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I have tried Webroot, Fix-it Utilities and Registry Patrol 3.0. They have found several virus' but still not cleaned up everything. I have run Hijackthis and the log is attached. Any help will be appreciated. Logfile of Trend Micro HijackThis v2.0.4 Scan saved at 9:54:48 PM, on 5/5/2010 Platform: Windows …

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This is a friends son computer. I have already uninstalled limewire as requested. HP dv8000. Originally was getting 2010 antivirus popups. Has no AV and I was going to put microsoft security essentials in it if this was thought to be a good idea. Computer is REAL REAL slow. Thanks …

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Last week, i noticed while at a computer lab at my local college someone who was getting a spam of a virus protection that the computer should have. Sortly after, it would not let the guy use the internet and proceeded to give a window saying that the pc has …

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I restarted my computer and bootup to desktop was extremely slow...it took about 5 minutes to display. I received a Microsoft C++ Runtime error message with the following path. Program:...es\common files\RoxioShared\9.0\SharedCom\RoxWatch9.exe I thought that it may be associated with RealPlayer SP that I downloaded about a month ago so I …

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I have a hijack file I would like someone to look at. I am having a problem turning on the Network Discovery. After I turn it on it goes off. I was told I may have a virus or spyware turning it off. I would appreciate some help so I …

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Hello all, I've been battling Internet Security 2010, AntiMalware Defender, and background audio ads for about 2 months now. But I think I might have a new twist. Someone on another forum was trying to help me, but we seem to have hit a wall and I'm hoping you guys …

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Ok, so i recently got one of the variants of AntiVirus 2010, I think it was called Vista Security 2010. I ran the exe fix and then MBAM and it found 2 files which were removed and i havnt had the fake anti virus pop up since, my only problem …

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Hi Guys, Been having problems with my IE brower redirecting or random browers opening up with different sites over the last few days its driving me up the wall!! It took me several attempts on google clicking on the link that brought me to this forum where i have read …

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I am suspecting some kind of malware infection perhaps..?? I am not entirely sure but I have been researching all day to no avail.. well ladies and gents,.. heres my situation, i have the Windows XP Home edition on an Inspiron 6000 and when i turn the dang thing on …

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hey over the last few weeks i have noticed that when i turn my pc on in the morning before anyone else has used it -thie IE history contains elements like: xitamo.com nexoa.com bitamo.com search.starware.com and every so often i will notice that there are pronographic sites and sites for …

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hello everyone.. My problem started out with a desktop and no icons I couldnt get explorer to open under task manager either so I did a system restore. XP but now I click on google chrome and nothing happens and there are other things that arent working correct so I …

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well, avast kept getting an error and reporting alureon-fr. I tried to boot into safe mode and now the machine will not boot up...I get to the screen with a choice of safe mode, etc. but no matter what I choose it just reboots over and over to that screen. …

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Getting a rundll error than constantly pops up reading: Error loadC:/WINDOWS/bdfmqdb.dll Downloaded Hijickthis as suggested in another thread i checked and the log is below. Thanks for any help and if any more ionfo is needed just ask. Logfile of Trend Micro HijackThis v2.0.2 Scan saved at 18:55:24, on 06/04/2010 …

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I recently had a very nasty virus, which ate pretty much all of my system files forcing me to do a reformat and reinstall of windows. During the time I had the virus, my external HDD was attached to my computer and I fear that the little bugger may have …

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finally got my computer going... not in safe mode. that ashweb seems to be a huge problem. here is my newest hijack Logfile of HijackThis v1.99.1 Scan saved at 8:41:07 AM, on 8/4/2006 Platform: Windows XP SP1 (WinNT 5.01.2600) MSIE: Internet Explorer v6.00 SP1 (6.00.2800.1106) Running processes: C:\WINDOWS\System32\smss.exe C:\WINDOWS\system32\winlogon.exe C:\WINDOWS\system32\services.exe …

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So I'm on my dad's computer and it runs real slow so I tried running a few different softwares on it. First time I've ever used Hijack-this so if you could tell me what I could do with this log I would truly appreciate it. Logfile of Trend Micro HijackThis …

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So I was stupid and ended up thinking a fake pop up for a malware trojan was from my AVG antivirus, I should have known better. It restarted my computer and now it's pretty crazy. My programs show up, as well as my documents, but it's like nothing is actually …

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Hi guys, hoping someone can help me. I seem to have been infected with a nasty virus. I have the little red balloon in my task bar that keeps popping up saying my computer is infected with spyware. I have tried running AVG, Superantispyware, Spybot and HJT and none of …

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Hello, I am running Windows XP and have picked up something called "Antivirus XP". It keeps saying that my computer is badly infected and needs to run it's own scan. My firewall has been turned off by this infection and I cannot turn it back on. Can someone help me …

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I've had some strange things happening on my computer. In the past week, I've noticed some pop ups when I use Firefox. Sometimes a new window with youtube will come up and just start playing some random video. Yesterday, my email account sent out a spam email about medication from …

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Help! When I try to go to an anti-spyware website on my desktop, windows XP, I get redirected to a web page the says it cannot find the website. When I run it on my laptop, it runs fine so I know it some sort of virus. Here is the …

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URGENT~ norton 360 auto protect won't turn on, comp slow.. i recently removed some viruses (Trojans) and some malware (crazy stuff.. had virus alert!! written everywhere, changed my bg, had everything into links to some sites, etc --- now its gone) i scanned my comp with my norton 360, panda …

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IT Prof. please help me..! I have encountered a problem regarding my ANTI-VIRUS... My Anti-virus is "AVIRA", and it keeps detecting a Virus that is said to be a "BACKDOOR"... It infected the explorer.exe. Whenever I open any folder, it will appear...And also if I will Move it to quarantine, …

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Hello all, I hope all is well! Firefox will load my homepage without a problem but when I click on a link it just will not load. Now this forces me to use IE which I do not like. I didn't change any settings on the firewall or AV so …

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Hi everyone, Very frustrating for me since I use Norton, I keep my system updated from Microsoft, and I have both AdAware and Malwarebytes on my system, I don't fileshare or go to gaming sites. My IE is now unusable. It immediately gives me popups or shuts it down without …

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So, i've had this malware for a week or so, I ran malware bytes several times and each time its finished, the spyware kools down for about 2 days before starting up again. The spyware isn't perticularly annoying but it plays a random AUDIO ad with NO window shown (pops …

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Last day I have formated my computer and installed a fresh copy of windows XP SP1. Then I tried to install MS Office 2007. It shows that it need SP2 or later. So I deceided to download SP2 from microsoft site which is 266 MB huge. I have started at …

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same problem as the person who ran malware for virus antivirus 2010. After running I can't acces internet now.

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Error 1084. Offer some sollution by mail. Shoul I allow You the remote assistance?

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I think I may have a virus. I cannot open anything from my desktop. I get an error of "This file does not have a program associated with it for performing this action. Create an association in the folder options control panel". Everything looks good in folder options. I redownloaded …

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Hey..it's me southern again...my computer is running great thanks to all your help, I maintain it regularly, and so far no problems..However my dads computer had a nervous breakdown, and we can't figure out what happened...he's running Vista, the computer shut down and would not boot back up, he had …

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Will the instructions you provided earlier work on the XP version of the "XP Antispyware 2010" malware, [B]crunchie[/B]? I'm helping a family member who got hit with basically the same malware. I followed your instructions and after the two scans and got the following MBAM and and OTL logs: [B]MBAM[/B] …

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Windows 7 Ultimate 64 bit: search results window continously keeps popping for no reason, i have wiped the hdd clean and reinstalled win7 and ran trend micro house call installed symantec antivirus corp ed and did a mbr ix and i am still having the same problem. At first i …

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Hey all, Have a couple of problems that I hope someone can help me with. Got the infamous Redirect problem, where you search google, click on one of the results, and it goes somewhere else totally. I have to click back to google and click on the link again to …

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Hi! This is my first post here. I have this problem, IE7 opens automatically showing ads and sites saying "You've won...". I also have other web browsers- mozilla, safari and google chrome. I tried to open IE7. It opens then closes right away. Then I can't open mozilla. Nothing happens …

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Hello, All, Thanks for the help in advance. My husband's computer had attracted a number of viruses - Virtumonde, Zedo, etc. - that I've since removed. However, yesterday, a "sever busy" pop-up window started appearing, and windows would freeze after about 3 minutes of normal operation. At that point, no …

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I recently had trouble with the avsoft malware and would appreciate it if someone could look at my logs and tell me if I need to remove anything. I have run malwarebytes 4 times and have found something each time. I have posted my most recent logs from mbytes and …

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Hi guys, Please help me on this! i recently gave my laptop to someone for some work and wen it came back, there's this thing called security anti-virus running on it. i don't know how it came about but it's some strong Troja horse, i think. It has taken control …

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Hello guys, I have problems with herss.exe for months. This spyware has extended not only to my computer but also to all of my usb keys and external disk. So whenever I scan and delete all of the files, it appears again after restart. Avast finds same stuff every day. …

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Hi, I posted about the problems I'm having in another section here because I don't think it's a spyware/virus issue... but I could be wrong! : [URL="http://www.daniweb.com/forums/thread262826.html"]http://www.daniweb.com/forums/thread262826.html[/URL] Basically my pc is running VERY slowly (even in safe mode) and stalls every few minutes. Sometimes when it stalls it's for 10 …

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Hi, recently it's very frustrating to me that my firefox has been hijacked. Every time I start firefox, it starts at a strange website rather than my home page. I have run AVG, Ad-Ware, Trendmicro, Registry Mechanics, the problem still persists. Here is my HijackThis log file, if anyone can …

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Hi everyone, I know how busy everyone is and sincerely apologize for taking up your time, but I believe I've been bested by some sort of malicious program. I knew I had some sort of infection for a while, as google chrome would redirect to random websites whenever i clicked …

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well as the topic says a virus wont let me install or update any anti virus programs and i cant update the malware, spyware software already on my computer. its not just that whenever i try to go to a known antivirus website or any website that might help, i …

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I recently received a laptop that had not been used in quite awhile and began to update it to my personal specs similar to what I use at my office, making sure that Windows is updated and getting the programs that I am familiar with (AVG, Malwarebytes, ARO, etc...) Windows …

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My teenage son was complaining about how slow his internet connection was, and how the connection kept hanging on him, so i asked him to run a complete virus scan, He is running the latest Mcfee VirusScan, which reported that it had detected "New Win32" in the C:\windows\system32\winlogon.exe. It also …

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So frustrating. I've used every tool that I know of in SafeMode. Updated definitions. Malewarebytes, Spybot, AdAware, AVG, ComboFix, HijackThis, VunduFix, SmitfraudFix, RootkitRevealer, CounterSpy. IE and Firefox, Yahoo and Google - When I search for an item, it will sometimes give me the real site, and sometimes send me to …

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Hi to all....im a noob here n have alil knowledge on IT stuff so please bear with me if i dont understand everything here. Anyway i think i got a virus since i copied some files from a friend n saved it to my desktop. i booted my computer n …

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Hi all, I have the update.exe problem. The message keeps popping up on startup and then periodically throughout my session. It slows my network. I have reviewed other threads and run my hijack log which is below. could someone please take a look at the log and give me instructions …

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Hi! I'm new to the community and would like some help with this Trojan. A few days ago I noticed my computor was running slow, not extremly slow, but it was noticable. So I did a ESET online scan and the WMA.Trojandownloader.getcodec.gen Trojan popped up twice. It quarantined the files …

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Hi: Yesterday I got hit with a trojan. I am running windows XP Pro SP3, using ZoneAlarm version:8.0.298.000 (free) and Symantec-Endpoint Protection AV. Also have SpywareDoctor (free version), WinPatrol (free), AdAware and SuperAntiSpyware (free). I cannot visit websites like windows update, malwarebytes.com or uninstall-spyware.com, and cannot update any anti-spyware. All …

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