I found the problem.....
Somewhere in this computer there is a setting that MAKES the user right click on the I.E. icon and choose RUN AS ADMINISTRATOR.
How do I turn that off ? I just want to...

Hi Daniweb family !!!
I have an Acer Aspire 4520 with Vista Home Premium and 2GB of RAM.
The Internet Explorer just quit working. When I click on the icon to start it, nothing at all happends. I...

I tried twice to install UBCD4WIN. Niether time did it install right. I went http://www.hitachigst.com/hdd/support/download.htm
and I selected "CD IMAGE", made a bootup disc and that fixed the hard...

I just got the discs in today. One Operating System CD disc and one driver recovery disc. I will try the above suggestion when I get off work tonight at about 12 midnight. Thanks for all your...

I have ordered an Installation CD from HP, Compaq and I should recieve it by Tuesday. When I get it, I will run the "repair" console and I will let ya know how it came out. I don't have a "boot cd"....

Hi to my great family at Daniweb !
I have a HP Compaq nx9010 laptop with Windows XP on it.
It was loaded down with viruses, trogans etc...
I downloaded Malwarebytes and installed it.
I began...

I was able to recover the sysytem by using the dvd disc. All is well now. Thank you all for your input and thanks again to Daniweb for being here for us !!!

I came across 2 "recovery" dvd's that were made after the computer was first brought home and 12 cd's that were back ups. I hope I can make a "repair" and not have to wipe out the hard drive. What do...

I have to go into work early today, but I will look when I get home tonite for the disks.. Thanks for working with me !

Since the monitor shows the screen saver and the BIOS pages, it wouldn't be a monitor issue, right ???

I hit F11, to go into the recovery mode, and that didn't even work. I got the same results.....black screen, with a currsor on it. After a while, the screen saver comes on.

Here are the ones I tried to get into:
repair your computer
safe mode
safe mode with networking
safe mode with comand prompt
enable low-resolution video(640X480)
Last known good...

Update:
I can get into the SAFE MODE page.
Here are my choices on that page:
repair your computer
safe mode
safe mode with networking
safe mode with comand prompt
enable boot logging
enable...

Can't boot to Safe mode. I can only get into the BIOS.
Thanks for your reply.

Hi to my Family at DanniWeb !!
I have a Compaq Pesario SR5610F, Vista home, 320GB hard drive, AMD Athlon X2 4800 Dual-core processor.
It had a trogan or 2 on it and a friend tried to load Avast on...

Cool ! Thank the both of you for working with me ! The computer runs just fine ! And, thanks to Daniweb for supplying this site !!!

She's runnin good !!!
What is this.....
Open Device Manager and on the VIEW Tab, select the Show hidden devices option.
Go down to non plug and play drivers and see if there is one called TDSSserv...

Dear Mr Crunchie Sir.......your wisdom never stops amazing me !
Here are the 2 logs you requested.
I clean machines for people at work and I tried to run Combofix as a last results, my bad, I'm...

Hi to my great family at Daniweb !!
I have a HP Pavilion a1250n, Windows XP, SP3
I have Spyware Guard 2008 on it and have tried all I know to do to get it off my computer. When I try to run...

My bad, again !
I found the Java site and downloaded the Java 6-10 update. I went into Add/Remove programs and it said that I already had Java 6-10 update and no other Java was installed. I went...

Hi again Judy !
O23 - Service: ZDHNGI - Sysinternals - www.sysinternals.com - C:\DOCUME~1\Penny\LOCALS~1\Temp\ZDHNGI.exe
belongs to Rootkit Revealer, that program that we were discussing earlier....

My bad Judy !
I didn't realize I was in SAFE MODE.......it's been a looooooooooooong day !
Here is the HijackThis log.
Logfile of Trend Micro HijackThis v2.0.2
Scan saved at 01:48:55, on...

Hi again Judy !
Here are the logs you requested.
Malwarebytes' Anti-Malware 1.30
Database version: 1306
Windows 5.1.2600 Service Pack 3

11/8/2008 6:30:55 PM
mbam-log-2008-11-08 (18-30-55).txt...

Hi Judy,
Thanks for your reply !!!
I'm working on the logs now . I can't seem to figure out how to copy the Rootkit Revlealer log. If I can't get it copied, I'll type it all out. Please be patient...

Thanks for the reply jholland1964 !!!!
This computer, a Emachine W3050, already has/had ZoneAlarm and Avast on it. It also had/has Spyware Blast on it.
I use Malwarebytes to clean with but I...

Hi to all my family at DaniWeb !!!!
A friend asked me the other day " What's the BEST all around antispyware,antitrogan,anti malware, anti everything that money can buy ? I told him that Avast and...

Thank you again Sir for your wisdom !!!
I am switching to Comodo+defence!

and, could you use it with Avast Antivirus ?

Mr. Crunchie Sir, I just read about the new Comodo Internet Security
http://www.downloadsquad.com/2008/10/30/free-comodo-internet-security-is-here-screenshot-tour/
Please tell me what ya think...

I will close this since Crunchie is very busy.
Thanks again Mr Crunchie Sir !!!!!!!!!

YES !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
That did it ! It must have been that ROOT KIT, that no other program could find.
This computer works perfect ! Avast updated instantly when I rebooted, I can go to avast and...

Ok, Mr Crunchie Sir.,
Here are the logs ya wanted. It looks like it found stuff that no other programs could find.
ComboFix 08-10-25.01 - Penny 2008-10-26 23:32:31.2 - NTFSx86
Microsoft Windows XP...

It wouldn't let me go to those sights to download CF so I am downloading it to my other computer and transfer it by way of thumb drives, to the desktop of the non working machine. I'll send logs when...

I went ahead and installed Internet Explorer 7. When it came time for me to choose a " Search provider " I tried choosing Google but it wouldn't let me. It kept saying that " The search provider...

Brother Crunchie Sir ,
Thanks for your reply and wisdom !
I removed the old Java, and installed the latest and greatest.
I downloaded Hostsexpert and ran it. It took half a second and was done....

Hello to my family at DaniWeb !!!
I have a Emachine W3050,Windows Home Edition, SP2
The computer has "connecting problems and I'm not sure if it is a virus that is causing the problem.
The...

Mr. Crunchie Sir, thanks again ! I did as you suggested and it seems to be just fine ! Thanks a million.
nsindian, I've been having too many problems with AVG and have now switched to...

Thank you both for your replies !!!!!!!
I will try this when I get home from work tonight. We are working alot of overtime right now.
Thanks again !

Hello to all the good folks at DaniWeb !!!!
I have a Toshiba laptop with Windows XP Home Edition on it.
I went to install AVG 8. and a warning poped up telling me that there was already another...

Yes Sir. I have it set to "automatically detect settings". I've hit "repair" 10 thousand times it seems. It's set to NOT dial a connection.
I can unplug the ethernet cable and plug it into another...