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| | Hi, My Norton Antivirus detects the Hacktool.rootkit virus but is unable to delete it as it says that the msdirect.sys file cannot be accessed. This is an annoying problem as the error window from Norton keeps popping up, and I need to disable Autoprotect to proceed. Hope someone can help … |
| | Hi, I'm new here and I am having a lot of problems with my PC. Okay, my problem is that I have a ton of spyware/adware on my computer and no matter how many times I delete them with many different spyware killing softwares they just keep on getting back(After … |
| | Hi there, So I've been using McAfee, MS AntiSpyware, Spybot S&D, AdAware, TrendMicro, and Avast, and still cannot get rid of this beastie that opens IE at start-up and sends me to a page at [url]www.freewebs.com[/url]. (This is doubly annoying because I use Firefox. :evil: Thanks, MS.) It's slowing the …  |
| | I.E 6.0 not see my web pages. Netscape does, but does not display images. If I use a different computer, all works fine. Re-installed I.E. and windows XP. No help Run repair programs such as pc Mighty Mac & others. No help. I have tried other things but no help. … |
| | I have a satillite DSL connection in one building and I want to run it another building that is 500 feet away. I do have a pipe running underground from one building to another. That I could run a cable in if I could. Can I run a cable? Or …  |
| | Hi, I'm new here, but have grown up with computers all my life. I upgraded to a pentium 4 about 2 years back, and now it has decided to randomly freeze up. Sometimes its when I'm just surfing the web or even if its just sitting there and I'm not … |
| | After some recent problems with Firefox I'm now looking at other browsers, and it seems that Avant is getting a lot more downlods at Download.com than Firefox. The total downloads as of 06/19/05 are: Avant 98,394 Firefox 66,894 Opera 17,141 Until I googled browsers I hadn't heard of Avant, but … |
| | [B][COLOR=Red]I got a new burner & i installed the neroplayer with it ...everything was working fine before & after i installed it...but i didn't like the fact that the nero player took over all my media files & i couldn't import them into certain programs...So what i did was uninstalled … |
| | I'm trying to sign on to my company's VPN from my home machine and having some trouble. I'm using Win2K so the VPN capability is built in. I've added the connection in Dialup Connections but when I try to connect, it instantly comes back with the error: "The connection failed … |
| | Need help to remove spybot virus. Any suggestion froma anyone upthere? Thanks, I greatly appreciate it |
| | I do graphics, so i know a thing are two about graphic cardz, i'm also into gaming so i know about my graphic cardz!!!!! but a few days back i got the splinter cell chaos theory, i played pandora tommorrow fine, but when it was time to run this new …  |
| | Hello all, who could help me identify the loose cable in my G5 and tell me where it should go? I've attached a picture of it. This morning I noticed a strange reflection coming from behind the grill of the mac and lo and behold: a loose cable! The mac's … |
| | My computer has just started crashing on start up. Yesterday it worked on the 2nd attempt, today the 3rd. It hasn't done this before and i've had my computer for 2 and a half years now. Any tips? I thought if I repaired Windows then it would work, but I … |
| | This is my HJT log...someone please help...I've been so frustrated over this for weeks...and it won't go away...Aurora are like cockroaches...always coming back. |
| | I know very little about hardware and I was wondering if someone could tell me about what AGP is all about. I have a x4 slot and want to know whether x8s will work in it. Also, what does x4/x8 mean? If you can help me with this, please could …  |
| | I am trying to fix a friend's computer. Here is the HijackThis log: Logfile of HijackThis v1.99.1 Scan saved at 2:49:26 AM, on 6/11/2005 Platform: Windows XP SP2 (WinNT 5.01.2600) MSIE: Internet Explorer v6.00 SP2 (6.00.2900.2180) Running processes: C:\WINDOWS\System32\smss.exe C:\WINDOWS\system32\winlogon.exe C:\WINDOWS\system32\services.exe C:\WINDOWS\system32\lsass.exe C:\WINDOWS\system32\svchost.exe C:\WINDOWS\System32\svchost.exe C:\WINDOWS\system32\spoolsv.exe C:\WINDOWS\Explorer.EXE C:\WINDOWS\system32\appvh32.exe C:\Program Files\HPQ\One-Touch\OneTouch.EXE C:\Program … |
| | hi,i have hp pavilion 522n. 256mb memory, 60 gb, 1.8GH... its a pretty old computer. i just reinstalled windows xp pro on it. after using it for a few days, i found that its slow when i start to open big programs. for example, if i open a big download … |
| | Hoping someone can help me rid IE of a nasty little hijack. I have taken the liberty of posting a Hijackthis log, to see if anyone out there can advise? Please let me know what you think, so I can return to normal, happy computing! Apologies in advance for the … |
| | after running fdisk on computer get error no fixed disks present... ???? then on reboot I get Missing Operating system.. Helppppp :o |
| | I would like to put more ram into my pc as well, however, i have a few questions. I have 512 MB of PC2700 DDR -133 SDRAM. It has one more slot available to insert a 512 MB for a total maximum of 1 GB of RAM. I would just … |
| | Yesterday When I Turned My Lptop On The Back Screen Light Was Of Dimmed Tried All My Best But To Know Avail. Forced To Use Study Lamp To Illuminate My Screen Whilst Typing My Project. It's Microsoft Xp Laptop..what To Do Now? |
| | Hi ok.. im using a pinnacle media centre 300i tv card (its supports both analogue and digtal) with an audigy zs sound card... for some reason i cant get any sound when im viewing digital television... the sound works fine when viewing analogue tv but not on didgital.. can anyone … |
| | HI im tryin to put all of my old VCR videos onto the computer. I have a sony VCR which unfortunately doenst have an S-video port. I actually have two video capture cards in my pc... a Geforce 5600, and a pinnacle media centre 300i.. both of these have S-video.. … |
| | Help somebody please. My Emachine T2640 took a hit the other night in a storm, my son failed to disconnect the phone line when he unplugged it. The problem is that I have taken everything and tried to reboot by reseating everything one component at a time. I can not …  |
| | Quick story... Old computer died so I bought a new one. I would like some of the information from the old hard drive put on the new one. Is it possible to just set the old hard drive as slave, hook up the hardware, and be able to access it? … |
| | well, being an ex windows user, i have a lot of media in the most unimaginable formats including the classics real, wmv, mov, etc etc, so i was thinkin about convert all of them into quicktime native formats, maybe it will kinda hard to do, but maybe it´s better to … |
| | Got my hands on a nifty little Thinkpad 240x. The hard drive has no OS on it. It came with an external floppy drive and I just bought it a new external CD drive. I'm trying to get the CD drive recognized so that I can get XP loaded, but … |
| | to enhance the data safety and speed etc of my computer i have built about 8 partitons/logical drives on my 160GB hdd. now, the questions. you cannot move the My Documents folder from the boot partition { if you think u have, then u have only created a shortcut}. you … |
| | Hi guys, I am new to this forum and i am seeking help to fix a virus i have on my computer. My desktop has been replaced with a blue background and text saying: Security Warning: A fatal error in IE has occured at 0028:C0011E36 in VXD VMM(01) + 00010E36. … |
| | this is my log from highjack this i didnt really understand all the things i was told to do before posting hope this helps Logfile of HijackThis v1.99.1 Scan saved at 9:33:38 PM, on 6/15/2005 Platform: Windows XP SP2 (WinNT 5.01.2600) MSIE: Internet Explorer v6.00 SP2 (6.00.2900.2180) Running processes: C:\WINDOWS\System32\smss.exe …  |
| | I was able to remove Aurora by reading some advice from other threads.(thanks crunch) Now that I removed aurora, I get no VX2 report from adaware. But I ran VX2 finder and wanted to know if any of these were a concern. -----VX2Finder------ Files Found--- Additional Files--- Keys Under Notify--- … |
| | Could someone please look at my hijack log. I have found two trojan horses: C:\windows\system32\hsmjmv.exe C:\windows\system32\tggvemp.exe Norton couldnt delete them however. Any information will be much appreciated. Thank you very much. Logfile of HijackThis v1.99.1 Scan saved at 01:31:55, on 19/06/2005 Platform: Windows XP SP2 (WinNT 5.01.2600) MSIE: Internet Explorer … |
| | Logfile of HijackThis v1.99.1 Scan saved at 1:22:48 PM, on 6/18/2005 Platform: Windows XP SP2 (WinNT 5.01.2600) MSIE: Internet Explorer v6.00 SP2 (6.00.2900.2180) Running processes: C:\WINDOWS\System32\smss.exe C:\WINDOWS\system32\winlogon.exe C:\WINDOWS\system32\services.exe C:\WINDOWS\system32\lsass.exe C:\WINDOWS\system32\svchost.exe C:\WINDOWS\System32\svchost.exe C:\Program Files\Common Files\Symantec Shared\ccSetMgr.exe C:\Program Files\Common Files\Symantec Shared\SNDSrvc.exe C:\Program Files\Common Files\Symantec Shared\SPBBC\SPBBCSvc.exe C:\Program Files\Common Files\Symantec Shared\ccEvtMgr.exe C:\WINDOWS\system32\spoolsv.exe C:\PROGRA~1\McAfee.com\PERSON~1\MPFSERVICE.exe C:\Program … |
| | I posted over in the Windows XP forum, but not much help popped up other than come here. So here I am, and here's my problem: My PC will NOT boot up in regular mode, only in any form of safe mode. So here I am in Safe Mode with … |
| | Here is my log, what should I remove from the registry? Thanks in advance. Also, I can't run Spybot (it closes when I "fix selected problems" and AVG wont update. [i]Logfile of HijackThis v1.99.1[/i] [i]Scan saved at 6:51:27 PM, on 6/17/2005[/i] [i]Platform: Windows XP SP2 (WinNT 5.01.2600)[/i] [i]MSIE: Internet Explorer … |
| | I am a new user and apologise for using someone else's thread. My apologies and thanks to DMR, As I posted I am unable to get rid of this virus despite numerous virus killers and as requested here is the log of Hijackthis you thoughtfully provided a link for and … |
| | [[COLOR=Navy]B]Before we begin, it is important to note that I'm a bit of a rookie in this area and that the past month of trying to problem solve this has exhausted what little patience I have with computers. I will take any and all suggestions to solve the problem below. … |
| | Hi, I read this question on [b]itmob.com[/b] Anybody here know how to fix it?? [i]I tried to swap the P-M 705 for a P-M 745 (1.8GHz 2MB L2) but it would not work at any higher than 600MHz, so I thought it was just not compatible, so I returned it. … |
| | I lost my product code number, how can I reinstall office? :sad: |
| | [COLOR=Red]please help me![/COLOR] I am now really desperate. I know you must be sick and tired of hearing about Aurora but I've tried every spyware program under the sun including spykiller, spybot and many others. All programs delete Aurora (A Better Internet) but it always comes back. Here is my … |
| | hello all, i'm tryin to reinstall windows on a computer that had alot of virus on it. i went to the bios and changed to boot from cdrom first and put the xp pro cd in and rebooted everything came up but whe it got to(hit any key to start … |
| | My desktop is now all black with a message saying how you can still access deleated files of the hard drive and that spyware can access it, followed by hyperlink that says "removal instructions". This seems to be sitting on top of my background image, and if you right click, … |
| | When in add/ remove programms (Win xp)when trying to select " add/remove windows components" the following error shows up: setup library msrocm.dll could not be loaded or function key ocEntry could not be found. contact your system administrator. The specific error code is 0x7e. can anyone suggest a way to … |
| | I just bought a used Samsung SyncMaster 753DF 17 in. monitor yesterday, and it works great, the image is nice and bright, the color is great (this was an upgrade from an old CTX monitor with 11.5 in. image size), but no matter how I adust the settings, there is … |
| | It simply asks if I would like it to remove VX2 next time windows starts. Trouble is this nasty has embedded itself in the "system32" folder and i've tried removing in safe mode and everything. Has anyone else had this problem and if so did they fix it? Cheers Kris |
 | When i switch my pc on it doesnt do anything. The only thing that happens is the cpu fan moves about 4milimeters but then dies? I have disconnected hard drive, cd drives etc and even taken the RAM out. Anyone know of any solutions or causes. It has been working …  |
| | Firstly, thanks to [b]chrunchie[/b] for the previous help in getting my system back up to normal. :D This quick question though is on behalf of my friend. He is running Windows Me and has been getting an alert message popping up asking if he is sure he wants to delete … |
| | Hey, I have been reading other posts about getting rid of these things, but I'm at a loss as to where to begin. I have just installed Norton - didn't help, I have updated to SP2, I have all the available Windows and Microsoft Updates, I have installed Stinger, Microsoft … |
| | I know you guys must get this a lot, but this Keyspy Trial junk is really ticking me off. I scanned with Hijackthis(latest version v.1.99.1) Now what do I do? Here's the log file Logfile of HijackThis v1.99.1 Scan saved at 3:42:37 PM, on 17/06/2005 Platform: Windows XP SP2 (WinNT … |
| | Summary: My Win2K desktop machine boots fine, however, when it finishes booting, I am left with virtually all the file, installed application and system application program assocations gone! Even the Start>Run command prompt asks me to 'open with'. :sad: The "open with" dialog box only shows the following: - Internet … |
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