Forum: Viruses, Spyware and other Nasties  Mar 29th, 2008 |
| Replies: 9 Views: 1,863 Re: Win 32 trojan, please help!!!
Your Java is out of date. Older versions have vulnerabilities that malware can use to infect your system. Please follow these steps to remove older version Java components and update.
Download the... |
| Forum: Viruses, Spyware and other Nasties Mar 24th, 2008 |
| Replies: 50 Views: 6,231 Re: Cannot find server or DNS Error - please help!
Hi ere
Reset your System Restore using the following procedure
To turn off System Restore click Start > Right Click My Computer > Properties. Click the System Restore tab and Check "Turn off System... |
| Forum: Viruses, Spyware and other Nasties Mar 18th, 2008 |
| Replies: 9 Views: 1,863 Re: Win 32 trojan, please help!!!
Hi pydfc
Sorry for the delay in getting back to you, I've just become a Gran so have been at hospital the last few days :)
Open Spybot Search & Destroy and Click on Recovery from the menu on the... |
| Forum: Viruses, Spyware and other Nasties Mar 14th, 2008 |
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| Forum: Viruses, Spyware and other Nasties Mar 14th, 2008 |
| Replies: 50 Views: 6,231 Re: Cannot find server or DNS Error - please help!
No sounds as though Kaspersky site may have been busy or experiencing problems. If it still won't work try the following scan instead. You will still need to use IE Tab.
Please go to the following... |
| Forum: Viruses, Spyware and other Nasties Mar 13th, 2008 |
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| Forum: Viruses, Spyware and other Nasties Mar 12th, 2008 |
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| Forum: Viruses, Spyware and other Nasties Mar 12th, 2008 |
| Replies: 36 Views: 2,515 Re: help required
your very welcome pete it's no trouble. One last tip to improve speed would be to defragment the hard drive if it needs done. After all the activity we have put it through it probably would be... |
| Forum: Viruses, Spyware and other Nasties Mar 12th, 2008 |
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| Forum: Viruses, Spyware and other Nasties Mar 11th, 2008 |
| Replies: 36 Views: 2,515 Re: help required
click Start > Run and type services.msc
Scroll down to "DNS Client", Right-click and select: Properties
Click the drop-down arrow for "Startup type"
Select: Manual, or Disabled (recommended)... |
| Forum: Viruses, Spyware and other Nasties Mar 11th, 2008 |
| Replies: 36 Views: 2,515 Re: help required
No AdAware on it's own would not be enough in this era. AVG AntiSpyware is a good on demand scanner but can slow some systems down considerably. Although I wouldn't normally recommend uninstalling... |
| Forum: Viruses, Spyware and other Nasties Mar 10th, 2008 |
| Replies: 9 Views: 1,863 Re: Win 32 trojan, please help!!!
Hi pydfc
Sorry for the delay in getting back to you.
You will now see the option to boot to Recovery Console when you boot the PC. This would allow us to make repairs from the Recovery Console if... |
| Forum: Viruses, Spyware and other Nasties Mar 10th, 2008 |
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| Forum: Viruses, Spyware and other Nasties Mar 10th, 2008 |
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Hi pete
Sorry for the delay, that looks better now. To improve the speed we can try a few things
Both Windows Messenger and MSN Messenger are available via Start > All Programs, you can fix the... |
| Forum: Viruses, Spyware and other Nasties Mar 8th, 2008 |
| Replies: 1 Views: 2,136 Re: How to de-install ComboFix in Vista
Hi cb63303
The prompt to agree when you run ComboFix looks like 5345
You should also hear your system beep a couple of short beeps when this screen is displayed. Clicking No will uninstall... |
| Forum: Viruses, Spyware and other Nasties Mar 8th, 2008 |
| Replies: 6 Views: 661 Re: Buffer Overrun GOD DAMNIT!!!!!!!!
Hi xXxMikhailxXx
Before we continue cleaning the system I need a bit more info. Your logs are showing XP, what happened to the Vista install you mentioned? Is this the same machine? |
| Forum: Viruses, Spyware and other Nasties Mar 8th, 2008 |
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| Forum: Viruses, Spyware and other Nasties Mar 8th, 2008 |
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Hi pete
Those other entries came back as well. Please uninstall AdAware from Add/Remove Programs then delete the following Folder (if it still exists)
C:\Program Files\Lavasoft\Ad-Aware SE... |
| Forum: Viruses, Spyware and other Nasties Mar 7th, 2008 |
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| Forum: Viruses, Spyware and other Nasties Mar 6th, 2008 |
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| Forum: Viruses, Spyware and other Nasties Mar 6th, 2008 |
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Hi pete
You do have a lot of security programs, too many can cause problems.
Spyware Detector and SpywareTerminator were previously listed as Rogueware. Although now both de-listed I would... |
| Forum: Viruses, Spyware and other Nasties Mar 6th, 2008 |
| Replies: 35 Views: 5,611 Re: POS.tmp file and red X problem
Hi Serakus
As far as I can tell it looks like new infections. Ask your son if he has downloaded/installed anything. Also ask what type of sites he has been browsing... |
| Forum: Viruses, Spyware and other Nasties Mar 6th, 2008 |
| Replies: 36 Views: 2,515 Re: help required
Uninstalling and re-installing may help. You have adequate protection without AdWatch but let's check your settings first. Open AdWatch and make sure you have a 'red cross' next to Automatic and a... |
| Forum: Viruses, Spyware and other Nasties Mar 5th, 2008 |
| Replies: 36 Views: 2,515 Re: help required
Hi pete
I suspect one of your security programs is preventing those entries from being removed. Please boot to safe mode (by repeatedly tapping the F8 key until the menu appears) and fix these with... |
| Forum: Viruses, Spyware and other Nasties Mar 5th, 2008 |
| Replies: 36 Views: 2,515 Re: help required
Hi pete
XoftSpy was previously listed as a Rogue. Rogue or Suspect means that these products are of unknown, questionable, or dubious value as anti-spyware protection. While it has been de-listed... |
| Forum: Viruses, Spyware and other Nasties Mar 5th, 2008 |
| Replies: 36 Views: 2,515 Re: help required
Open HijackThis and click Open the Misc Tools section, under System Tools click Open uninstall manager... and click Save list. Save it to HijackThis directory and post the entire contents of... |
| Forum: Viruses, Spyware and other Nasties Mar 5th, 2008 |
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| Forum: Viruses, Spyware and other Nasties Mar 5th, 2008 |
| Replies: 36 Views: 2,515 Re: help required
Hi pete
Regarding your PM please post a new HijackThis log.
Please also download an updated version of ComboFix.exe from any of the links below, and save it to your desktop. (Remember to delete... |
| Forum: Viruses, Spyware and other Nasties Mar 5th, 2008 |
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| Forum: Viruses, Spyware and other Nasties Mar 5th, 2008 |
| Replies: 36 Views: 2,515 Re: help required
Hi pete
Yes it's ok your logs are clean. Kindly follow these simple steps in order to keep your computer clean and secure:
UNINSTALL COMBOFIX
This process will also perform some final cleanup... |
| Forum: Viruses, Spyware and other Nasties Mar 5th, 2008 |
| Replies: 5 Views: 1,605 Re: Fake Windows Security Message
Hi lob777
You're very welcome. Your logs are clean. Kindly follow these simple steps in order to keep your computer clean and secure:
UNINSTALL COMBOFIX
This process will also perform some... |
| Forum: Viruses, Spyware and other Nasties Mar 4th, 2008 |
| Replies: 5 Views: 1,570 Re: SYSVER 0xff00024 NT_Kernel error
Here are a couple of good articles that may help you to convince him
So how did I get infected in the first place? (http://www.castlecops.com/postlite7736-.html) by Tony Klein
Understanding and... |
| Forum: Viruses, Spyware and other Nasties Mar 4th, 2008 |
| Replies: 13 Views: 1,765 Re: System alert pop up
Good stuff!! Your logs are clean, if there are no more issues you should be good to go.
Kindly follow these simple steps in order to keep your computer clean and secure:
UNINSTALL COMBOFIX
This... |
| Forum: Viruses, Spyware and other Nasties Mar 4th, 2008 |
| Replies: 36 Views: 2,515 Re: help required
OK pete try this one
Please go to the following link ESET Online Scanner Link (http://www.eset.com/onlinescan/)
Tick the box YES, I accept the Terms Of Use
Click the Start button
Now click the... |
| Forum: Viruses, Spyware and other Nasties Mar 4th, 2008 |
| Replies: 36 Views: 2,515 Re: help required
Hi pete
I see no evidence of an Anti-virus program on board. Please install update and run an Anti-virus (or if you do have 1 make sure it is enabled). Here are some links for anti-virus... |
| Forum: Viruses, Spyware and other Nasties Mar 3rd, 2008 |
| Replies: 13 Views: 1,765 Re: System alert pop up
Hi booman
Open notepad and copy/paste the text in the quotebox below into it:
Save this as "delete.bat" (with the quotes ""). It should look like this 5302
Double-click delete.bat to run it and... |
| Forum: Viruses, Spyware and other Nasties Mar 3rd, 2008 |
| Replies: 5 Views: 1,605 Re: Fake Windows Security Message
Hi lob777
Scan with HijackThis and put a check next to following entry (If it still exists)
R0 - HKCU\Software\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Main,Start Page =
Remember to close all other windows... |
| Forum: Viruses, Spyware and other Nasties Mar 3rd, 2008 |
| Replies: 6 Views: 661 Re: Buffer Overrun GOD DAMNIT!!!!!!!!
Hi xXxMikhailxXx
Yeah possibly. You are infected so we will clean you up then if symptons persist please let us know.
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I see no evidence of an Anti-virus program on board.... |
| Forum: Viruses, Spyware and other Nasties Mar 3rd, 2008 |
| Replies: 36 Views: 2,515 Re: help required
Hi pete
Scan with HijackThis and check the following entries (If they still exist) (make sure not to miss any)
R1 - HKCU\Software\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Main,Default_Search_URL =... |
| Forum: Viruses, Spyware and other Nasties Mar 3rd, 2008 |
| Replies: 36 Views: 2,515 Re: help required
Hi pete17 and welcome to DaniWeb
Download Combofix from any of the links below, and save it to your desktop.
Link 1 (http://download.bleepingcomputer.com/sUBs/ComboFix.exe)
... |
