sorry i've been gone for so long from this website, but my new laptop idk what happened got some sorta virus/trojan idk. I run spysweeper, nav, zonealarm. I installed spybot today from...

check out this page of daniweb http://www.daniweb.com/techtalkforums/showthread.php?t=44210&highlight=aim+virus

it gives instructions and the tools needed to get rid of the virus.
Basically all...

Have you ran any defrag programs for your hard drive? Have you used the chkdsk command to see if your hard drive has errors/bad sectors? If your sure your spyware free than it may be hardware related...

http://www.softpedia.com/get/Antivirus/AIM-Fix.shtml

I, like many others, here at daniweb arent looking for compensation for our work, we just do it out of the goodness of our hearts, although your offer for some form of payment is generous.

Lets...

Yeah with that directory, it really sounds like it was installed to be run off of the network. We do that too at my work, and it is terrible because if the servers are down, they cant even do...

It sounds like your office suite was installed to be run over the network/ off of your works server meaning that its probably not actually installed on your machine. I could be wrong, but it sounds...

You should still put up a hijack this log on here because you are obviously infected by one thing, and you have a likely chance that you are infected by even more you dont know of.

If you do a quick search of the forum, i posted a solution to this problem a few weeks ago. It will only work if you are on a windows pc though.

Try using a different restore date that is further back. I too have had this problem, but once i try a different restore date it works fine.

question: if you know all your computers are loosing connection, why would you think that it was one causing it?

I would love for my isp to come to the back of my house and check the little box...

I'm sorry, but zonealarm is not only a firewall program, it is a firewall, antivirus, and spyware all in one. Check out my image i uploaded. There are two versions of zonealarm one is just the...

im pretty sure its running isnt "O4 - HKLM\..\Run: [Zone Labs Client] C:\Program Files\Zone Labs\ZoneAlarm\zlclient.exe" it?

Do you think everything is in the clear now for my computer?

Logfile of HijackThis v1.99.1
Scan saved at 2:19:29 PM, on 1/21/2006
Platform: Windows XP SP2 (WinNT 5.01.2600)
MSIE: Internet Explorer v7.00 (7.00.5112.0000)

Running processes:...

I typed what you said but unfortunatly i do not see any thing on port 80/81. I may not be reading this right so i attached a picture of what i see of the command prompt.

Thanks again for being so...

I always wondered that as well, but i think i know the proxy 127.0.0.1:81 exists. I think it is a part of zonealarms firewall. Every computer that i install it on it shows up in and its called a...

Thanks for the reply. I do run adaware and spybot daily, if not more than once a day, and i never get anything more than a few cookies from normal surfing. I ran hijackthis and here is my log:

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I've been getting this message as zone alarm asks to allow or deny this ip address from sending email from my computer. I have been using Azureus to download the new Mandrake distro and my download...

well this is interesting because your computer is not seeing the outside world. Something may be wrong with your modem or it could be software related. You can try a windows xp repair. This is done...

http://www.emsisoft.com/en/

This is the program i was looking for...it should do the job and its free. All you have to do is quickly register (they send you a password in the email.) im running it...

....hmmm i just tried this program again after downloading it and its not free anymore...but it seams that after i visited the links you provided there is a severe installed on my computer now called...

im really not an expert at this kindof stuff in anyway...but maybe if you install the google toolbar it can block some of your popups...this obviously wont stop the browser redirection tho...
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what anti spyware programs have you run...try them all...also disconnect from the internet...pull the modem cable or ethernet cable out of the back of your computer before you start running the anti...

well i think you may have answered this one yourself...dont use the proxy! It may not be letting you in...just go with no proxy...there is no reason to go through a proxy anyways if you arent doing...

I forgot to ask...can you browse with firefox? This tell us a lot thanks!

my guess is some setting is messed up in internet explorer...try resetting them all back to defaults...you are on dial up? Who do you use? Also, try clearing your dns ...To clear your cache, type in...

http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;822334

this link has your problem listed, try what it says and see if you can fix it...apparently its a bug in windows

ive found something that may help you ... it seems that many people have this problem but no one knows how to fix it! heres a link that 2 people had your problem and they got their computer running...

ok i just searched something and here is a link with somebody having the same problem...it is a virus, specifically Backdoor.Haxdoor and Trojan Click...he said he got AVG anti virus and it got rid of...

If the machine is windows xp just try and preform a system restore to an earlier point when it ran good.
Start -> All Programs -> Accessories -> System Tools -> System Restore