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Could any one tell me how to deal with this virus? I couldnt get rid of it by using Norton and everytimes I start my laptop, a Norton window pop out and said I get this virus and couldnt be recover or delete. Thanks~~

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Hi there, After visiting a couple of software crack sites yesterday I noticed a program started to appear on my taskbar named "~close~" (screen shot attached). I've already run AdAware, Spybot and read through the HijackThis tutorial. Below is my HijackThis log, thanks in advance for your help! Logfile of …

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Hi, hope you guys can help me. Booted into Safe mode(XP w/ SP1), ran cwshredder, then ran hijackthis and this is the log file it created. Logfile of HijackThis v1.97.7 Scan saved at 3:11:35 PM, on 6/22/2004 Platform: Windows XP SP1 (WinNT 5.01.2600) MSIE: Internet Explorer v6.00 SP1 (6.00.2800.1106) Running …

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Greetings programs. I do have spy sweeper active and protecting my start page. I keep getting a message about switching my start page to res://wqzaa.dll/index.html#96676 Ran CWShredder and let it remove everything. Ran hijackthis and deleted all the search references. They keep coming back. Any google search I do also …

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Here is my log. This started out as 213.159.117.132/redir.php last week. I finally got CWShredder to work and could get on the web. Now about:blank I can't rid myself of. I used CWSHredder, Adware, Spybot and Norton Anti-Virus. Norton is NOT picking up anything. I have it on automatic. Last …

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Hi, I am in need of help to get rid of this. My homepage was hijacked and no matter how I changed the registries as recommended by microsoft, I was unable to delete the culprit. After reading through some of the threads here, these were the stuff that I had …

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I think that some things is not O.K on my logfile ( 4 example: C:\Program Files\Common Files\Microsoft Shared\VS7Debug\mdm.exe ; O2 - BHO: (no name) - {EBCDDA60-2A68-11D3-8A43-0060083CFB9C} - C:\WINDOWS\System32\nzdd.dll ; O16 - DPF: {54B52E52-8000-4413-BD67-FC7FE24B59F2} (EARTPatchX Class) - http://www.ea.com/downloads/rtpatch/EARTPX.cab O16 - DPF: {5F426A93-0821-47D2-A126-5A48A874B289} (DialerWeb Class) - http://212.145.159.194/251065/dialercab/WebRecomendada.cab and other..) Please check this …

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Address has only........about:blank. Homepage is now a search engine that just says "Search for..." Here's the log. Thanks for any help! Logfile of HijackThis v1.97.2 Scan saved at 11:29:41 PM, on 6/4/2004 Platform: Windows XP (WinNT 5.01.2600) MSIE: Internet Explorer v6.00 (6.00.2600.0000) 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 …

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I have a couple things wrong with my computer, that I know of. The main thing that I know of, is that when I go on the internet, and I load a page. It redirects me to another web site that says "Object Not Found" The page loaded fine, but …

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It's been a long time since I had this happen and now I can't seem to figure out how to get rid of about:blank. I've read thru a number of forums, each with their own different methodology, but yours seems to be the definitive. I'm no geek...I know just enough …

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:cry: I KNOW ENOUGH TO BE DANGEROUS.. I have also been afflicted with the "WINDOWS\ SYSTEM32\ BRIDGE.DLL" "The specified module could not be found" at startup. Seemingly simultaneously I too was involuntarily visiting the golden casino. Per some of the comments in other threads, I tried removing the golden casino …

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I have been getting the about:blank hijacker here lately. I have ran ad-aware, norton, cwsshredder, adware away etc... I just ran hijack this and here is my log Logfile of HijackThis v1.97.7 Scan saved at 6:14:14 PM, on 6/25/2004 Platform: Windows XP SP1 (WinNT 5.01.2600) MSIE: Internet Explorer v6.00 SP1 …

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I've been having a problem where my internet connection has effectively died - this happened once before and between AdAware and Spybot, I was able to fix it. This seems to be slightly different. Naturally the first things I did when this started occurring were to run VirusScan, AdAware and …

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Hi all, i'm of course here to seek help to fix the infamous about:blank (a.k.a :evil: ) hijacker. I tried to ignore it for a while, but i want to see my beautiful home page again (shameless plug: [URL=http://united.forerunners.org]H2:United[/URL] ). Anyways, if you can help me solve this, i would …

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I have the about blank and I delete the temp\sp.html and the about blank references within the hijackThis program. I also deleted the BHO CKNP.dll - have run spybot, adware and CWshredder. I also notice a desktop.ini file that seems to show up. I have delted that and after restart …

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Hi. I have this same problem (about:blank page with Search for...) A copy of the HijackThis log: Logfile of HijackThis v1.97.7 Scan saved at 2:25:46 PM, on 6/20/2004 Platform: Windows XP SP1 (WinNT 5.01.2600) MSIE: Internet Explorer v6.00 SP1 (6.00.2800.1106) 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\Ati2evxx.exe C:\WINDOWS\system32\svchost.exe C:\WINDOWS\System32\svchost.exe c:\Program …

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Hi! I'm new to the forum...I'm trying to help my grandmother out by fixing her computer. She has her homepage set to her ISP's homepage, but she has it set so that it shows all her links to her email and such. You can see them for the time that …

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Hi, I have read a number of posts here and have tried many different things to get rid of this problem. It always comes back an hour or two later. I have AdAdware, CWShredder, and reglite. I ran a HijackThis Log and have posted it here, any advice on which …

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ok, before you guys bitch at me about reading that other topic and not having other people do the work for me, i did but i'm not computer smart at all and none of it made sense to me. now, i was told you guys can help me out, so …

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[QUOTE=Dreg_02]After posting that last one, I tried that program that was posted by happyguy. It seemed to work, the about blank crud isnt coming back for now. However I am remaining skeptical about it. It actually found alot more crud than i thought it would. I guess ad-aware doesn't really …

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my computer is running very slow and locks up frequently. Here is my hijack this file, was wondering if there was anything i could do to help this problem. thanks. Logfile of HijackThis v1.97.7 Scan saved at 1:44:48 AM, on 6/21/2004 Platform: Windows XP (WinNT 5.01.2600) MSIE: Internet Explorer v6.00 …

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Can anyone give me some step-by step advice to get rid of this? All the fixes give in the forum seem very specific to each case so if someone could run through the solution with me that would be great! Here's my log: Logfile of HijackThis v1.97.7 Scan saved at …

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I have been noticing that my computer is very slow. My browsers take a long time to open up about 5 minutes at times. When looking at my task manager, I saw that the system idle process was at 84%. Ive ran spybot, defragged, ran norton. I dont know what …

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Hi All: My PC has been hijacked by the 'about:blank' bug. I have downloaded the "About:Buster" application from the following link: [url]http://tools.zerosrealm.com/dllfix.exe[/url] (as suggested in previous thread here), and I will try to follow the instructions suggested on that site, but I am not sure which DLLs are problematic on …

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HJT Log: ogfile of HijackThis v1.97.7 Scan saved at 4:23:25 PM, on 06/27/2004 Platform: Windows 98 Gold (Win9x 4.10.1998) MSIE: Internet Explorer v6.00 SP1 (6.00.2800.1106) Running processes: C:\WINDOWS\SYSTEM\KERNEL32.DLL C:\WINDOWS\SYSTEM\MSGSRV32.EXE C:\WINDOWS\SYSTEM\MPREXE.EXE C:\WINDOWS\SYSTEM\mmtask.tsk C:\WINDOWS\SYSTEM\MSTASK.EXE C:\WINDOWS\EXPLORER.EXE C:\WINDOWS\SYSTEM\SYSTRAY.EXE C:\WINDOWS\LOADQM.EXE C:\PROGRAM FILES\GRISOFT\AVG6\AVGCC32.EXE C:\PROGRAM FILES\COMMON FILES\REAL\UPDATE_OB\REALSCHED.EXE C:\PROGRAM FILES\MSN MESSENGER\MSNMSGR.EXE C:\WINDOWS\SYSTEM\DDHELP.EXE C:\PROGRAM FILES\INTERNET EXPLORER\IEXPLORE.EXE D:\AJE HELP\HJT\HIJACKTHIS.EXE R1 …

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I installed something that allowed the bridge.dll and a number of spyware related items to return to my laptop. I used AdAware and Spybot which seemed to remove the bridge.dll and other spyware items. After I did this, I ran HijackThis and came across a wierd process (see bold item …

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:o my browser has been hijacked by prosearching.com, which is set reset as my home page after i reboot every time. can anyone still help? a couple of weeks back my machine was hijacked by something called sexcam (safeguardprotect)...i was able to get rid of that, and all adware on …

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My computer is running slow and my virus scan says that it is infected with the TROJ_BRISS.H and the virus is in C:\WINDOWS\system 32\bridge.dll and also in C:\System Volume Information\_restore{9DA4C72C-22E3-449C-8316-661C65035F08}RP25\A0004509.dll. How can i get rid of these viruses. Help please.. Thank you.

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:o i have windows xp pro and my browser is being hijacked my this stupid wohen website. i have run AD-AWARE and SPY BOT SEARCH AND DESTROY 1.3 and CW SHREDDER, all of the latest versions. but after all of that im still getting the same problem. here is my …

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im using WINDOWS XP PRO SP1...i've already used SPY BOT SEARCH AND DESTROY 1.3, AD-AWARE, and CW SHREDDER and my browser keeps doing pop ups and keeps getting hijacked..can someone help me please?? Logfile of HijackThis v1.97.7 Scan saved at 5:24:22 PM, on 6/26/2004 Platform: Windows XP SP1 (WinNT 5.01.2600) …

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Hi, There is some sort of spyware on my computer that seems to change my browser homepage to http://<none>, but it is actually a search engine. Also about the same time this problem started, i began recieving pop-up ads telling me i had spyware. So far to try solve this …

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ok i have this stupid coolwebsearch on my computer and i have the reinstaller as well becuase i always do ad-aware and hijakcthis and this is what i get Logfile of HijackThis v1.97.7 Scan saved at 12:57:06 PM, on 6/25/2004 Platform: Windows XP SP1 (WinNT 5.01.2600) MSIE: Internet Explorer v6.00 …

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Hello, I've been reading many of the threads to rid my computer of about:blank, in an effort to save you pro's some time, but there's still something in my system. I've run adware, cwshredder, spybot and even loaded spyguard, which has helped to keep about:blank from changing my homepage. Spyguard …

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Well this is my first time in the forums So hello to everybody. Now onto my problem: My Homepage is set to about:Blank( a search for... site) and everytime i change it back to may normal homepage it changes back to that about:Blank. Ran ad-aware, spy-bot, AVG not seems capable …

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I keep getting the same error message when Windows XP starts: C:\system32\bridge.dll module cannot be located. I have run hijackthis and my log is as follows: Logfile of HijackThis v1.97.7 Scan saved at 04:33:48, on 24/06/2004 Platform: Windows XP SP1 (WinNT 5.01.2600) MSIE: Internet Explorer v6.00 SP1 (6.00.2800.1106) Running processes: …

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I downloaded Adaware 6 last night. It automatically did a scan right away. I got rid of several hundred adware and malware files. I assume this is a good thing. My questions are.......how often should this scan be done i.e. every day, every week, at startup, etc.? And, is there …

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I really need some help with this Hijack log, I just got my computer to start again after I had to delete the old startup files and copy new ones from my CD and then take my computers settings back to a previous restore point. Now I want to make …

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I am having the sames issue as amdm55, join date 4/2004. I can't open links within Internet Explorer 6.0. I am running XP Pro. I have tried using Spybot and AdAware6.0. Even though it finds files which I fix but that does not help. In a previous article you suggested …

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A week or two ago I began to notice a problem with my computer. I began to get a large amount of pop ups and everytime I restarted my computer my homepage was reset to about:blank. I have tried CWS Shredder, No-Adware, Spy-Bot, and Ad-Aware. I have deleted all cookies, …

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I have been hijacked by the about:blank virus. I have had it for 3-4 weeks. I just spent over $450 on the Geek Squad to come out and run all kinds of programs. I have Norton Security 2004. I have Spyhunter, Ad-Aware, Spysweeper, Spybot, CWShredder, Adware Away. I have run …

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hi there i have a proble wth this trojan infecting my PC making it very slow it freezed my norton antivirus, i tried the method of manual removal written on symantec website but it didn't work wth me because i was unable to have my norton antivirus working... my HJT …

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I think my Explorer has been hijacked. I get lots of pop-ups, then sometimes Explorer just shuts down. have run the HJT program that I saw in the other messages, but not sure if that's my problem, am including that just in case. Please help. not sure what other info …

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plz help me. for over 2 weeks my homepage has kept reseting to about:blank. i have several programs that i've seen in other instances to fix it. i havent been able to figure out what i need to do. plz help me. heres my HiJackThis log Logfile of HijackThis v1.97.7 …

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Hi, I've been fighting this about:blank searchx since Sunday:evil: . Scanned with Ad-aware, Spybot, CWShredder and pulled the rest of the creepy stuff I could recognize with HJT. Everything seems clear and then it's back after a while. I saw Caperjack's post in a similar thread, so I'm posting a …

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[FONT=Verdana][SIZE=2]I am a new user of Ad-aware and I dont know very much about computers, viruses, spyware, and adware. I just downloaded Ad-Aware, 6.0 and ran a scan. The results definitely seem to be a cause for concern. This is what it said: [FONT=Arial][SIZE=1]Lavasoft Ad-aware Personal Build 6.181 Logfile created …

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hewlett packard computer, run on windows xp home edition i cant remove the about:blank homepage on IE are there any other good browsers you guys like to use over IE i also had to attach my hijackthis log as a zip file so i could post it, please check it …

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Already explained my various log-in problems [url=http://www.daniweb.com/techtalkforums/thread7375.html]here[/url], and DMR said to post my Hijack This log in this section. Have fun: Logfile of HijackThis v1.97.7 Scan saved at 10:35:24 PM, on 6/23/2004 Platform: Windows XP SP1 (WinNT 5.01.2600) MSIE: Internet Explorer v6.00 SP1 (6.00.2800.1106) Running processes: C:\WINDOWS\System32\smss.exe C:\WINDOWS\System32\winlogon.exe C:\WINDOWS\system32\services.exe C:\WINDOWS\system32\lsass.exe …

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my operating system is win98 2nd ed. Like many other's, my IE6 has been hijacked by res://mshp.dll/index.html#10213. But when I try to go to any different URLs I get the IE error message that says This program has performed an illegal operation and will be shut down EXPLORER executed an …

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I downloaded hijackthis and CWshredder. I ran cwshredder in safe mode. then i went back to normal mode and ran hijackthis. here is the log. what do I do next? Logfile of HijackThis v1.97.7 Scan saved at 10:50:27 PM, on 6/23/2004 Platform: Windows XP SP1 (WinNT 5.01.2600) MSIE: Internet Explorer …

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Hi, I'm not sure if this is in the right thread (as I am not a programmer) so I apologize if it isn't. Everytime I boot up my PC, Windows XP shows this message Error loading C:\WINDOWS\Downloaded Program files\bridge.dll The specified module could not be found. Also My Pc sometimes …

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