Go to Add/Remove Programs in your Control Panel and remove Viewpoint (or View Point Manager).

Follow the instructions given here:...

Follow the recommendations and instructions in my signature block below and then post the HijackThis and Ewido logs here in this thread.

Internet :)

Glad you understand it.

And thanks for the rep, but until you have at least 11 points yourself, it doesn't actually 'add' to (or subtract from) anyone's score, but they do know you appreciated the...

New link for the story:
http://www.totalillusions.net/forum/index.php?showtopic=328&st=0

(The other one seems to have disintegrated... do you suppose bitchchecker had anything to do with that???)

Please do not discuss the use of illegal file-sharing here, it is against the forum rules:
http://www.daniweb.com/techtalkforums/faq.php?faq=daniweb_faq

It'll come pre-installed, but it will be on the hard drive, not on the motherboard :)

They used to include a recovery CD; hopefully they still do that.

When you maximize the window, as Zeroth suggested, instead of using the X to exit, go to File, and select Close; the next time you open IE, it should come up full-screen.

So have you tried System Restore yet?

Zeroth, to expand a bit on what Catweazle said here, instead of closing popups with the X (which some use to 'execute'), right-click on the ad and select Close; this may help prevent some of the...

Isn't this the one where Catweazle suggested you remove/reinstall Acrobat and you ended up reformatting? (http://www.daniweb.com/techtalkforums/showthread.php?t=19634&page=2&pp=15)

Here's the one...

I think this would be best in the Windows Software forum, so I've moved it accordingly; if anyone thinks it would be better off elsewhere, PM myself, or another moderator, and we'll consider it.

I...

Go to this thread:

http://www.daniweb.com/techtalkforums/thread5690.html

1.) Download and install, Ad-Aware SE. In addition to the default settings, check these and make any necessary...

That's interesting... I wonder if Nero or Microsoft are aware of this problem... :confused:

Glad you got it figured out and thanks for letting us know what it was in case it comes up again :)
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Anyone even thinking about playing around with the registry should first back it up. Here are the instructions for doing so:
http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?kbid=322756#2

Is this what you're looking for?
http://www.theregister.co.uk/2004/09/02/winxpsp2_security_review/

I don't think this one will answer your question, but you may find it interesting anyway:...

You didn't need to uninstall SP2 because of this, you just need to disable the XP firewall as McAffe (as well as most others) is better anyway. The XP firewall is better then nothing for those that...

Hey aulakh, welcome to DaniWeb! :) I hate to be the one to tell you this, but there is a notice at the top of this forum requesting that all hijackthis logs be posted in the Security forum as this...

Almost everything in that log is important! But there are a few things that aren't. Before you fix anything with HJT, however, it should not be run from your desktop, it should be in it's own...

Happy it helped you echoman, hope it works for whiskeyjar as well.

Before deciding whether or not to upgrade to SP2, review this thread:
http://www.daniweb.com/techtalkforums/thread10031.html

You should try to make sure you don't have any viruses or spyware...

Download Ad-Aware from here:
http://www.download.com/3120-20-0.html?qt=adaware&tg=dl-2001

And Spybot - Search and Destroy from here:
http://www.download.com/3120-20-0.html?qt=spybot&tg=dl-2001
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Service Pack 2 (SP2) for Windows XP is a recommended upgrade that fixes many issues (mainly security related). It includes all of the Critical Updates that have been issued since Windows XP was...