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Hello and thank you for the welcome to DaniWeb. I hope that someone can find the time to help me with my xp problems. The problem is that one of my svchost.exe processes gradually demands more and more ram and cpu which eventually locks up my machine. I can safely …

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Howdy, I had a virus, one of the ones that pops up and says, viruses detected, click on this to start running the anti-virus software. I CTRL-Alt_Del out of that, and then it usually tells me, jga.exe (or something similar) not responsive. I search on that, its always in the …

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A couple weeks ago my computer was hit with the "Windows Repair" virus that said my hard drives were crashing. I managed to get rid of that but it seems that now every once in a while Internet Explorer will pop up with a random link to anywhere, such as …

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Hello All: It appeared that I had downloaded a virus this morning while working on my PC. I have been having intermittent issues with RAM, I believe...PC would freeze on occassion or boot up to blue screen. However got some virus notices from NOD32 and the Windows XP Repair kicked …

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Hi, I was having a problem with my new Dell computer making clicking noises so I called Dell Tec support. He took controll of my computer and ran some checks then told me I had Spyware that had to be removed. Wanted to charge me a high price to do …

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Hey, this exploit periodically pops up on my MSE. I'd ideally like to get rid of it permanently. Here are the logs I had to break this down into like a million posts because the logs were too large for one post to handle. Sorry about that! I know for …

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Hello! I have Windows XP Home Edition SP2, Version 2002, which I run on eMachines version T2875. I began to run into a problem a day and a half ago, which hadn't seemed quite so drastic at the time. My default web browser is Firefox (version 3.6.17) and every time …

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a few months ago, i was battered by sality, and was waiting for my friend's external hard disk to backup my data, and do a full format. well, I've done all those things now, and have installed kaspersky 2011 internet security suite(the licensed commercial version). Also, as per the instructions …

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I've seen earlier posts for this problem, but the solutions don't apply to me, and the earlier posts are a couple of years old. I was hit on 6/5/11 with malware from a legitimate website that I had accessed just the day before with no problems. Malwarebytes (MBAM) identified the …

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For the last few weeks, many of the people who have sent me e-mails have received the automatic response of "replace:vacationEnabled". I'm assuming this is some kind of setting in Outlook for when you are out of the office but I can't find any solution. I've done a Google search …

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I'm requesting assistance. We are running WinXP, SP3. We appear to have what Stinger found in two files as the Fakealert!fakealert-REP virus (it then deleted those two files). The obvious symptom, for the last couple days, is this: We were running McAfee Antivirus Plus, and currently something *makes it freeze* …

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Hi Gerbil, I have the same problem like nmslagle, keep having the address redirected to fake address. can you help to check my log, below is my log. I use FireFox as my browser. Thanks Logfile of Trend Micro HijackThis v2.0.2 Scan saved at 13:31:21, on 10/30/2009 Platform: Windows XP …

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When I click any of the displayed items in a list from google (or any search engine) it goes to different sites seemingly at random. Keying in the http address works fine. Any ideas please?

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Hello, I was hoping someone could help me as I am exhausted trying to clean up my husband's netbook. Background: I found a Windows Recovery virus on it a couple of days ago as well as a search bar virus. I did a system restore, removed the default Google search …

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hi everyone :) i have this question to ask regarding a ONE-USER ANTIVIRUS.. if i have one such antivirus installed in my computer, and then if i reformat my entire disk, then will i be able to reinstall that anti-virus from its cd after iv made a fresh install? thanks …

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I have seen this before but am wondering what could be recommended as of how to take of this issue before I start jumping to the computer later this afternoon. I have a Dell Vostro 1000 Laptop that has Avast Server Managed Anti-Virus. 1.2 GHz 512MB RAM. The issues: One: …

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I have done all in the "Read me first before posting a request". Unfortunately the virus blocks Internet access except the redirect to it's site so I can not post results. Nothing was found with any of the virus programs. Of the three attempts of the GMER sweep the computer …

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However, i'd like to go back and state all of my problems prior. I got two versions of the "windows xp" spyware virus that pretends to scan your computer initially. I managed to get rid of both by figuring out the process tree and ending them, then using avg to …

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Hi All, I know that this question has been asked earlier but my hijackthis log did not contained the entries mentioned by previous members. I am facing the same problem, my taskbar changes color after around 15 min and sound gets disabled, I ran Malwarebytes Anti-Malware but there were no …

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Hi, I don't have much time left when I think my computer got infected and I'm afraid of turning off my computer now... I was online for some time until I got a shutdown coundown box that will shutdown my computer automaically after 1 minute but I managed to stop …

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greetings to all and thanks for taking the time to read this... ill get down to the point - whenever i go into my documents or any folder non-internet related, it immediately stops working and needs to shut down... i have a problem report up right now on Vista which …

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HELP ME! So my dad's compaq lappy died and he bought another one from his neighbor for $100. Turns out that thing is so bogged down with nasties it's not even remotely funny. I d/l'd MBAM and tried to update. ERROR 12092, can't update last database was 12/20/2010 so I …

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Hi, I recently got a message on my computer (Windows Vista Home Premium) from Windows defender, stating that I have harmful or unwanted software on my laptop. I click remove, windows defender says "successful", but this same pop-up comes back when I reboot and while my laptop is on. I …

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Dear All, Please Help me, An E-mail was automatically sent to all contacts that were added in my accounts, That e-mail contain a malicious link inside it. I also received this e-mail on my yahoo account because my yahoo ID was also added in contacts of my AOL id, I …

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It appeairs that I may have been hijacked. I have run AVG & Microsoft Security Essentials in Safe Mode and there were no threats. When I am in Safe Mode I cannot connect to the internet to download the hijackthis to provide you a log. Any suggestions how I can …

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So, I got this virus a little while back, I've been following the threads on resolving it to no avail. I'm running Windows 7 with Avast antivirus, I have MBAM installed. In fact, as soon as I realized I had a virus, I tried running MBAM, but the virus was …

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Hello. Not too long ago, I started getting error messages every time I started my computer that said this: "Error loading C:\Windows\ofanomohagiqin.dll" "Error loading C:\Windows\rmopup.dll" And this happens every time I get to the desktop. At first I didn't think much of it, but then I noticed that folders on …

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I have a processing showing up in my task manager (iexplorer.exe) this is the first time I've seen it. It shows up when I start my computer and is taking up a very large amount of memory. Please tell me how to delete it? I ran hijackthis and it does …

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I am running Vista and I am unable to do a reinstall of Java. An internet explorer 7 file updated fairly recently, but I can't remember how to uninstall that one and I think that I'm remembering correctly, that that turned out to be one of the issues last time. …

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After installing BearShareV9 now cannot open Internet Explorer. Tried turning DEP on Performance Options (Part of System Properties in the Control Panel. Decided to Unstall BearShare V9 - problem did not go away. Removed IE 8 and still reinstalled, problem did not go away. (To do this post I had …

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Hey. I keep getting AVG popping up with a message that tells me that cookies.sqlite in the Firefox folder of my Document and Settings, within Application Data, folder is infected. I've followed the sticky and here are the results: Malwarebytes' Anti-Malware 1.46 [url]www.malwarebytes.org[/url] Database version: 4052 Windows 5.1.2600 Service Pack …

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Hi, Running Windows XP, Service Pack 3, Internet Explorer 8. When I do a Google Search and click on a destination it gets redirected. I have run numerous scans and virus checks. After cleaning my computer, it still redirects. I tried running the tasks in your 'do this first' post …

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hi friends.. i need to know that is there any method to allow someone to access a file just one time,and delete that file itself.I just wanted to send some audio file to my friend and doesn't want to keep evidence of it..Is there anyway.... thanx in advance.

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Hi, I have a small business and am looking for an encryption system for my files and email that doesn’t change the end user’s experience. The ones I’ve seen online require the end user to log in, download this, etc. These are my clients so I don’t want to add …

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Hi all, I think I've got a rootkit infection. What I can see on my pc is that Ads windows are started by Internet Explorer and Firefox. Moreover there are programs that do not start and I must retry more times to start them. It happens with firefox, Internet explorer, …

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Hi! An email was opened. At that time, I guess a Trojan was downloaded. My Avast antivirus went nuts; I couldn't open the task manager or other system programs; I couldn't system restore; i couldn't even shut the computer down. I had to do a manual shutdown (held the power …

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Hey guys, My AV has located a rootkit MBR:\\.\PHYSICALDRIVE0 I have already tried a solution that I found in this forum but it has not worked. basically I have run bootkit_remover.rar and run it. It returned the following: -- [COLOR="Red"]Bootkit Remover (c) 2009 eSage Lab [url]www.esagelab.com[/url] Program version: 1.2.0.0 OS …

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I'm new on this forum and I don't know if I post it at the correct thread or topic but just want to know if my system is infected of virus or is there any software running in my computer that is harmful to my computer. I was attack by …

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Hello, About 2 weeks ago I got a pop up that appeared to be a Windows update, but upon completion, all I saw was one of those aggressive programs that says you have infections but there wasn't any when I ran my antivirus program. I ran AVG, Malwarebytes and Hijackthis …

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Hey all ! I have an Acer laptop with Vista on it. It had some viruses on it and also ZoneAlarm firewall. I "think" I got all the nasties off of it and I removed zonealarm. Now, everytime I bootup, the Windows firewall stays on for about 30 seconds and …

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Hi guys, I've been fighting this bug and could use some help. Windows XP SP3 and I've lost the desktop. Not just icons, etc. No desktop at all. I can run from Task Manager and this is my second machine so I can do most anything I need for the …

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Can anyone help with possible whistler@mbr. I am an experienced it professional and no stranger to malware removal of all types, in fact I am generally quite expert in this field, but this one has me stumped.# I am running W7 ultimate Avast detected Whistler@mbr on my system however there …

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Any ideas on this one.....? I cleaned down a virus infected pc (Windows XP Media Centre Edition SP3 with IE8). All the scans are now clean but iexplore.exe runs as a process in task manager. It throws an error every few minutes saying Internet Explorer has encountered a problem and …

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Hi .. i am unable to install any anti virus or run avast as i dont know what is wrong with my system and this is irritating me neither i can open task manager as it says it has been disabled by admin nor can i run safe mode, please …

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Hi Folks; This is my first post. I attempted to search through some of the threads hoping to find the specific problems i see on my desktop (running on XP), to no avail. Hope you can help. Thanks Symptoms: Virus or Malware downloaded? 1. Have to type "explorer.exe" on Task/Manager/File/new …

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I think my girlfriends netbook has become infected with a rootkit virus thingy. I've tried several things the latest of which was reinstalling Windows XP. Unfortunately search results in Google still redirect to random shopping websites. Below the various log files as requested. Any help will be appreciated! mbam log: …

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My PC has windowxp/SP2 and I can no longer run cmd.exe using either of these: 1. Start\Run\cmd or Start\Run\cmd.exe or Start\Run\C:\WINDOWS\system32\cmd.exe These will get me this error: Windows cannot find 'cmd'. Make sure you typed the name correctly, and then try again. To search for a file, click the Start …

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I am looking for an antivirus for Windows XP because I am tired of all that shit that tries to infect my PC. So far I looked into [url=http://www.deprice.com/kasperskyantiviruspersonal.htm]Kaspersky Anti Virus[/url] and [url=http://us.mcafee.com/root/package.asp?pkgid=100]McAfee VirusScan[/url]. Which one is better or should I pick something entirely different?

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My local server is sending me messages stating that I have many viruses. I run Norton regularly how can that be? I run the updates all the time. So which one is better AGV Antivirus or Norton? I appreciate your comments. Thanks a lot!:confused:

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hello yestoday i think i might of downloaded a virus, ive uses this site before to remove viruses was very helpful. i cannot switch on my windows security centre and also have a unwanted virus program, which just appeared in my toolbar, and keeps popping up with error messages. i …

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