You need to run the Registry Editor (regedit.exe) to gain access to those items, but there are a couple of "fix" files available for this problem which will save you the hassle (and potential danger)...

Hello from two years ago! :icon_mrgreen:
I haven't actually been active here in quite a while, but I still get notified about threads that I was subscribed to at the time I left.

Glad you were...

There is no power supply on the hard drive itself, but if you mean the power connector, then the side of the cable which has the colored stripe along it would conventionally be nearest that...

Hey bobbyraw,

Just FYI: the post you quoted and responded to was posted 1 1/2 years ago; it's doubtful that that particular member (who is a different member than the latest poster) is still...

The order in which your computer looks for bootable media (Floppy disk, CD-ROM, Hard Drive) might need to be adjusted so that the machine boots from the CD drive first.

Here are the instructions...

You're welcome; glad we could help!

Yes, but you're still infected. Those two randomly-named .exe files that HJT found are just a couple of components of a larger malware infection, other pieces of which may still be active.

You...

That symptom could have a non-malicious cause, try this first:

* Open the Event Viewer utility in your Administrative Tools control panel and look through your System and Application logs for...

The basic steps to try:

** Note: Connect a computer to one of the router's wired Ethernet ports for the following.

1. Try connecting to the router by its default IP address instead of the URL...

The first thing you need to do is give us the exact make/model of the Ethernet card; once we have that info, we can probably find the correct driver for you.

Since your computer can't access the...

1) Please read the following Microsoft support article (especially the "Symptoms" section), which describes the particular CD/DVD drive problem we've mostly been dealing with in this thread:...

The skit was "Salad Days"; it was a spoof on both the musical "Salad Days" and on filmmaker Sam Peckinpah. In my version of "The Complete Monty Python's Flying Circus" DVD collection, it's episode...

That's a USB port. Some modems use USB instead of the traditional Ethernet ports; the expectation being (I assume) that the modem will be connected directly to a computer (no router in the picture)...

Glad I could help :)

It sounds as though you may be unfamiliar with the relationship between files and the filesystems on which they are created.

In your scenario, although technically it certainly is altered from...

Ahh- the plot thins... ;)

The info you posted is pretty much the classic list of symptoms that occur when you've reinstalled Windows from scratch but haven't then reinstalled the motherboard...

The xp_cd_dvd_fix.vbs file is only designed to fix one particular problem (a Registry conflict), whose main symptom is the "disappearing drive" phenomenon. While you might be experiencing the same...

You're welcome- glad we could help. :)

Yes- the "disappearing" CD/DVD issue also occurs with Windows 2000, and the xp_cd_dvd_fix script will fix it.

That's not totally unusual, but at least now your system is clean, so we don't have to worry about further complications caused by the infections.

Let's have a look at your Event Logs and see if...

Hi top.tucnak- welcome to DaniWeb!

Please read my previous post (directly above yours) regarding our reasons for asking members to start their own new thread when they have a malware problem they...

Sorry- I should have had you check to make sure that the service was disabled before we attempted to delete it. HijackThis can't delete a service if it is running. This should do the trick:

1....

Good job- except for one leftover, your log is clean now :)

Having you manually search for the 4 files and two folders was just a double-check to verify that they were really deleted by the...

Thanks for the new log. I see signs of at least 4 different adware/spyware infections in that log, so it might take a few passes to get them all removed. Please be patient, and follow any...

You're welcome- glad we could help :)

Since the issue is now resolved, could you please ckick the "Mark as Solved" link at the top of this thread? Thanks.

So, the plot thickens... joy.
Let's take a closer look at what's going on in your system. We aren't going to change/fix anything in the following procedure; we're just going to see if any obvious...

Oh- they're smoking something, alright.

Unfortunately though, we in the US have a history of passing laws which were seemingly written in a drug-induced haze. Just look at paraniod and...

Well, that question does point up one of the absurdities of trying to force one government's "morality" on a meta-national structure like the Internet, doesn't it?

I'd try:

1. Opening the case again and double-checking that all cards/cables/etc. are properly and firmly inserted.

2. Updating the drivers for the network card(s); because of the reinstall,...

Why- you celebrate, of course.... http://www.stevewolfonline.com/Downloads/DMR/Visuals/Smilies/party.gif

SmitfraudFix looks to have done its job, and your latest HijackThis log is clean. :)
...

If this law passes, you, as the owner of Daniweb, would be breaking the law by not reporting certain crimes. :sad:

Yes it is, yes it does, yes it does, yes they have, and yes it has. :mrgreen:
Some of the OSS firmwares have added useful features to the Linksii as well...

A strange, but very interesting,...

If the implications weren't so truly frightening, I'd be LMAO:

http://news.com.com/SenatorIllegalimagesmustbereported/2100-1028_3-6142332.html?tag=nefd.lede

From the article:

Millions of...

Let's get AOL out of the picture for a few moments: Close down the AOL browser entirely, fire up Internet Explorer, and enter Yahoo through IE.
Do you experience the same problems as you do when...

We're not done yet- many of the infections were cleaned, and the symptom may have been removed, but pieces of the nastiest one (a Smitfraud/SpySheriff variant) are still active.

This is normal,...

Hi shelli- welcome to DaniWeb :)

If you can give us as much detail on the problem as possible, the forum moderators will have a better idea of which of our forums your question should be moved to...

Maybe not, but unfortunately that has little (if any) bearing on how IE7 might behave.

Not necessarilly, but this might yield us some helpful clues:

Open the Event Viewer utility in your...

Have you tried adjusting the horizontal and vertical size settings on the monitor itself?

Hi zhen87- welcome to DaniWeb :)

The HijackThis log you posted definitely shows that you have infections, but the version of HijackThis that you are using is extremely out-of-date and therefore...

"Nasties" may be responsible, but given your description, they wouldn't be my first suspicion. We can check out the possibility, though.

Before we head in that direction: Does this only happen...