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Hey i would be very gratefull if someone can help me here. I had windows live onecare for 32-bit vista and randomly the other day it stopped updating and no matter what i did it would not update so i uninstalled and bought the new norton 2010, this also would …

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I've installed nod32 anti virus 4 and after several days I uninstall it using "revo uninstaller" and restart the pc. When I take a look at the program files I saw the folder of eset and it contains incomplete files of the anti virus and when i take a look …

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Hi there, As this post's subject says it all, I can not access any of microsoft.com or avg.com or trendmicro or any anti-virus or any-spyware site. It started since Saturday when my AVG automatic update failed. Also, when I needed, I tried to open one my hidden data file (which …

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i tried running vundo to help with some problems i was having with my computer, namely freezing, but now i can't even start up my computer without hitting the blue screen of death, even in safe mode, anyone know what i can do to fix this? Thanks!

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Pleaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaase help me. I think my computer has a bug. I was on it yesterday and it just shut down, Ithought it had over heated so I left it over night. Today when I started up I get the window symbol and then it goes to the BSOD aaaaahhhhhhh!!!!! I …

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Hello, I've recently encountered the Antivirus Plus malware and have had trouble getting rid of it completely. Here's what I've done so far: First I did a system restore to a date before the malware appeared. The only remaining symptoms I could see were that IE and Firefox were still …

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Hi, Thanks in advance for the help. I have been facing some major malware attack. Wasn't allowing to install malwarebytes and hijackthis, which I finally installed in safe mode and changing filetype. Below are the logs from hijackthis and malwarebytes. Please help ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Hijackthis log - Logfile of Trend Micro …

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Qagco - ypOeWGorLos Version 9.13.0073-Has anybody come across this.I found it my startup the other day,never seen it before.I did a search on the net and no result,my curiosity is aroused.Has anybody come across this before,thanks,geo.

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I have a laptop that has a really, really slow internet. I called my provider Comcast but they said my system is fine and to download Norton Anti-Virus. I am thinking I may have received an Internet Security 2010 virus a few days ago. So I downloaded Avast and Spybot …

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I am running Widows XP with a Logitech wireless mouse. I have deleted and reinstalled my mouse driver that windows chose, installed logitech driver, ran Norton Antivirus and other spyware & malware programs and nothing has solved my problem. When I boot windows, I am unable to click on the …

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Hi! I am hoping someone can help me. I've encountered a strange problem this week with my laptop. if i leave it idle for a few minutes the whole thing freezes. i can't close anything i am doing...browser, docs, etc. i cant even restart the laptop. the only way i …

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I need help with identifying nasties in this HJT log. Can someone help? Logfile of Trend Micro HijackThis v2.0.2 Scan saved at 11:20:49 a.m., on 2/02/2010 Platform: Windows XP SP3 (WinNT 5.01.2600) MSIE: Internet Explorer v7.00 (7.00.6000.16981) Boot mode: Normal 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\svchost.exe C:\WINDOWS\system32\ZoneLabs\vsmon.exe …

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Hi There's this virus on my computer that won't let me acces Internet explorer or Firefox (My 2 only ways of browsing the web). Also won't let me run a virus scan or play any programs(When I do it ends up in a Blue Screen). Note: 1. I cannot download …

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Im not sure what to do about this. Itall started with a red circle and white X, from which a balloon popped up filled with grammar and spelling errors. I found this suspicious but it installed on its own even though I did NOT click on it. Now my computer …

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I have lots of popups and when I click links on google I am redirected to bogus antivirus/anti spyware websites. Earlier today I had a worm.win32.netsky virus, witch took over my background picture, disabled task manager, kept making popups for me to download their anti spyware programs. I think I …

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Every time I go to search something in the built in search bar in either IE8 or Safari, every link redirects me to a completely different address. I have ben using google as my default search engine, but the problem started when I had Bing set as the default. When …

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[INDENT][/INDENT]I dont know which one it is but I get redirected in my search engine. And also one of those web pages that pops up telling you that your computer is full of viruses and starts scanning. Please, any help greatly Appreciated. Logfile of Trend Micro HijackThis v2.0. Scan saved …

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I downloaded spydoctor and ran it. it scanned my computer and found 55 infections. of course after the scan it said to clean please register which cost $$ :( but I saved the log. and was wondering if that is a good spyware remover? here is the log. <?xml version="1.0"?> …

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My son was on the computer the other day and said he went to a music site and a box come on and said it was going to run a virus scan. When he clicked the x it went ahead and ran the program anyway and he just shut my …

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This was not my message, but I had the same problem. I went through the steps listed above, and here is my HJThis Log. Please Help! Logfile of Trend Micro HijackThis v2.0.3 (BETA) Scan saved at 1:05:08 PM, on 2/1/2010 Platform: Windows XP SP2 (WinNT 5.01.2600) MSIE: Internet Explorer v7.00 …

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Logfile of Trend Micro HijackThis v2.0.3 (BETA) Scan saved at 上午 03:38:06, on 2010/1/31 Platform: Windows XP SP3 (WinNT 5.01.2600) MSIE: Internet Explorer v7.00 (7.00.6000.16981) Boot mode: Normal 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 Files\Intel\Wireless\Bin\EvtEng.exe C:\Program Files\Intel\Wireless\Bin\S24EvMon.exe C:\Program Files\Lavasoft\Ad-Aware\AAWService.exe C:\WINDOWS\system32\spoolsv.exe C:\WINDOWS\System32\svchost.exe C:\Program Files\Common Files\Apple\Mobile Device Support\bin\AppleMobileDeviceService.exe …

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just starting today ive been getting popups from IE while on firefox or google chrome. these popups are also using the firefox and google chrome logos on the corner of the page despite being a pop up from IE. i ran every virus scan program i had but have been …

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Hi, Would appreciate some help ... Every time I try to access an anti-virus website (using Internet Explorer), I get the "The page cannot be displayed" screen. (Other sites are fine.) Suspect virus. HijackThis log below. Thanks. Logfile of Trend Micro HijackThis v2.0.2 Scan saved at 00:52:06, on 25/01/2010 Platform: …

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Hello friends: I always get help here and I need it once more. I tried everything and still can't get rid of this nasty MyWebSearch. I don't want it. I went to my Internet connection and typed Google.com try to apply it but it won't work. Then I went to …

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Hello, I need anyone's help. I have been having my computer to freeze up on me during McAfee virus scan lately. I tried to uninstall and re-install it and it still freezes at same location: C:\drivers\audio\R186858\stacgui.cpl. When it freezes I have to do a hard shut down, and when it …

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Hello everyone. I am new to this forum, and am pretty inept when it comes to computers. Even though I was using Trend Micro PC-cillin, I have gotten an extremely bad virus that I am having zero luck getting rid of. My sister also got the same thing, and the …

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I'm new to this forum, and these programs, but I've installed the hijackthis and malware programs. i'm getting popups even if i have no applications opened from internet explorer every so often. i dont even use internet explorer, i have been using firefox for a long long time. here are …

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I'm currently on a old laptop i had laying around So i got this major virus which nearly destroyed my system but i managed to get rid of all the virus and stuff or atleast i thought so i'm currently running avg internet security on a trail version and it's …

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I recently had one of our computers get infected with smss32/Internet Security 2010. Originally Malwarebytes was unable to deal with it, so following the instructions in other threads I: 1) Downloaded rkill 2) Downloaded and installed a new copy of MBAM 3) Ran rkill 4) Ran MBAM Now after running …

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My 1 yr old HP tablet freezes at least twice a day now, requiring rebooting. I'm using Vista Ultimate on it. Sometimes, it just freezes out of nowhere and needs rebooting. Anytime I plug something into the USB port, it freezes and I have to reboot. WHY is this happening? …

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I switched on my computer and seem to be infected with a programme called live pc care. I tried in safe mode to remove it with malawarebytes, it said it was infected with this problem and it cleared it but when i rebooted it was there again. Can anyone help …

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I have no idea on what is happening to my pc. I have a dell inspiron 6400 laptop and during the last ten days I had always an alert, just few minutes after the start up, saying that the "C:\WINDOWS\system32\services.exe" had generated a buffer overflow immediately blocked by McAfee SecurityCenter. …

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Hi, My computer was infected with something that caused a lot of pop ups and it even caused search redirects. One of the popups stated that it was attempting to install something into my computer. After this, my computer would not boot. That's why I restored my computer, however the …

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I am working on a dell dimension desktop with XP SP3 on it. It seems to be infected with the "Fake" Antivirus 2010 trojan. I have tried to boot into Safe mode to attempt to remove the files and every time I attempt to go into Safe mode the system …

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I was online the other day and windows warned me my comp was infected and tried to start doing a virus scan (with a program I have never seen before so I quit it) and redirected me to a supposed virus software companies page so I shut down my wireless …

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Yesterday I kept getting restricted site messages and redirects. I have McAfee anti virus and did several full scans that revealed nothing. Today I can't get past the welcome screen. When I click on it, it says logging off. From everything I have read, it appears to be a trojan...but …

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This afternoon, I jumped out of my seat in surprise as avast! anti-virus sounded its siren, telling me that three of my connections on my browser were dangerous. I closed all of my browser windows (I was running Chrome at the time), thinking nothing of it. But now, whenever I …

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I need a little help, I can't open my control panel. I was going to delete a game from add/remove programs and it won't work. When I try to open the control panel it will open a window, try to load, and then just close. I ran a virus check …

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I badly need someone's help on this one. This virus just keeps on reappearing every time I delete it or move to the chest. I can't get rid of it. I really don't know what to do. Here is my HijackThis log. Please help me.. :icon_cry: Logfile of Trend Micro …

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Below is a log of what my virus scan software is finding. I can't figure out how to fix this. It happens repeatedly when i'm in IE. Any ideas? thanks. 12/11/2005 13:34:10 Blocked by Buffer Overflow Protection EUR\BHalcrow C:\Program Files\Internet Explorer\IEXPLORE.EXE::ReadFile bo:heap

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Hello All, My computer was recently infected by a virus and all attempts to get rid of it have failed so far. each time I run ESET, my anti virus software, which I have run under normal conditions and in safemode, it reports that it caught s few bugs and …

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I have a persistent Trojan that redirects my websites. I completed all steps on the "Read me before posting" thread [B]MALWARE BYTES[/B] Malwarebytes' Anti-Malware 1.44 Database version: 3606 Windows 5.1.2600 Service Pack 3 Internet Explorer 7.0.5730.13 1/21/2010 3:12:32 PM mbam-log-2010-01-21 (15-12-32).txt Scan type: Full Scan (C:\|) Objects scanned: 251204 Time …

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My computer has Windows XP Professional (Windows versions 5.1 with SP3), and Symantec Endpoint Protection, version 11.0.200.1567. The computer had some issues in the middle of December that I thought I fixed, but once again I am having problems with trojans and rootkits. The problem in December was first apparent …

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Malwarebytes' Anti-Malware 1.44 Database version: 3587 Windows 6.0.6002 Service Pack 2 Internet Explorer 8.0.6001.18865 1/20/2010 11:14:34 AM mbam-log-2010-01-20 (11-14-34).txt Scan type: Full Scan (C:\|D:\|) Objects scanned: 136456 Time elapsed: 2 hour(s), 9 minute(s), 42 second(s) Memory Processes Infected: 0 Memory Modules Infected: 0 Registry Keys Infected: 2 Registry Values Infected: …

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Hi Everyone, I am on normal mode at the moment, but usually when this problem first started, I could only go on Safe mode with networking. Right now, I am unable to access my computer and all desktop shortcuts, and several otehr programs. Every time I start my computer up, …

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Hi. I recently starting getting redirected to misc. sites when clicking on Google, Bing or Yahoo search results. Was using McAfee and found nothing. Uninstalled McAfee and downloaded Kaspersky and found 6 trojan viruses. Cleaned them and still have the same problem. Spybot and Malwarebytes find nothing as well. Could …

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I recently subscribed to a brief subscription of A-Squared because my ISP adamantly suggested it due to my computer sending 'bounce/spam e-mails' at the most random of times unbeknownst to me... I had bad experiences with this program in the past on past PCs, but could the in-effectiveness of this …

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So lately my pc computer has been running super slow. It takes around 10 minutes to boot up and when it is done and try to open Firefox for example, that also takes forever to load. I'm not sure if its a virus or malware or anything of that sort. …

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My apologies if this is posted in the wrong area. Serious memory error keeps my computer crashing constantly. No idea what's wrong. Have to quickly post this incase I get booted again. Usually a 5-10minute session on the laptop and I'm a goner. Have posted HJT and renamed the HJT …

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Hi. Yesterday I got the 2010 Internet Security virus. Was able to mostly wipe it out with Malawarebytes scan, but I'm still getting redirected with google, yahoo, bing, etc searches when clicking on search result link. Happens in both IE and Firefox. All other web browsing appears fine and computer …

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