Hello SMSwank,
PC Mighty Max is pretty close to being considered as rogue software. And always often difficult to get uninstalled. Are you sure it was included in a new Hewlett Packard system's pre-installed options? Post back on that, and let's see if we can get enough details to remove Mighty Max, as well as check everything else.
For Vista, be sure to right click - Run as Administrator any of the tool files we use here.
To keep them from interfering with the repairs, be sure to temporarily disable all antivirus/anti-spyware softwares while these steps are being completed. This can usually be done through right clicking the software's Taskbar icons, or accessing each software through Start - Programs.
Download
RSIT (random's system information tool) from
here to your desktop, then click on the
RSIT.exe to start the scan.
If necessary allow it to locate or download a copy of HijackThis as needed.
Once the scan completes a textbox will open - copy/paste those contents here for review please. The log can also be found at C:\rsit\log.txt.
RSIT will also create a second log, info.txt, which will be minimized to your taskbar. Post that here as well please (it will also be stored at C:\rsit\info.txt).
You can break logs into parts and use separate posts here when replying and posting the log files, if needed.