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Hi guys heres a goodie for you. Client aksed me to remove XP Antivirus 2008, the fraudulent download. Ran my Malwarebytes and Spybot and all was cleared, hooray we say. Before the notebook was given to me the client installed Kaspersky to clear the issue, which obviously did not work. …

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Hi everyone. I began having some problems two days ago. My sound stopped working for no apparent reason. I went to advanced volume controls in control panel but when I clicked it, it said C:\WINDOWS\system32\sndvol32.exe not found. I reset and my sound worked for a bit, but I got a …

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Explorer.exe keeps crashing and keeps rebooting. No viruses showing up i am completely stumped on this one. my hijack this log is attached at the bottom if u could help me rid my comp of this id be forever grateful.

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Hello, I just received my new Cinema Display 20" and have it all hooked up. However, I would like to also run the previous monitor which is a NEC Accusync LCD 17" as a second monitor. I'm told this would be particularly beneficial when using photoshop. There is only one …

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Hello. I need help. I can only search in safe mode and many webpages are inaccessible. My hijack log is as follows: Logfile of Trend Micro HijackThis v2.0.2 Scan saved at 1:58:55 AM, on 12/21/2008 Platform: Windows XP SP2 (WinNT 5.01.2600) MSIE: Internet Explorer v7.00 (7.00.5730.0013) Boot mode: Normal Running …

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Can you help me with looking through this HJT log and suggest ways of cleaning it, if unclean. Thanks JK. Logfile of Trend Micro HijackThis v2.0.2 Scan saved at 11:31:47 a.m., on 19/12/2008 Platform: Windows XP SP3 (WinNT 5.01.2600) MSIE: Internet Explorer v7.00 (7.00.6000.16762) Boot mode: Normal Running processes: C:\WINDOWS\System32\smss.exe …

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Hi, as mentioned in the thread that spawned this one, I too saw a request from wJQs.exe to access the internet... ZoneAlarm Security suite intercepted a request from wJQs.exe to access the trusted zone / internet. I then started googling for details of it but only found a couple of …

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Hi, When ever I boot my pc having Windows xp home edi on it, there is a message window saying "“Surabaya in my birthday, Don’t kill me, I’m just send message from your computer........" I have scanned my pc with Kaspersky Internet Security and AVG as well but they have …

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Hi Jholland, I have the same problem what Asurocks had. My Windows start is fully disabled I am not able to use any of the options provided by Windows start i.e, All Programs, Control Panel, Setting etc. I think this is caused by a virus. Can you please help me? …

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My CD and DVD drives have been missing from My Computer and I'm running WinXP Home Edition. I've gone into the registry, deleted the upper and lower filters, ran various spyware programs. Now I attempted to do a Win XP Repair, went thru all the steps, but when it gets …

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Ive got this program sitting in my C:/ drive and it won't go away. Live OneCare has blocked it from the internet but i just want to get rid of it to keep a clean system. Can anyone help me?

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Hi, could someone quickly review my HJT and Malware log? i downloaded and ran the malware (and removed a 'rootkit' file and 'trojan' file. My search engines seem to be back on track, but i was wondering if there were anything left over or if i should run something else …

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When I load the system drivers and update the windows xp pro I am prompted to restart but when I do I lose al my drivers I just installed. I have an Asus mobo P5Q SE2 I am stumped! Any suggestions would be greatly appreciated.

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Hi all, I have noticed a really long delay in Windows Vista to play any media file. The media files are local, not on a CD. When I double click on any media file (for eg. mp3), it takes like 10 seconds to start! Has anyone else experienced this? Thanks.

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Hi, Recently, my NTFS file system became corrupt but fortunately I was able to fix this. However, I now do not have several functions that I did have before, like the taskbar, copy, cut, paste, move, or even system restore. I am planning on resetting the pc to its factory …

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Hello, As the title explains I can't make shortcuts to anything, as soon as i try to it runs the winrar install shield, even though its already installed. I'm running XP SP3. Thanks Bahra

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Hi I am running win2K on a Dell optiplex gX400. I started getting the wont power off after shutdown but re-boots itself. I reset the bios settings to trap any errors and now on shut down I get the blue screen of death as shown below. Any help or advice …

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Hi there, I've not done any virus fixing for a while as things seem to have been taking quite good care of themselves, so I'm a bit out of practice. However, a couple of days ago a process called wJQs.exe popped up asking ZoneAlarm for permission to access the internet. …

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cant do anything. tried to run avg anti virus and done nothing and run combofx, sdfix, and smitfraudfix. maybe i am doing them wrong cus i am still getting the same problem and my windows id says virus alert keep getting all these virus infection pop up. need help asap …

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I seem to have contracted the horrible search engine I've read about (admittedly I only read about it when I was searching for a solution). Not only has it made all the search engines I use completley useless, but it's also slowed my browser (Firefox) right down, and (this may …

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We have asked this question to posters here,with BSOD [Daniweb] many times !and have gotten this answer ! Did you Install any new software lately ! Answer !, no nothing yet ,its a clean/fresh install of WinXP!

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HijackThis log of my machine after Lsass.exe problem resolution by removing Windows update KB960714, which seems to work for me. Logfile of Trend Micro HijackThis v2.0.2 Scan saved at 23:35:02, on 20/12/2008 Platform: Windows XP SP3 (WinNT 5.01.2600) MSIE: Internet Explorer v7.00 (7.00.6000.16762) Boot mode: Normal Running processes: C:\WINDOWS\System32\smss.exe C:\WINDOWS\system32\winlogon.exe …

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I have a refurbished Tosiba Tecra 8100 running Windows 2000, about five years old, that just stopped booting up. (Actually, I have twin computers- with the exact same problem!) I'll hit the power button and it seems to make an effort- but then there's a black screen and no activity. …

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First of all, if you have not done any hardware interfacing then you probably won't know the answer to this question, just to save you time of reading this post and then realising you don't know. I'm having some trouble figuring out how to structure commands properly when communicating via …

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I have heard so many horror stories about this new Anti Virus 2009 Virus. I popped up on my screen next thing i know it is scanning my pc. So i just pulled the plug and wiped the hard drive and put g os back on it agin. Anybody else …

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hi i have two pc connected on lan . configuration of both pc are p3 ,512MB ram, windows 2000 OS. on pc having printer connected HP Laserjet 6L pro & shared over the network . My problem is whenever i give prints to the shared printer it takes 1 minute …

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Hey, Yesterday my 30GB iPod video stopped working. Because I hate using iTunes, i Decided to put rockbox onto it. I had rockbox installed and working properly, but all of a sudden it wont boot rockbox or the original firmware. diagnostic mode and disk mode still work, but diagnostic mode …

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I'm having the same problem as everyone else and it doesn't look like there have been any solutions yet. I'm getting this message when I try to boot my Dell. "lsass.exe - Application Error The instruction at 0X0041082 referenced memory at 0X00000000. The memory could not be 'written.' I cannot …

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Hi Folks, I am having a bit of trouble with a users laptop. Its running very slow and everytime I google anything it takes me to some dodgey search engine or a website that is totally unrelated. I have HiJackThis results but have no idea where to start, could anyone …

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hey im working on an acer desktop...the first time i plugged it in..the ram proved faulty, so i cleaned them and the slots with electronic spray. it worked fine after that...booted it a couple times, no probs. recently it started taking really long to boot. now it isnt booting at …

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It seems like everything I do I cannot get rid of this bugger. it is i pain b/c I can not update ANY of my software and it prevents me from accessing any of my other hard drives it seem to stem form these msqpdxmaxtoeqh.sys msqpdxosvnnrsr.dll Logfile of Trend Micro …

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did a reinstal about a week ago and all fine running well, did a windows update tonight and asked me to reboot, which I did the sony logo came up but did not go any further I tried f8 getting into safe mode but wouldnt go, tried putting windows disc …

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Hello all, I have a driver problem, i reinstalled XP on my laptop. It's a Dell Latitude D505. Now, i need the LAN and WLAN drivers. I have downloaded the files off the dell site, but no luck. Can you guys help me??? I have no internet access on the …

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I have been reading some old posts about Google either redirecting search results or opening bogus result pages. It just started happening to me a couple of days ago, where the Google results only open up advertisers websites, and not the information I want. It looks as if the results …

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I Have This Virus , where everytime i open a application a pop-up for Get A Mac v1.0 pops up and some music plays from their commercial then it pops up the site. Help Me Please? My Norton Antivirus Gaming Wont work and i can't open any programs.

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I just reformat the hard drive in my laptop and I got everything up and running fined, and the only problem I have is the sound. It's a compaq laptop Presario V2000. I went to their website download the driver for audio and sound and for some reason it doesn't …

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Here's my scenario: I noticed that my google search results were linked to a go.google.com redirect URL, which I came to discover was malware related. Attempted to fix with Spybot and other programs but its still present. Very recently web pages have been having problems loading correctly. Sometimes they only …

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Hi, I became infected with this recently. I have browsed some of the threads here and was able to download Hijack this. I tried to download Malwarebytes and rename it however this virus will stop it from running every time. I also tried to run it in safe mode with …

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Hey friends, I am very concerned about my PC's security.... And i hate viruses and spywares . I am now using AVAST HOME V4.8... Has it got an anti spyware? is it the best free AV software? I cant afford to buy an antivirus like Norton.. so am using freewares... …

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I recently buy a new desktop it work fine for 2 month..without no reason it won't bootup to bios all i see is a blank screen.. I try everything reset jumper, take out the battery, remove ram hdd graphic card but nothing happen.. When i turn on all fan ok, …

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I recently removed and reseated the CPU in my HP pavilion a1600n, and it will not display anything when powered on. There was one low short beep when powered on. I reset the CMOS jumper, Removed and reseated the CMOS battery, Removed and reseated the RAM, and removed and reseated …

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I bought a new system and it has no OS on it. So I put in my CD and all it gives is Disk Boot Failure, Insert System Disk and press Enter and it doesnt work I've also set CD ROM Boot as first priority. What am I doing wrong?

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My laptop has Windows XP on it, and when I turned it on last time I had the infamous BSoD. It said something like "critical system error" or something along those lines. I turned it off, then back on and hit F5 then F8. and tried startup in every mode …

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I read some other threads and then lost the answer. I get stuck on "lsass.ess application error, memory could not be written". I tried the safe mode, restore last settings, and all the options that come up, and always come back to this error box. HELP.

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hey guys i got a quick question, i downloaded a avi file and when i play it it plays for like 10 seconds then starts skipping. when i pause it it clears up for about 4 more seconds then starts doin it again. what should i do to fix it. …

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Hi, is there any method, connecting two or more computers with the same computer name?

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I have been trying to get some advice to secure my linux server. It seems like dozen of hackers trying to get in and some of them did get in i guess by checking the "secure log" do anyone has any suggestion that I should do to prevent this? I …

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What ways do hackers employ to gain access to data travelling a network? I have been learning about ARP Poising using cain and abel, but I am interested in other ways this can be done.

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I face problems with my usb ports and unfortunately, I can't use them. This time, I really have to make use of my webcam but I can't since none of them work. Either I have to buy a new laptop or try to find a webcam that works without usb. …

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Hi all, Please guide me how can I solve this newly appeared thret on my PC. It seems that the subject matter has infected my computer but I can not detect it and remove. Some malfunctionalities occur while working; such as: Disabling some features of WINXP like: system restore, system …

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