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Hello everyone, I just joined this forum, but would like to thank all that peruse its sections to help others - hopefully others like me! I read other user's posts and solutions that have a similar problem as me, which is that when I go to shut down windows, I …

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I checked over the net for other threads before posting this here. To make sure that I couldn't resolve the problem with a little research myself. My current problem is that I am locked out of my desktop and unable to change it in anyway. Recently had a virus that …

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Hey guys, I have run HijackThis but i still seem to be having problems... not sure my Rundll32 file is working properly.. it seems to have disabled my access to the internet... below is my HijackThis log file.... can anyone help?! Running processes: C:\WINDOWS\System32\smss.exe C:\WINDOWS\system32\csrss.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 …

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Hi, I'm new here. After scanning my PC with my Trend Micro program it showed that it found 4 trojans with the exact same name and it quarintined them. After seeing this I decided to be on the safe side and scan my computer with ESET Online antivirus scanner and …

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My google search keeps redirecting to web-analitycs.google.com before displaying the page. Some pages I click on will go to a random site. It seems to be on and off.. sometimes i can search normally.. (in firefox) On internet explorer it is worse - if i search for something i will …

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Hi there... I'm really hoping that someone here is able to help me out...found this site while searching for possible solutions to my problem and I'm moving to the states in a couple days and would like to get this sorted before I move... ANYWAY... When I try to open …

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I have a huge problem. :( I think it’s that antispyware virus Pop up windows constantly open up on my computer whether I am on internet or not. It tells me that I have tons of viruses and tries to scan my comp without asking. If I try to close …

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I am barely computer literate. I have a computer that runs Windows XP. For about 10 days i have been getting messages from norton that i have mislead.app on my computer. it is apparently redirecting my internet explorer to sites I have not entered into my browser. I understand from …

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I think I picked up a virus so I tried to run malwarebytes but I get a message that it stopped running. I am running Vista and Bell Sympatico Security

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Hi! Since yesterday i have a problem with my computer. My PC is infected by some kind of virus when i was trying to install one program for unpacking rar files with passwords, from mininova:( Result is - all icons on desktop and taskbar is showing for 30sec and then …

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How can I stop this PC from thinking it needs an infected dll whenever ANYTHING is run? Literally whenever you open any exe, it says that it can't run because of missing DLL, repeatedly, (like you click OK, and same message comes up again -- between 3-20 times) but then …

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I recently acquired a virus on my PC that won't allow me to access the internet. It has also changed the background on my computer to say "Dangerous spyware. Many viruses were found on your computer such as: trojan horse, passcapture, etc". I've run Windows Defender, Crap Clearner, and Spybot …

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Hi to my great family at Daniweb ! I have a HP Compaq nx9010 laptop with Windows XP on it. It was loaded down with viruses, trogans etc... I downloaded Malwarebytes and installed it. I began using it and after a while, the battery died. Now, I only get briefly …

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Hi All I am a new PC owner and am getting the hang of looking after my PC but am having great difficulty with a Virus it has picked up, I have had my PC for less than 3 months, and am in dire need of advice My home PC …

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Hi to my Family at DanniWeb !! I have a Compaq Pesario SR5610F, Vista home, 320GB hard drive, AMD Athlon X2 4800 Dual-core processor. It had a trogan or 2 on it and a friend tried to load Avast on it because Norton ran out. Now, all it does is …

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My desktop wallpaper is locked, I can't change my wallpaper and yeah.. I've searched around all day and still no working answer.. So I've read a few posts about it here, and I even installed HiJackThis and here is my log report: Logfile of Trend Micro HijackThis v2.0.2 Scan saved …

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As I was playing a game on Pogo using Firefox the game suddenly crashed and everything was suddenly frozen. So I rebooted the computer and now my Avast antivirus program isn't operating properly and I have no sound plus it took about 3 minutes for Windows to finish loading all …

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My browser keeps opening by itself every 10 minutes. I have tried numerous virus, trojan and adware removal programs, but haven't been able to solve. Getting ready to throw away my computer. Appreciate any help

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Ok this happened twice already, is it just a false alarm from AVG that it detects a virus from pop ups or things from torrent sites? I'm planning to do a factory clean up and I put all my files into one folder, I'm going to burn them, will the …

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I just did a scan with Norton Anti-Virus, SuperAnti Spyware, RUBotted and MalwareBytes. Here is my HijackThis Log, please let me know if there is anything else that should be removed. Thanks! Logfile of Trend Micro HijackThis v2.0.2 Scan saved at 4:02:23 PM, on 2/19/2009 Platform: Windows XP SP3 (WinNT …

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I know there are many other threads asking the same question, but I am such a newbie when it comes to computers and am unable to figure out what I am suppose to do, so I decided to post my own thread. My computer whenever it loads up, explorer.exe will …

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HJT Log: Logfile of Trend Micro HijackThis v2.0.2 Scan saved at 4:42:32 PM, on 2/5/2009 Platform: Windows XP SP3 (WinNT 5.01.2600) MSIE: Internet Explorer v6.00 SP3 (6.00.2900.5512) 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\spoolsv.exe C:\WINDOWS\Explorer.EXE C:\WINDOWS\RTHDCPL.EXE C:\WINDOWS\system32\igfxtray.exe C:\WINDOWS\system32\hkcmd.exe C:\WINDOWS\system32\igfxpers.exe C:\Program Files\Java\jre1.6.0_07\bin\jusched.exe C:\Program Files\CyberLink\PowerDVD DX\PDVDDXSrv.exe C:\Program …

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Hi, I'm new here but I hope someone will be able to help! I have Norton Anti-virus and a scan today told me that my system (Windows XP) had Hacktool.Rootkit but said "Removal failed". I've been searching around on the internet, this looks like really nasty stuff and I don't …

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Thanks in advance for any assistance you can provide me! When I perform a search in Google or Yahoo (i.e. using IE or Firefox) and click on the results, I get redirected to other websites that have nothing to do with the original search. Most of the pages I have …

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It seems that whenever I use a search engine, like google, upon clicking a result for the first time, I am redirected to a site like Shopica or some other ad site. It does bring me to my desired search result after I press back and click it again, but …

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Hi! I am not a computer genius and I use my PC just to send or receive emails. Recently while accessing my emails, I noticed these pop ups (which are advertising some product) came up and automatically divert the browser to that page. It has become a regular feature. I …

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I don't know how long this has been going on, but apparently my internet has been hijacked. I only found out when I moved to another company with a strict firewall. Whenever I try to get onto the internet with my laptop, the DNS server they provide is overridden and …

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I need help ASAP... i have a virus on my work cpu and my boss is ready to kill me please review my hijack log Logfile of Trend Micro HijackThis v2.0.2 Scan saved at 8:45:43 AM, on 2/17/2009 Platform: Windows XP SP2 (WinNT 5.01.2600) MSIE: Internet Explorer v6.00 SP2 (6.00.2900.2180) …

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From the front page of this section I have had the gay porn fetish thing and the prunnet.exe (also from a website that suddenly got taken down) and now badly affected (somehow) by the generic host processes. I also have the red X next to the clock that I have …

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At first, I noticed that IE no longer worked, although it did work in safe mode. So I updated it to the latest version, yet it still didn't work, now not in safe mode either, reverted it back to the previous version, once more, works in safe mode. Also programs …

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my search engine is being redirected (using Google) nearly 100% of the time and I haven't a clue where the proble is. Here is a Highjackthis log, but I don't know enough about it to isolate the problem. Logfile of Trend Micro HijackThis v2.0.2 Scan saved at 9:11:36 AM, on …

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Hi and thanks for your help first of all. Today my system has been freezing a lot, it was getting worse unil the mouse froze on screen so the only option I had was to reboot my system. It would do a disk check on start up and then go …

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So my PC has been running progressively slower and slower, and a few days ago, Internet Explorer started to work "intermittently"...meaning that sometimes it would hang when loading, I'd do an "End Task" and then reload it and it would (usually) work. Suspecting something amiss (bright one, aren't I?) and …

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I just recently got a nasty virus and I tried wiping it out but I can't. Heres a log file from hijackthis. Logfile of HijackThis v1.99.1 Scan saved at 2:37:22 AM, on 2/8/2009 Platform: Windows XP SP3 (WinNT 5.01.2600) MSIE: Unable to get Internet Explorer version! Running processes: C:\WINDOWS\System32\smss.exe C:\WINDOWS\SYSTEM32\winlogon.exe …

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Hello Could anyone help please, when trying to search via google or even yahoo the pages don't come up or are redirected to the wrong pages. AVG cant update any longer because the server address doesn't work. I have downloaded and run HijackThis and the log is pasted below Logfile …

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Problem: You cleaned all spyware/viruses but still cannot change background picture. Under display properties/desktop Background section is disabled. Solution: !!!DON'T FORGET TO BACKUP YOUR REGISTERY!!! Remove following registry entry from your system using Regedit. Log-off and log back in. [HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Policies\System] "Wallpaper"="" You should be able to change your background now. …

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I'm having trouble installing MalwareBytes, it gives me this error: "The application failed to initialize properly (0xc00000006). Click on OK to terminate the application." I also obtain that error every time I try to run Spybot-Search and Destroy. Here is my HijackThis! log: Logfile of Trend Micro HijackThis v2.0.2 Scan …

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Logfile of Trend Micro HijackThis v2.0.2 Scan saved at 12:51:18 AM, on 2/2/2009 Platform: Windows XP SP2 (WinNT 5.01.2600) MSIE: Internet Explorer v6.00 SP2 (6.00.2900.2180) 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:\WINDOWS\system32\Ati2evxx.exe C:\WINDOWS\Explorer.EXE C:\WINDOWS\system32\spoolsv.exe C:\WINDOWS\ehome\ehtray.exe C:\WINDOWS\RTHDCPL.EXE C:\Acer\Empowering Technology\ePower\ePower_DMC.exe C:\Program Files\Synaptics\SynTP\SynTPEnh.exe C:\PROGRA~1\LAUNCH~1\LManager.exe C:\Acer\Empowering Technology\eRecovery\eRAgent.exe C:\Program …

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I am a newbie to this forum. I have been experiencing a problem with explorer.exe at login. I have read through the other threads about a similar problem occurring in the Fall of 2007. What I am experiencing is similar to those threads, but the sloutions provided in those threads …

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My friend get the error message "iexplorer.exe cannot be found" whenever he tries to start ie, even when running the file directly (double-clicking iexplorer.exe). You want a HijackThis log?

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Hi All, I've been facing the same problem as mentioned in one of the threads related to deletion of spools.exe, after I heroically deleted the spools.exe file from my System32\drivers folder. I use a Windows Xp Home Edition with SP2 and do not have anti virus solutions installed. I was …

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Every single page I try to enter via google, be it wikipedia or youtube comes up with a "Warning- entering this page could harm your computer!" Yahoo and other search engines work fine. Is this just a temporary problem withing Google or is this computer infected? (I'm guessing the latter) …

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Logfile of Trend Micro HijackThis v2.0.2 Scan saved at 3:42:49 PM, on 1/20/2009 Platform: Windows XP SP2 (WinNT 5.01.2600) MSIE: Internet Explorer v7.00 (7.00.6000.16762) 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:\Program Files\Intel\Wireless\Bin\EvtEng.exe C:\Program Files\Intel\Wireless\Bin\S24EvMon.exe C:\Program Files\Common Files\Symantec Shared\ccSetMgr.exe C:\Program Files\Common Files\Symantec Shared\ccEvtMgr.exe C:\Program Files\Common Files\Symantec …

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Greetings, Roughly a week ago, my wife had a run-in with "MS Antivirus" while doing some shopping on-line. Not being particularly computer savvy -- even less savvy than me, and that's saying something -- she mistook the faked warning page for real, and proceeded to download some associated malware. (She …

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Hi, Last night, I started getting popups saying I need to download Antivirus XPPro, which I have seen to be as some type of malware. This morning, when I attempted to boot up my computer, it wouldn't load any systems, my desktop was blank, and there were no icons. When …

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Hello all, I'm hoping to get some help here. As the title states, I can't get to certain websites and it seems that it is being caused by some sort of virus. I've ran numerous anti-spyware scans and hijackthis logs, and everything seems fine, but the problem persists. Not sure …

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My problem started off much like the one in this thread: [url]http://www.daniweb.com/forums/thread144432.html[/url] The symptoms of that problem now appear to be resolved...but I assume there is still a bit more cleaning up left to do. The problem started when I could not start Firefox or IE. Every time I tried …

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Well...I JUST reformatted my PC 2 weeks ago and I thought it would clean every thing... but then I still had virtumonde... so all these nasty pop-ups and other things would come on my computer... it has been going very slow and has lead to me getting prunnet and othe …

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Hi, so my girlfriends laptop was getting a bunch of warning messages about spyware/malware etc. . . and it seems the culprit was a little bugger named spools.exe that had materialized in her system32/drivers folder the day before. I googled it and it seems this is a nasty little guy …

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I have somehow acquired an odd virus. When I start up my computer a Security Center Alert comes up asking if I want to block suspicious software called Win32.Zafi.B with a high threat level . There is an enable protection button. I've pressed the button and when I do mozilla …

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