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Hi Guys Its good to see that there is help out there for PC noobs like myself, so I hope you can help me out with some problems I have been experiencing. A couple of weeks ago I started having new IE windows opening up with adverts displayed even though …

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Here's my hijack log: IE takes forever to load but once it's loaded it's fine, it's just new windows that take a long time to load. I'm also getting alot of popups. I've ran ad-aware alot and it's still bad. -Kelly Logfile of HijackThis v1.99.1 Scan saved at 9:31:32 PM, …

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Well I have recently been infected with Malware, I Cleaned most of it, but it seems I am left with this message Here is my Hijack Log: Logfile of HijackThis v1.99.1 Scan saved at 4:58:22 PM, on 4/26/2007 Platform: Windows XP SP2 (WinNT 5.01.2600) MSIE: Internet Explorer v6.00 SP2 (6.00.2900.2180) …

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Anyone here know what a "Flap Jump.exe" msg means? I have a feeling it is a virus of some kind. This msg has been showing up inadvertantly when a re-boot is needed. Just before the log off process begins this msg pops up. Doesn't stick around long enough to read …

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Hello all Hope you can help me with a problem that has been driving me nuts for the past few days. I have HP 2.8Ghz 1.5Gb RAM running XP SP2 on an active directory network Recently I have noticed that opening up new explorer or internet explorer windows would result …

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Hiya, My first post, so please forgive any errors in posting this here-but seemed the obvious place. My windows explorer stopped working all of a sudden- i cannot use anything from 'Start', or open my docs or recycle bin from the desktop. I read in other threads that the first …

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hey...my i have 2 hard drives right now just so i had something in case something happens...like right now for example. my main hard drive...which has everything i actually need on it is infected with something. windows says its spyware or adware, but it wont let me install programs...it will …

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sometimes appear a message titled 'messenger service' sayin that my registry and other windows stuff are screwed up. it also says that i must enter some fake web pages (like [url]www.regproscan.com[/url], or [url]www.regcleanser.com[/url]) if i want to fix the errors. how can i stop the annoyin messages?

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Recently, swatkat helped fix my laptop from various problems. I was wondering if anyone could do this same with my old, untouched for 2 years, desktop computer? It is 20 times slower than my laptop, compared to browser speeds and general processing speeds. Please, if there's any hope at all, …

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Hi everyone- I have just come across a .dll in my startup list that has me baffled and a bit concerned as to just what it is. In the past, a Google search has always provided something on any file name I have ever checked, but this one returns zip. …

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While I was away, I think my cousin used my computer. How could I tell? Oh, perhaps the IE6 popups that happen to appear whenever I load a new page in ANY internet browser. Here's an HJT log. Logfile of HijackThis v1.99.1 Scan saved at 7:51:37 PM, on 4/23/2007 Platform: …

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I am working on a friends machine that is infected with viruses and spyware. I ran spybot and keep getting Smitfraud-c. I've also ran AVG a few times, and I may have everything cleared up. Also, when I try going to a website I keep getting invalid syntax error. Any …

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i ran adaware se and it showed that i had a trojan (dont recall the name) so i deleted everything with adaware se ONLY and after doing so i cannot get online at all, no aim, no ie, etc. i have a connection but there are still traces of the …

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i am always getting this error everytime i reboot my computer. Generic Host Process for Win32 has encountered a problem and needs to close. We are sorry for inconvenience. after that, my sound system cannot work anymore and my internet becomes unstable. is this a virus? please someone help! Logfile …

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I have been trying to fix my pc. Can anyone help me by reading this log on what needs removed/fixed? Thank You! Logfile of HijackThis v1.99.1 Scan saved at 4:00:10 PM, on 4/19/2007 Platform: Windows XP SP2 (WinNT 5.01.2600) MSIE: Internet Explorer v7.00 (7.00.6000.16414) Running processes: C:\WINDOWS.0\System32\smss.exe C:\WINDOWS.0\system32\csrss.exe C:\WINDOWS.0\system32\winlogon.exe C:\WINDOWS.0\system32\services.exe …

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could someone please help me with my internet explorer redirecting me to other search engines with google set as my home page

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I',m new But i need help already . The thing is that my computer takes ages when it says 'windows is starting up' or something like that Plz help thx :'(

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hi all... theres been a problem with my laptop n i don't know what it is.. for your information i share this laptop with my family.. it seems that my bro is playing the online games name GUNZ. and he use some hack..i don't know what it's name.. and sudenly …

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This is a long one. I tried to make it easier to read by deleting the spaces. Ultimately I'm trying to fix a buffer overrun with explorer.exe runPlatform: 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\Alwil Software\Avast4\aswUpdSv.exe …

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Ok, about a week ago, my nephew got my system infected with Spylocked. I removed it, ran adaware, spybot etc. My problem now is I'm recieving fake "Windows Security Center" looking popups telling me there are problems on my system. I know these are bogus, the web address is [url]http://vnmxjcx.com/start/?aid=334[/url]. …

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Hi.Quickly moving on to my problem : After I turn on my computer (about 10 minutes later) my computer suddenly slows down. When I check my process it turns out my svhost.exe is eating up my ram and my cpu (100mb ram %79-98 cpu). When I turn off that particular …

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My free trial with Panda Antivirus Platinum is twenty two days away from expiring, and I'm not 100% sold on them, there were some less than satisfactory events. I have a grand total of six months experience with my home computer, so I'm going to have to rely on our …

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I have been reading alot of other posts in this section and I have a very similar problem. A few nights ago I got on my computer and noticed that my internet was taking an unusually long time to load pages, and sometimes even failing. I also noticed that my …

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I've been having trouble with Amaena and WinAntiVirus Pro for a week now. Webroot Spysweeper, AVG Anti-Spyware, Ad-aware and Spybot S&D haven't been able to fix it, and VundoFix and Virtumondebegone have not been effective either. Here is my HijackThis log. Any help would be appreciated! *** Logfile of HijackThis …

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Hey DaniWeb Helpers, I have a major problem. My little sister somehow downloaded multiple viruses on the computer by msn. She was upset that she ruined the computer and wouldn't explain how it happened. The viruses that were downloaded are Infostealer and Trojan.Metajuan. If you could help me as soon …

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I'm new here, so thanx in advance. I have a couple of drifferent things going on that started at the same time, so I'm figuring that they are connected. When I open IE or Outlook, they work fine until I hit any key. Then, they automatically close out; no error, …

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I have been using IE -6 for quite some time and just a couple of days ago it won't start up. Also I have other viruses on my computer which is slowing down my comuter. I am currently using Mozilla, I ran the AVG anti spyware tool and I am …

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I posted this in someone elses thread, but I'm afraid it'd go unanswered so I made my own. I used to be able to load pages in less than a second, now sometimes the page doesn't load at all. Regarding browsers opening up by itself... I use Mozilla Firefox for …

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Hello All: I have been "wacked" a few times by viruses, and I have used HiJack This to fix most if not all of the problems. Question: What is the [B][U]baseline that is used [/U][/B]to compare what HiJack This reurns..??? I mean, is there a file out there on tells …

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G'day Guys, First up just want to say thank you for being here and for all the info - just being able to browse through the help you have provided to others on these forums has helped me fix most of my problems. I had a similar issue to two …

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....and needs to close. please can someone help? . everytime i turn my computer on this flashes up. i have tried to uninstall and reinstall msan messenger but the problem doesn't go away. my computer is also regularly crashing since this has happened. i have run Spyware Doctor but this …

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Can anyone help me, I'm getting pop ups and the computer is running at tad slow. Logfile of HijackThis v1.99.1 Scan saved at 21:37:58, on 13/04/2007 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\ZoneLabs\vsmon.exe C:\WINDOWS\Explorer.EXE C:\WINDOWS\system32\spoolsv.exe C:\Program …

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I am having the same problem as the guy in this post - [URL]http://www.daniweb.com/techtalkforums/thread44977.html[/URL] I am followed some sort of guide from the thread but can not solve it.. Also my IE7 is running slow... Any other advice. Thank you -------------------------------------- Logfile of HijackThis v1.99.1 Scan saved at 19:14:01, on …

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Hey, I found this page while searching for "System alert bubble" I atempted to follow the instrustions but it's no good. I have been beaten by then bubble of doom. SO I need some help. my problem is similar, just a different process causing me grief(The ones metioned were not …

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I am new to the site...I have a problem, any and all help is very much appriciated. after my computer has been running for a minute or so; I am unable to acces the majority of my computer including: my computer, I tunes, d drive ect. I am still able …

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My computer is definitely virused, but none of them were too unbearably frustrating until my msn live messenger decided to stop working. Everytime I sign in, after a few seconds it shows an error message and shuts off. Also, I tried to save an AVG spy-ware file but whenever I …

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after log in, a error message pop up rundll error loading C:\WINDOWS\System32\colic.dll access is denied also sometimes computer restarts for no reason i post a thread before about this, however i got busy and never respond back, sorry for any troule it causes the CNNIC problem still exist the package …

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I recently clicked on a profile link that had a "myspace" url. Ive read around and apparently there is a "Myspace/AIM" virus.. Im guessing thats what i have since i can't run AIM as it says: "Buffer overrun detected!" Hopefully, this virus only infects my AIM and nothing else :sad:.. …

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Hello, there is a lengthy thread titled, "100% CPU usage & hardware interrupts", that i posted last year. If you skim through that, you will know what problems i had. I did not manage to fix the problems & had to do a format & start from scratch. Normally i …

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Hi friends, i got broad band connection recently in my home, everything was fine but recently i am getting this error "Generic Host Process error for Win 32" whenever i get this net will be disconnected suddenly ( says operation timed out for any addess i type )..this is my …

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You all must be so bloody sick of hearing about this blasted OIN. Unfortunately, I'm not sure where else to go. I've downloaded and run AVG's anti-spyware several times. I've done the whole "safe mode" run AVG, reboot thing. I'm out of ideas. So, sorry for yet another OIN help …

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dad left his computer to my sister, and it has fsecure AV installed. i cannot get it to scan in safe mode. the interface won't pop up. there are 3 icons to choose from on the "start" list, and the same 3 in the "all programs" list (with the addition …

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Hey all, well over the last little while my hp laptop has been going increasingly crazier. Every once in a while the whole thing will just freeze for no apparent reason and not even let me shut down...to the point where my only option is to unhook it from its …

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Please refer to the previous thread concerning this problem. It is marked as "solved", so thats why I created a new thread.

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We have been paying for it for years. And im wondering are there any good free ones out there? If so anyone experianced any good ones they could recommend me??

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Been told that my connection has been hijacked and rediected through Kiev and they apparently make my search engine go to funny pages. This makes my connection very slow. its through a wireless card and my roommate's computer and router. can anyone help? here's the hijackthis log Logfile of HijackThis …

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Hello everybody, My normal computer is finally running smoothly...but I'm finally getting around to fixing my computer in the other room. It is in pretty bad shape...I can't even access IE anymore...and the speed of the computer is horific...I know it has alot of spyware and virus problems, but I …

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after log in, jump out a rundll error loading C:\WINDOWS\System32\colic.dll access is denied

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Hello everybody, I'm buying a new laptop sometime next week...I was just wondering what I should install on it so I do not have to deal with spyware or any related problems any time soon? I'm going to adjust the direct x settings...but what else? I know I'm going to …

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my browser keeps opening up on its own every so often and saying no page to display. i'm also having alot of the same pop ups. i have a pop up blocker which is enabled but isn't stopping the same ones appearing. can anyone help? my hijackthis log file is …

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