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ok.... i can only start in safemode...... and EVERYTHING is sooooo slow. and when i run ad aware, it freezes but says i have 30+infections... and i get popups... i havent had popups since 2001 lol. so here it is. Logfile of Trend Micro HijackThis v2.0.2 Scan saved at 4:46:00 …

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I opened a music file the other day after scanning it with Norton and getting it back as clean and now my computer is struggling. Every ten seconds or so it refreshes like when your desktop goes to the restore active desktop screen. It closes most things that are open …

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Hi all! My subscription has run out on my Norton AntiVirus and Webroot SpySweeper and I think I'd prefer to uninstall both and go with Kapersky or something else. But I heard it's difficult to get Symantec off the computes totally. Is this true? What would I need to do …

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Norton or McAfee for virus protection for Windows XP? I want something with a light footprint.

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This is the report by hijackthis on my PC... It would be extremely helpful if i could get rid of this nuisance of a virus! PLEASE HELP! Logfile of Trend Micro HijackThis v2.0.2 Scan saved at 2:54:33 AM, on 3/12/2008 Platform: Windows XP SP2 (WinNT 5.01.2600) MSIE: Internet Explorer v7.00 …

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Hi I wans't sure what forum to post this on - but thought this might be an okay place. I'm not familiar with MCSE or the like, so I might need step-by-step instructions on how to solve this problem. I got a Security Warning on my desktop wallpaper saying that …

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Every time I tried to start up msn messenger, it would 'encounter an error and needs to be closed' on me. I tried installing the newest version, but the problem persists. I did a HIJACK THIS: Logfile of Trend Micro HijackThis v2.0.0 (BETA) Scan saved at 12:36:59 AM, on 12/5/2007 …

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I have a problem. Somewhere a long the line I picked up a virus or spyware. It takes affect both in IE and Firefox (my default). Whenever I use a search engine I type in a topic. When I hit search that topic I typed in appears over and over …

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Hello,I'm having problem with my PC lately.I really don't know what was the cause.I tried to solve it by myself recently,by using Malware bytes and the Spybot (search and destroy),that was install on my PC, but it didn't work instead it didn't started anyway.Just like the software/program did not responding.So,I …

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Got a real shitty virus which has made so many ways to back itself up if deleted.. It constantly brings up new windows of IE/firefox/google chrome some which link to AV 2009, dosent allow all my pages to load and makes my pc slow in general. Have tried avast/nod32 but …

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Hi everybody, Today My computer decided to start turning on and off the explorer.exe every 10 seconds. ive done a boot scan with avast and deleted everything that was a threat, and somthing is still crashing explorer. ive also tried spybot search and destroy. cant figure out how to address …

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I've dealt with the braviax hijacker a while ago but this one I can't seem to fix. If anyone can diagnose it and help me out, that would be awesome! This hijacker is affecting both Firefox and IExplore Here is the HijackThis logfile: Logfile of Trend Micro HijackThis v2.0.2 Scan …

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Microsoft XP files corrupted. I get this warning when I open folders sometimes and an IE window opens if I press Yes or No. I always close the IE window immediately. I also found malware and deleted it using Adaware but the issue is still present. Can anyone help me …

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After allowing a friend to use my computer, I came back to find it with antivirus pro 2009 on it. Woohoo! After finding fixes for it, they all seem to point to using Malwarebyte's anti-malware, but upon launching the installer, nothing happens, the "Loading" cursor pops up for a while …

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I have a computer that has recently become infected with iSpynow, and most likely other malware. Windows Firewall is deactivated, and opening any icons on the desktop sometimes causes multiple programs and folders to open. Many programs say they can't connect to the internet. Almost all sites in Firefox 3 …

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I'm am Trying to fix My brother-in-laws Laptop (which runs windows XP) - I have seen several posts similar to this (that is actually what lead me to this site) but when I tried the suggestions on the other posts it did not solve my problem. The problem is: Every …

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After my fiance click some zango thing my comp went insane. I already ran windows defender,AVG,trend micro,the microsoft malicious remover and several others. After reading the other posts on the subject and trying every one of em I still have the problem. heres that data I collected. First is the …

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So the this trite prob affected my comp when my friend downloaded some crack/keygen last evening.....no care at all, silly fellows.....i have to submit my ug project report in a few days and i was terrified on seeing the computer, lest something should happen.......then i referred to this comm and …

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About a month ago I was infected with a nasty trojan/downloader virus and I ran all of the necessary scanners that are suggested on this forum. I cleaned everything and I believe that I am running in tip top shape once again. I wanted to post a HJT log to …

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Beating my head against the wall here. Server 2003 running Terminal Server, so everyone is getting the error. HiJackThis shows Broken Internet access because of LSP provider 'e:\documents and settings\administrator\windows\system32\mswsock.dll' missingWinsock I have run LPSfix and mswsock.dll does not show up in the left pane. I have removed Winsock and …

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I had some spyware on my comp, and not that I got it out with a few spyware and virus scanners, I cant change my background wallpaper. When I go to display settings, all I have is Screen saver and settings tabs, the others arent there... Can anyone help me …

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Hey there anybody! I am having a similar problem to others here on this board. My search quarries through google and other engines gets redirected to some other engine (Yellow Pages, etc.) every time I try to get onto a websites page. I cannot even get onto any anitvirus websites …

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Clicking Control Panel I Get Nothing, So I Can't Add Remove Screwed Up Programs. Can Anyone Tell Me An Alternate Way? Thanks In Advance. Terri

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Hi, I have had the red X next to my C drive in My computer for some time. Is has XP sp 3, Also, some programs do not respond - I click on them and nothing happens, or they start to open and then disappear. Sometimes it gets stuck in …

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hi, I have got a big problem, all my exe files are corrupted by virus I scanned my pc with kaspersky antivirus and detected as [B] Virus.agent.cb[/B] and the virus is removed but my files are not recovered. All MS office pakage documents are changed to Unreadable characters as shown …

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Laptop, Amilo Pro, operating Windows XP Pro SP2 After the automatic windows update downloaded some security updates from the MS update site, the laptop in question behaved very strange. 1. The internet connection is disabled, and cannot connect. 2. The network connections icon is missing from control panel. 3. The …

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Hello, I have to make this brief as possible,before more popups come, and close out my post. I was halfway done with another post before popups ruined it PROBLEM: Popups come every 1-6 minutes while browsing the net, Usually Advertisements, Like "Scan Computer Now" "Blackberry" But One is not a …

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I cannot seem to open my computer properties, it just loads for a second and then nothing happens. Also when I click ctrl alt delete it says task manager has been disabled by your administrator. I have scanned my computer with avg and a threat pops up under system 32 …

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I have checked on the internet and could find nothing that didn't cost at least 30 dollars. Could anyone reccommend a program? Currently I can get it past the initial login but then explorer freezes and my task manager has been completely disabled (not to mention that it would screw …

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Hi. Going through the same hell as some other people on this forum: (1) Am being redirected to wrong sites whenever I attempt to connect through a search engine. (2) Cannot access certain websites such as [url]www.avg.com;[/url] this website or any other tech-related website (3) Am having issues running software …

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Ok, so I have a computer mysteriously and quite interestingly infected with the Spyware.Ispynow . The usual "Windows Security Center" Pop-up shows, and when you try to close it, IE7 comes up but immediately crashes itself or freezes the whole computer. I tried running IE7 to download Malwarebytes to scan …

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Windows explorer.exe was crashing & rebooting itself. On Startup, explorer.exe would show the desktop for about 10 sec, then crash for about 10 sec, then cycle through the same for about 10 min until it just would not start up again. Following the instructions for cleaning from another post: [URL="http://www.daniweb.com/forums/post738435-2.html"]http://www.daniweb.com/forums/post738435-2.html[/URL] …

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On my desktop, I all of a sudden have a little blue rectangle with two white squares in it filling up half of the square. Occasionally the squares are changing color. The rectangle is only about 1/16 of an inch big. It can be moved around on the screen. There …

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Hello I am having problems with pop ups, speed, and internet explorer will not open pages. My son clicked on a virus protection pop up. Any help would be greatly appreciated! Logfile of Trend Micro HijackThis v2.0.2 Scan saved at 9:45:51 AM, on 11/30/2008 Platform: Windows XP SP3 (WinNT 5.01.2600) …

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Hi I am Salman, I am using Windows Xp Sp3. some websites which i used to visit regularly have stopped opening they will just stop at Transferring data from websites... and will stay there for rest of the tym. Here is my Hijack-This Log . [CODE]Logfile of HijackThis v1.99.1 Scan …

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hi, im having annoying popups directing Internet Explorer to virus sites. im using Kaspersky Internet Security 7.0, i detects the virus, but can't remove the file (atmli.dll) in the system32 folder.... can anyone help? Here's my HijackThis log: Logfile of Trend Micro HijackThis v2.0.2 Scan saved at 9:15:12 PM, on …

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I have been having problems with my computer for the past week or so. I cannot connect to any anti-virus or computer help related websites. This is actually the only site I have been able to connect to. Also, whenever I search from Google and click a result link, a …

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It appears that I have been infected with this bug. I have reviewed the already existing thread that is related to ISPYNOW, however, whenever I try to access a link that has anything to do with malware or spyware I get redirected or my browser will not allow the website …

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Hi Gerbil, Im having the same problem as the other person. I followed your steps and this is what I got: HJT: Logfile of Trend Micro HijackThis v2.0.2 Scan saved at 9:52:56 PM, on 12/1/2008 Platform: Windows XP SP3 (WinNT 5.01.2600) MSIE: Internet Explorer v8.00 (8.00.6001.18241) Boot mode: Normal Running …

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Hello. After I connect to the internet, at a random interval (usually from 5 minutes upwards), the 'EN' symbol on the taskbar gets a beige box around it. Then, after about ten seconds, the whole taskbar changes to a beige one (it looks not unlike the '98 scheme). It then …

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i had a brain fart & let my sister download this progam called Zwinky well smiley central & mywebsearch toolbar came with it last night i ran spybot & it found over 50 entries for MWS alone so it had to go & i have it almost gone but everytime …

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Hi I'm running Windows XP service pack 3. Recently realised that my Sigmatel Audio mixer had 'disappeared'. After much searching around, I found a website that was offering a Driver Detector program that was spyware free. I installed it, and immediately after could not open Internet Explorer. I got a …

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am having issues with a trojan zlob.dnschanger. it redirects google and other searches, an i tjhink it isnt letting avg update. I have used spybot s+d which finds and deletes the trojans but they always come back. I have tried formatting the hard drive and reinstalling windows then running spybot …

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Hello, I'm using window XP, there is a problem, that It doesn't show hidden files & folders, when I made a change in folder option menu It apply but it doesn't show the hidden one & as I close the window it automatically sets on do not show hidden files …

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I was surfing through the net and i suddenly these popups started to appear all over the monitor so i knew something was wrong. So i ran Malwarebytes Anti-Malware and it found about 35 infected files so i removed them. I just want to make sure everything is [U]completely[/U] removed. …

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Hello, I am new to your forum and I hope that someone could please help me out of this jam. I think that it is antivirus 2009 but every spyware that I download tells me that my machine is clean. My firewall is wide open-cant enable it, I cant fefrag, …

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I may've picked up some adware/spyware on my internet trollings, every google search redirects to some random site (no porn yet). My browser has also been slowed down significantly, the virus generated a svchost.exe process in system32/drivers, I was able to delete and quit the process, but the google redirects …

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Hi guys. I'm having some right trouble at the moment. I posted on another tech forum and so far have received no help. So i thought i'd try over here. These are my posts from the other forum to get you up to speed with my problem. About a few …

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my boyfriend downloaded a file from limewire and now i can't delete it from my computer. i don't know a whole lot about viruses so i don't know if this is really one or not. also when i click on it to open it, it won't open. can anyone tell …

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I don't know if anyone can help, but I am trying to find out the dates of release of the different HJT versions. I am analysing logs and need to be sure that on the date scanned, the user was using the most recent version. Sorry in advance if this …

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