Forum: Viruses, Spyware and other Nasties 7 Hours Ago |
| Replies: 4 Views: 65 Ok, thanks for the info. #1...Under NO circumstances use a registry cleaner. #2. Because you used System Restore this likely will make removal of whatever this is much harder. Next time, and I hope... |
Forum: Viruses, Spyware and other Nasties 10 Hours Ago |
| Replies: 4 Views: 65 We need more info than what your thread title tells us or the HJT log for that matter. Please be more specific. |
Forum: Viruses, Spyware and other Nasties 13 Hours Ago |
| Replies: 5 Views: 191 The one I use is Avira Free (http://www.free-av.com/), an excellent free anti-virus program, doesn't have a lot of extra junk in it. Avast (http://www.avast.com/eng/download-avast-home.html)is also... |
Forum: Viruses, Spyware and other Nasties 14 Hours Ago |
| Replies: 5 Views: 191 One thing I see which is unnecessary is the PeerGuardian program. This is a firewall for P2P programming mainly. You are running Norton 360 which also contains a firewall, so that means you have TWO... |
Forum: Viruses, Spyware and other Nasties 1 Day Ago |
| Replies: 1 Views: 223 We need more information than just a HiJackThis log. What problems were you experiencing which caused you to run HJT in the first place? What OTHER steps have you taken? |
Forum: Viruses, Spyware and other Nasties 1 Day Ago |
| Replies: 2 Views: 101 First of all, please roll back to Internet Explorer 7. There is no need for Internet Explorer 8 and many people not running Vista have had major problems with it. To do this go to Add/Remove and... |
Forum: Viruses, Spyware and other Nasties 1 Day Ago |
| Replies: 1 Views: 103 This thread is a double post. Help is being given to the poster in THIS THREAD (http://www.daniweb.com/forums/thread235425.html) |
Forum: Viruses, Spyware and other Nasties 1 Day Ago |
| Replies: 5 Views: 191 Hi and welcome to daniweb.
#1. Get rid of the uTorrent Programs. This is violation of forum rules.
#2. Please do the following:
Follow steps 2 through 9 found HERE... |
Forum: Viruses, Spyware and other Nasties 1 Day Ago |
| Replies: 5 Views: 254 Have to step in here. Using uTorrent or P2P programs is MOST DEFINITELY something we DO NOT CONDONE or recommend here and is a VIOLATION of FORUM RULES...KEEP IT LEGAL... |
Forum: Viruses, Spyware and other Nasties 12 Days Ago |
| Replies: 38 Views: 1,960 Sorry, but I firmly believe the cause of your slow downs is the fact that the hard drive is 85% full. We know absolutely that the computer is NOT infected so it cannot be infection causing the slow... |
Forum: Viruses, Spyware and other Nasties 14 Days Ago |
| Replies: 20 Views: 944 If you are satisfied then mark the thread solved |
Forum: Viruses, Spyware and other Nasties 14 Days Ago |
| Replies: 20 Views: 1,305 vallsf, you need to begin your own thread giving all information about your system, your anti-virus program and steps you have taken to remove the problem. Then somebody will help you. We only help... |
Forum: Viruses, Spyware and other Nasties 15 Days Ago |
| Replies: 1 Views: 337 We need a lot more information that you have given. What is your operating system? What is your anti-virus program? How do you know this is an "msn virus"?
Do the following: With ALL browsers, chat... |
Forum: Viruses, Spyware and other Nasties 16 Days Ago |
| Replies: 1 Views: 218 Hi welcome back...:(
When you say you reinstalled XP I presume you mean you formatted the computer and installed XP, correct? When you reformat you wipe the drive, meaning EVERYTHING has to be... |
Forum: Viruses, Spyware and other Nasties 16 Days Ago |
| Replies: 15 Views: 626 Have asked PhilliePhan to take a look at his one and see what he thinks. |
Forum: Viruses, Spyware and other Nasties 16 Days Ago |
| Replies: 40 Views: 3,038 Of course I think System Restore itself is so mis-understood anyway. So many seem to think it is the "end all and be all" of fixing, when in reality many times it does more harm than good. It doesn't... |
Forum: Viruses, Spyware and other Nasties 16 Days Ago |
| Replies: 40 Views: 3,038 I know there ARE forums which tell people to turn it off, guess I should have worded it that MY feeling is that it should be left on because of..the "infected point better than none at all" argument.... |
Forum: Viruses, Spyware and other Nasties 16 Days Ago |
| Replies: 5 Views: 375 Wouldn't recommend that yet...we need LOTS more info. To have a computer go back...4 operating systems by itself is really almost unheard of so using system restore may not be an option, there was no... |
Forum: Viruses, Spyware and other Nasties 16 Days Ago |
| Replies: 1 Views: 503 HOW did you "get around" Windows Police Pro? There ARE definite steps to take to remove this but you don't say how you did this for certain and running Ad-Aware is definitely NOT one of them. You... |
Forum: Viruses, Spyware and other Nasties 16 Days Ago |
| Replies: 5 Views: 375 Not certain how XP Pro could revert back to Windows 95. Did you install XP Pro ON TOP of Windows 95 when you first installed it? If so WHEN did you do this? |
Forum: Viruses, Spyware and other Nasties 16 Days Ago |
| Replies: 40 Views: 3,038 System Restore is NOT going to remove an infection or ANY program for that matter. What it likely would do is remove the "notation" of the program or infection making it that much harder to find and... |
Forum: Viruses, Spyware and other Nasties 17 Days Ago |
| Replies: 5 Views: 2,614 This thread is nearly a year old. You need to create your own thread and give much more information than you have given here. Did the computer connect previously using broadband or is this a NEW... |
Forum: Viruses, Spyware and other Nasties 18 Days Ago |
| Replies: 1 Views: 298 Please download Malwarebytes' Anti-Malware (MBA-M) (http://www.download.com/Malwarebytes-Anti-Malware/3000-8022_4-10804572.html) to your Desktop.
* DoubleClick mbam-setup.exe and follow... |
Forum: Viruses, Spyware and other Nasties 18 Days Ago |
| Replies: 15 Views: 626 Try this suggestion from the MBA-M forums;
If you already have MBAM installed on your computer.
Please navigate to the MBAM folder located in the Program Files directory.
Locate MBAM.exe and... |
Forum: Viruses, Spyware and other Nasties 18 Days Ago |
| Replies: 20 Views: 944 I'm going to say trust PP here and agree that it looks good.
Let's do it this way, since MBA-M was the program that kept catching and removing this why don't you update MBA-M and do another full... |
Forum: Viruses, Spyware and other Nasties 18 Days Ago |
| Replies: 20 Views: 944 Now for the original poster Micah, I asked PhilliePhan one of our experts with combofix to take a look at the log. Here is his suggestion:
Run SysProt AntiRootkit 1.0.1.0 download from here:... |
Forum: Viruses, Spyware and other Nasties 18 Days Ago |
| Replies: 20 Views: 944 I would STRONGLY advise that you NOT run combofix at this time. We need to see scan logs from ALL other scans run AND a HiJackThis scan log also before that determination can be made.
Please DO... |
Forum: Viruses, Spyware and other Nasties 18 Days Ago |
| Replies: 20 Views: 944 As you can see this log is very complicated, as it is supposed to be. Give me some time and I will get back with you on other steps.
Meanwhile here is the link for the IE Tab for Firefox... |
Forum: Viruses, Spyware and other Nasties 19 Days Ago |
| Replies: 20 Views: 944 Sounds like you have a rootkit on there. That's why it keeps coming back.
Do this: Now you can read full instructions for this tool if you wish on... |
Forum: Viruses, Spyware and other Nasties 19 Days Ago |
| Replies: 20 Views: 944 Is this vundo trojan the one that keeps coming back? You know you can get an IE plug in for Firefox, works fine. |
Forum: Viruses, Spyware and other Nasties 19 Days Ago |
| Replies: 1 Views: 260 Generally a speedhack doesn't come onto the computer by itself, it would have to be installed by somebody. There are a wide range of programs used for this and it can also be done manually. You need... |
Forum: Viruses, Spyware and other Nasties 19 Days Ago |
| Replies: 20 Views: 944 Did you all ready run the MBA-M program? If so post the log here. We still don't know the NAME of the trojans which are being found, and this is an important thing for us to find out. Sometimes... |
Forum: Viruses, Spyware and other Nasties 19 Days Ago |
| Replies: 3 Views: 626 It is NEVER advisable to use combofix without running other tools first. Combofix is a very powerful tool and used only in specific situations and then only should be used when those circumstances... |
Forum: Viruses, Spyware and other Nasties 20 Days Ago |
| Replies: 20 Views: 944 Update MBA-M and do a FULL SCAN with it. Have it remove everything found.
Reboot the computer. Then do the following:
Run the ESET Online Scanner (http://www.eset.com/onlinescan/)
* You... |
Forum: Viruses, Spyware and other Nasties 21 Days Ago |
| Replies: 10 Views: 705 Is it possible that it is a connection problem as I don't really see anything in the logs though one thing I did notice are remainders of an old Norton program on there, don't know that these would... |
Forum: Viruses, Spyware and other Nasties 21 Days Ago |
| Replies: 10 Views: 705 Well you have a couple programs on there I am not familiar with...one is this one
C:\Program Files\Executor\ I have found virtually no information on this one so I cannot assess even what it may do... |
Forum: Viruses, Spyware and other Nasties 21 Days Ago |
| Replies: 10 Views: 705 Avast and Kaspersky are both anti-virus programs. You can only have ONE installed on the computer. Just go with Avast. |
Forum: Viruses, Spyware and other Nasties 22 Days Ago |
| Replies: 10 Views: 705 Actually depends on WHERE this file is located. csrss.exe can be a legitimate file IF located in C:\Windows\System32. It stands for Client Server Runtime.
This is a bit confusing, you say you want... |
Forum: Viruses, Spyware and other Nasties 23 Days Ago |
| Replies: 4 Views: 291 I will not nor cannot say the system is clean until I see logs. The choice is yours. If you feel it is clean mark this solved. |
Forum: Viruses, Spyware and other Nasties 23 Days Ago |
| Replies: 3 Views: 626 We have no way of knowing unless we see the log from the MBA-M scan and an HJT log to begin with. |