib...

I have an intel mac mini 10.4.5. I'll do the hardware test and let you know the results. Thanks!

No, I haven't tried that. Is it free? Sorry to sound so cheap, but I spent a fortune trying to repair the damage a hacker and a rootkit caused on Windows, then finally gave up and bought a Mac. But I have used Drive Genius. I can't really access my drive with it, but it does show 4...

Thanks Kees. I'll give this a try. If the drive is locked, how would I unlock it?

Sorry to be a pest, but I'm still having problems. I'm still unable to update Safari. And why is safari-gatekeeper.plist in /system/library/privateframeworks/diskimages.framework/versions/a/resources/agent.defaults? Can someone please explain what it means? Hopefully there aren't any...

Also, is there somewhere that I can download the Safari update? I've tried to download it, but I can't find it apart from the Tiger 10.4.11 update, which I haven't had any luck installing. Again, thanks for all of your help. Merry Christmas to all! And Happy Holidays to those of you who may...

Ok, I'm sure I'm suspicious of the wrong files........I'm suspicious of everything right now. I just did the update which takes forever and after reboot I get so many error messages that I have to put in my install CD to reinstall, or archive and install. Of course the errors that I see aren't...

Well, after overwriting 35 times, those files immediately reappeared, leaving me again suspicious that I have a virus that is not allowing the disk to be overwritten, only re-installing itself. I'm not extremely knowledgable, so correct me if I'm wrong, but can't OS X be saved on a partition...

Thanks......I'll give that a try and let you know the results.

I've partitioned the disk, and zero's the disk, but I can still see my files still there, so it's only faking that it's partitioning and zeroing. This is why I think I have a virus, because it's not going away, and pretending to overwrite files, but not really overwriting them. I have 2...

I've done that over and over.

I posted earlier because I thought I had a virus, but no one else seems to think so. However, everything has gone to hell, and I still can't resolve my problems. I've tried several times, unsuccessfully, to do a clean install. I've zero'd the disk, but still have some unremovable files. No...

I'm about to pull my hair out!! Things just keep getting worse, so I decided to just wipe the slate clean and reinstall. I've done it twice now, zero'd the disk 7 times over, including free space, and it's reinstalling everything like it was, including my old cache. The update log that I...

So it's normal that it keeps wanting to update Java and Quicktime, although I installed these updates the day before, and the day before, and the day before........ And yes, I did read the article. And although I haven't been searching for any "less-than-flattering pictures of Britney...

I forgot to post this log-- I don't know what it means, but maybe someone can tell me if it's normal. Why are there 4 lo0? What is gif0*? Why are there 2 en0? Backing up NetInfo data Checking subsystem status: disks: Filesystem 1K-blocks Used Avail Capacity Mounted on...

I'm not sure that all of my problems have been resolved. Today my mail asked if I wanted to apply the old passwords to my keychain since I'd updated mail, but I hadn't updated mail. However, since I last posted, automatic update keeps telling me that I need to update Java and Quicktime. I've...

Not since yesterday when I was finally able to update my router. Everything seems fine now. It's all running faster..... system and internet. Haven't had any crashes or hung apps. I was getting a lot of that before. Thanks for taking time out to help. Don't know exactly what it was, but it...

I finally was able to update using OpenDNS.com, and now I get the message "no crontab for root", and scutil shows the open DNS addresses. Before, I got the message that I had to log in as root, or something to that affect, even thought I ran it with sudo. But I'm still not sure everything is...