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I rarely use Internet Explorer. I also have the MSN browser, which I use most often and the Mozilla Firefox browser. Sometimes when I use the computer with MSN, the computer opens up about 7 or 8 IE windows and I can't do a thing with my computer. If I …

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I need help with something that’s infected my computer and I can't remove. I first noticed something was wrong when any internet search engine links are re-directed to other suspicious sites. Additionally, my browser was unable to contact any anti-virus sites, responding with an unable to connect message. My anti-virus …

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Hi, Last night I get this little window called ccCommon and it says Windows Configures. I immediately x'd it out and then ran my Nortons, nothing showed up. I then ran Spyware Doctor and it picked up: HeurEngine.Packed.FSG - Trojan-Downloader.Zlob.GEN - HeurEngine.Packed.MoleBox - Application.NirCmd. I thought I had gotten rid …

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Hi, Sorry if I post this in wrong section I have just registered. I was alerted that I had a Trojan Virus this morning, and when I did as the alert suggested (delete), my PC automatically closed down and re-booted, now I have an Icon on my PC "delself" and …

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Recently i have been having these popups with ips like. http://89.188.16.43/go//?cmp=nm_firefox_rn&uid=00C2C7DAA3F911DDB0A9150044CFFFFF&rid=zdez&guid=18F0032549E7424087A87FF6D789E65C&affid=150044&lid=http&url=%7Bhttp:%2F%2F%5B0-9a-zA-Z%5C+%5C%%5C.%5C;%5C,%5C-%5C_%5C%3F%5C%23%26%5C=%5C%7B%5C%7D%5C%5B%5C%5D%5C%2F%5C%5C%5C$%5C:%5C@%5C%5E%5C~%5C%60%5D+%7D&v=1156&m=irq4 [url]http://82.98.235.35/go//?cmp=nm_firefox_rn&uid=00C2C7DAA3F911DDB0A9150044CFFFFF&rid=zdez&guid=18F0032549E7424087A87FF6D789E65C&affid=150044&lid=http&url=http:%2F%2F192.168.100.1%2F&v=1156&m=irq4[/url] after which they redirect to a antispyware website. I have tried varies things but nothing seems to sort it out. I have tried AVG, antispyware, combofix, smitfraud, antimalware etc... they have found many things but not solve this …

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My computer recently came down with a plethora of problems and I can only assume that it is a trojan of some sort. I'm not very computer savvy, so I did a lot of Googling before identify one of the problems, which was Virtumonde. I tried running spybot and deleted …

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Recently got a case of flash_updater.exe on my pc and seems that its the facebook virus. I can no longer user internet explorer, but can still access pcs on the network and download emails etc... Can no longer find any traces of said virus on the PC, downloaded malwarebytes anti-malware …

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Hi there Guys I have a Vista Laptop thats behaving very strange. I am running AV Eset NOD32 full scan with no viruses found. Below is a HJT log witch I was hoping one of you guys thats advance in HJT can have a look at and offer some guidance …

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Hi to all my family at DaniWeb !!!! A friend asked me the other day " What's the BEST all around antispyware,antitrogan,anti malware, anti everything that money can buy ? I told him that Avast and Zone Alarm should do it and they are free, but he insists on buying …

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Hi there, My kids have picked up some malicious virus that has our computer constantly being attacked by pop ups and it's running really slow. Also some program called Virus Response Lab 2009 has installed itself somewhere on our computer but i can't find it. Our internet home page has …

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Edit: Sorry, will post Hijack this Log asap. Hello all, My computer has been running unusually slow lately, and things such as clicking links and loading pages cause Firefox to freeze up and take 30 seconds to load (things it usually took 1 or 2 seconds to do). Even while …

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Performed an XP system repair due to the Administrator Account having an unknown password along with Windows Explorer having multiple issues: Open Containing Folder - not working Find Target - not working Explorer columns random view changes. These all seem to be repaired and working fine. Now Windows Updates are …

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I'm hoping someone out there can help me when i open my documents or anythig else windows related i get "windows explorer has encountered a problem and needs to close". i cant get into see my files. internet explorer won't open either. i currently use opera anyway. its the only …

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Hello to my family at DaniWeb !!! I have a Emachine W3050,Windows Home Edition, SP2 The computer has "connecting problems and I'm not sure if it is a virus that is causing the problem. The computer goes to the following sites with no problems......msn,dell,download.com, and daniweb.com. I'm sure there are …

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hi Guys, my machine has been so slow after an infection with a virus which i successfully was able to remove using KAV7. so i was advised by one of us here to post a hijackthis log here and hopefully you can help me solve the speed problem. Do i …

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Hi There, I have picked up a virus under the name of VUNDROP.. I thought avast had removed it and windows defender picked it up.. but now the dreaded ANTIVIRUS 2009 keeps popping up with the links to its website.. It seemed that came from one of your links on …

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Greetings, I am in dire need for help for my laptop. I was trying out the option of changing my pen drive's icon through autorun.ini. I believe I typed the icon incorrectly, but I didn't know at the time. After I saved the changes done in the autorun file (It …

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Hi, I have a friend who has a compaq presario v2000 running Windows XP. Her EX-BOYFRIEND dimmed the lighting with one of the shortcuts on the keyboard at least thats what it looks like anyways. I can't find the shortcut to turn the screens light back on and the manual …

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hi My computer DNS is highjack. I try to change and fix to obtained automaticly.But its goes to this DNS 82.255.112.147. When i search in google, the search goes to some strange ips. I scan with norton 360 but no problem fix. Please be advice Thank you in advance.

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Hello, So this is how it began: My symantec client security was out of date, so i downloaded the latest version of symantec endpoint. It told me I needed to uninstall any other anti virus softwares first. So after I tried doing that, it wouldn't let me uninstall Symantec saying …

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Hello, I recently got infected with the go.google redirect problem. Internet Explorer started running very slowly, and I was getting redirected to ad sites when clicking on Google search results. So far, I've basically followed PhilliePhan's steps by running the following: 1.Microsoft Windows Malicious Software Removal Tool (nothing was found) …

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Last Saturday my kids where on internet while I were at work. After a while they phoned me and complained that every time they were open firefox computer re-booted. So when I came home for lunch I checked it up and phoned support, but they couldn't help me:@ Through my …

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Hi, I am on my aunts computer. Trying to get rid of this Big Bad Virus. Idk how she got it but it really hard to get out. I downloaded nortan virus and that didn't even remove it after like 2 hours of scanning and deleting some trojans and stuff …

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Hello to all the good folks at DaniWeb !!!! I have a Toshiba laptop with Windows XP Home Edition on it. I went to install AVG 8. and a warning poped up telling me that there was already another antivirus program installed on the laptop, and that I should remove …

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Hi. Lately, I get a lot of messages on my Windows Live Messenger from people I don't know (and maybe not exist). I guess it's a kind of Trojan, but I can't get rid of it. I did everything that you mentioned in your posts up here, but I keep …

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I am not certain if I was infected by spyware today or not. Zone Alarm popped up stating that WJQS.exe was trying to access my system so I denied it access. I did a search on my harddrive for the exe file and came up with this: WJQS.EXE-0090FC1A.pf under C:/windows/prefetch …

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Over night, my computer downloaded the automatic windows update and restarted. Once I logged back on, my browser would not connect to the internet. I knew i was online because I was running AIM. I restarted my computer and I was able to connect my browser to the internet. Soon …

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I have a thread on windows vista forumcalled error loading and they told me to post thelog file rom hijack this Running processes: C:\Windows\system32\Dwm.exe C:\Windows\Explorer.EXE C:\Windows\system32\taskeng.exe C:\Windows\System32\mobsync.exe C:\Program Files\Windows Defender\MSASCui.exe C:\hp\support\hpsysdrv.exe C:\Program Files\Hewlett-Packard\On-Screen OSD Indicator\OSD.exe C:\Windows\RtHDVCpl.exe C:\Program Files\HP\HP Software Update\hpwuSchd2.exe C:\Program Files\Java\jre1.6.0_07\bin\jusched.exe C:\Windows\System32\rundll32.exe C:\Program Files\iTunes\iTunesHelper.exe C:\Program Files\Common Files\Symantec Shared\ccApp.exe C:\Program …

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It says VIRUS ALERT! in the taskbar and I cant see the C drive or the button that says run when I click start. I cant download hijack this because of the virus but I managed to go on the target of a program to get to the C drive …

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Well, my internet was going pretty slow lately so I started to do some scans like usual Spybot picked up and supposedly deleted virtumonde and Dssagent which upon some simple research supposedly slows the internet down but anyways, I restarted the computer and then explorer.exe was starting up and ending, …

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I posted in the wrong area, so here I am again and hope this time the HiJack Log will be attached. I keep getting a popup saying Windows virtual memory is low and that it will be fixed. So I go and check it out and nothing has changed, so …

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I am new to this site so if I leave any information out or sound stupid I apologize. Google and Yahoo keeps redirecting me to other websites like edmunds.com or other search engines. My browsing speeds have started to slow down and I cannot visit sites like majorgeek.com or install …

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Logfile of HijackThis v1.99.1 Scan saved at 19:36:32, on 10/10/2008 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\spoolsv.exe C:\WINDOWS\Explorer.EXE C:\WINDOWS\system32\VTTimer.exe C:\WINDOWS\system32\S3trayp.exe C:\PROGRA~1\Grisoft\AVG7\avgcc.exe C:\PROGRA~1\Grisoft\AVG7\avgemc.exe C:\Program Files\CyberLink\PowerDVD\PDVDServ.exe C:\Program Files\Winamp\winampa.exe C:\Program Files\Ahead\InCD\InCD.exe C:\WINDOWS\SOUNDMAN.EXE C:\Program Files\Common Files\Real\Update_OB\realsched.exe C:\windows\hffext\hffsrv.exe C:\Program Files\Google\Google Desktop …

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Norton Internet Security 2008 detects this virus and rates it as high risk but cannot remove it. Directs me to Symantec site which gives instructions on removal, which I followed. However, the virus remains. How do I get rid of it, since I'm assuming it does pose a significant risk. …

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Hi i am new here and trying to fix a relative's computer First it would not boot windows so i had to reinstall the boot files from winxp cd then once i was able to boot i ran over 6 scans from different companies (avg8, ad aware, pc doctor) i …

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thanks for your help!! running win2k, ie6.0, and using sbc dsl. cleaned trojan viruses using avg6.0, but now i can not browse using google.com in the address bar. if i type the ip address 216.239.39.99 it will go to the google home page. if i search for something and click …

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I got the VIRUS ALERT! malware virus twice out of stupidity. I had my AVG and Zone Alarm turned off to burn a disc that was having trouble copying. Then bang *!@#$% all hell broke loose. I could not get to AVG's site to reinstall the newest copy. I could …

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I was listening to an album when windows media player suddenly stopped playing and asked me to update some driver (mp3 codec)... Stupidly, I said yes without thinking about it. Few moments after, my computer was having non stop popus or advertisement about virus, some stuff about anti virus 2008 …

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I can only asume that my habit for p2p servers is what's destroyed my computers speed and created this pop up and internet problem. Explorer and firefox keep opening and closing by themselves and my computer tells me that it NEEDS to connect to networks that I am unfamiliar with …

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Computer start to work slow #1 19 Hours Ago | Add to SerbOz's Reputation | Flag Bad Post My computer start to work slow. I have no idea what happened even my comp is supposed to be fast with 3.5 Gb, 3Gb RAM, 500 HD, Windows XP... Anyway, sending my …

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Hi, I have got this thing where if i go on google and search, the text is bigger than usual. Also if i click on a search it loads up a new window and some random site comes up. Id really appreciate a step by step guide on what to …

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My computer was getting fatal errors for about a week now, getting progressively worse as the week went by. It would keep doing physical memory dumps and what not, but would always work on the second or third boot-up. Last night it completely died and just went to a blue …

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A couple days ago, I inadvertantly downloaded Micro Antivirus 2009. With that, I had all sorts of issues with pop-ups, programs being blocked, etc. I was unable to do a system restore (first the Help icon was gone from my start menu, then when it came back, the System Restore …

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Hello, I am using windows XP SP2 and I am having trouble with explorer.exe, it keeps restarting every 5 seconds and comes up with an error message saying it cannot find winlogon.exe in "C:\WINDOWS\winlogon.exe". Here is my hijack this report: Logfile of Trend Micro HijackThis v2.0.2 Scan saved at 00:47:34, …

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hi guys. i have a problem with my computer. i can't show hidden files/folders on my computer. i've even tried showing them through the registry keys related but somehow the values i change seem to default to their previous values. I've also noticed a file in my flashdisk even after …

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The problem from the beginning. The system was being slow in general so I knew something was wrong. I had AVG anti-virus. I found AVG to be a pain because I had to update it manually all the time. I download and install Avast antivirus. I scan with Avast finds …

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Been trying to get rid of CID pop-ups on my nephew's computer for a while now. Have tried several anti spyware/virus programs (Spybot S&D, Adaware, Avast!, UBCD4Win) with no luck whatsoever. Have read many posts regarding removal of CID, so I am posting my Hijackthis log here with hopes someone …

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Hi, im new to the site and have searched the forums, but didnt find a solution specific to my problem. I have a a server busy window pop-up and a few programs running that i don't know the origin of such as Gear511, GetModule23, and another. I recently ended the …

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hi everyone, I am computer illiterate and sorry if this is a dumb question. I cannot see my desktop, it was blocked by something that looked like spyware or adware.. I downloaded Spybot and Adaware and ran them now it is not there, BUT there is a blank space where …

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I noticed about 2 weeks ago that a bunch (not all) of my picture and video files are gone!! The folders I had them arranged in are still there, but there is nothing in them. I have been loosing my mind trying to figure out the problem. I have requested …

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