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 | Hi Michelle, welcome to DaniWeb :D First, right-click in an open area of your desktop and select [B]New[/B], [B]Folder[/B]; give the new folder a name (something like HJT or HijackThis), and then drag the hijackthis.exe icon that is on your desktop into the new folder. I don't see the typical …  |
| | Hi Jessica, welcome to DaniWeb :D You will need to disconnect from the internet so you may wish to print these instructions. Download [B]Ewido Security Suite[/B] from here: [url]http://fileforum.betanews.com/detail/ewido_security_suite/1098736486/1[/url] Install it, and while installing, under [B]Additional Options[/B], [U]uncheck[/U] [B]Install background guard[/B] and [B]Install scan via context menu[/B]. From the main … |
| | Download, install, update, and run the PurityScan uninstaller -- [url]http://www.purityscan.com/uninstall.html[/url] Download [B]Ewido Security Suite[/B] from here: [url]http://fileforum.betanews.com/detail/ewido_security_suite/1098736486/1[/url] Install it, and while installing, under [B]Additional Options[/B], [U]uncheck[/U] [B]Install background guard[/B] and [B]Install scan via context menu[/B]. From the main Ewido screen, click on [B]Update[/B] in the left menu, and then click … |
| | Most likely the teen is using the net for research (just researching some stuff he shouldn't be in the midst of what he should be). I think giving him his own computer, if connected to the net, will just encourage the behavior, though it would keep the offensive material away … |
 | Re: about:blank? SilentBob3208, For every User listed under C:\Documents and Settings, delete the entire contents of these folders (not the folders themselves): Local Settings\Temp Cookies History Local Settings\Temporary Internet Files\Content.IE5 Delete the entire contents of your C:\Windows\Temp folder. Delete the entire contents of your C:\Temp folder (if you have one). Do a … |
| | Hi aslee, welcome to DaniWeb :D This first part if kind of a guess, so you may not find any of the files listed. Get the Pocket Killbox from here: [url]http://bleepingcomputer.com/files/spyware/KillBox.zip[/url] Unzip the file to your desktop. Go offline until this is completed (you may wish to print these instructions). … |
| | Hi Rahul, welcome to DaniWeb :D First, you should go to Windows Update and get SP1a for both XP and IE. Then go here and follow the instructions: [url]http://securityresponse.symantec.com/avcenter/venc/data/hacktool.rootkit.html[/url] After you've done that, close any open browser windows, scan with hijackthis, and post a new log please. |
| | Hi soulkeeper, welcome to DaniWeb :D Start with this -- For every User listed under C:\Documents and Settings, delete the entire contents of these folders (not the folders themselves): Local Settings\Temp Cookies History Local Settings\Temporary Internet Files\Content.IE5 Delete the entire contents of your C:\Windows\Temp folder. Delete the entire contents of … |
| | Hi Emily, welcome to DaniWeb :D Be sure your system is set to "Show hidden files and folders" Get the Pocket Killbox from here: [url]http://bleepingcomputer.com/files/spyware/KillBox.zip[/url] Unzip the file to your desktop. Go offline until this is completed (you may wish to print these instructions). Boot into Safe Mode and do … |
| | Download CWShredder 2.14 from here: [url]http://www.intermute.com/products/cwshredder.html[/url] Run it, and press the [B]Fix[/B] button (not scan). Close all windows before hitting the Fix button. For every User listed under C:\Documents and Settings, delete the entire contents of these folders (not the folders themselves): Cookies History Local Settings\Temp Local Settings\Temporary Internet Files\Content.IE5 … |
| | Please review this thread: [url]http://www.daniweb.com/techtalkforums/thread24085.html[/url] Then, after your friend has moved HijackThis, post a new log. |
| | Try getting this self-extracting version of HijackThis from here (in line 2): [url]http://www.malwareremoval.com/downloads.html[/url] Then close any open browser windows, 'Scan and Save Log' with hijackthis, copy the log, and paste it in this thread. |
| | Did this problem start after you went online with the 'new' computer? If so, this may help explain what might have happened: [url]http://www.daniweb.com/techtalkforums/thread16365.html[/url] Try using System Restore to set your system back to a point before you started having trouble.  |
| | Hi Andrew, welcome to DaniWeb :D Sorry for the delay in responding to this :( Please review this thread to get the latest version of HijackThis, and put it into it's own permanent folder. Then, post a new log please. |
| | Hi stemp65, welcome to DaniWeb :D Please review the following thread, and then post a new HijackThis log: [url]http://www.daniweb.com/techtalkforums/thread24085.html[/url] Thanks :)  |
| | [B]Don't[/B] remove alg.exe! More info on it here: [url]http://www.liutilities.com/products/wintaskspro/processlibrary/alg/[/url] Read this thread, it may help: [url]http://www.daniweb.com/techtalkforums/thread16365.html[/url] Get HijackThis from here so we can help with whatever the real problem is: [url]http://www.spywareinfo.com/~merijn/[/url] Close all browser windows, 'Scan and Save Log' with hijackthis, copy and paste the entire log here in this … |
| | Get the self-extracting version of HijackThis from here (in line 2): [url]http://www.malwareremoval.com/downloads.html[/url] Then close any open browser windows, 'Scan and Save Log' with hijackthis, copy the log, and paste it in this thread. |
| | Hi allisonmaria, welcome to DaniWeb :D Please review this thread and then post a new HijackThis log: [url]http://www.daniweb.com/techtalkforums/thread24085.html[/url] Thanks :) |
| | Hi Jennifer, welcome to DaniWeb :D To answer your question "[B]Does everything that show on the log indicate something "wrong"[/B]?" The answer is [B]NO![/B] Just about everything shown in an HijackThis log is important to proper operation of your computer. CCAPP.EXE is a part of Norton, and you can find … |
| | Re: Antispyware Nothing can catch everything, but SpywareGaurd is one recommended program; a link to it can be found in this thread (along with other helpful advice and tools): [url]http://www.daniweb.com/techtalkforums/thread5690.html[/url] |
| | Hi Tammy, welcome to DaniWeb :D Go to Add/Remove Programs in your Control Panel and remove (if present): [B]WeatherBug Ebates[/B] For every User listed under C:\Documents and Settings, delete the entire contents of these folders (not the folders themselves): Local Settings\Temp Cookies History Local Settings\Temporary Internet Files\Content.IE5 Delete the entire … |
| | According to Staples ([url]http://www3.staples.com/spotlights/000000/virus.htm)[/url], you must first remove all previously installed antivirus software, and any active firewall needs to be disarmed; have you done this? Personally I think the program is unnecessary because there are enough free programs available to do what this claims to do, but since you've already … |
| | Hi RaineX, welcome to DaniWeb :D Start with this -- For every User listed under C:\Documents and Settings, delete the entire contents of these folders (not the folders themselves): Local Settings\Temp Cookies History Local Settings\Temporary Internet Files\Content.IE5 Delete the entire contents of your C:\Windows\Temp folder. Delete the entire contents of … |
 | Hi Pikachu, What little I could find out about it doesn't really help much ([url]http://translate.google.com/translate?hl=en&sl=zh-CN&u=http://bbs.db.kingsoft.com/forumdisplay.php%3Ffid%3D110%26sid%3Dnbdq4L&prev=/search%3Fq%3DNPFMONTR.exe%26hl%3Den%26lr%3D%26sa%3DG)[/url]. Lack of information is usually a pretty good indiction of a bad file. Can you right-click on NPFMONTR.exe, go to Properties, and let us know whatever info you can (Manufacturer, version, etc.). |
| | Hi Benny591, welcome to DaniWeb :D Since you suspect a 'bug' I've move your thread to the Virus forum (for the time being anyway). In order for us to see what you have running on your system, I suggest you get the self-extracting version of HijackThis from here (in line … |
| | [QUOTE=MpG]I recently started using Mozzila firefox but I dont know where the ''Temp'' folder of Mozilla is and whether is accesible just like IE or not.[/QUOTE] Go to Tools, Options, click on Privacy (padlock icon on the left), and there you have it -- and there's even a button to … |
| | Hi HurlaBurrito, welcome to DaniWeb :D Go to Windows Update and get SP1a for XP Scan with hijackthis and have it fix the following entries: O3 - Toolbar: (no name) - {62999427-33FC-4baf-9C9C-BCE6BD127F08} - (no file) O3 - Toolbar: SearchToolbar - {08BEC6AA-49FC-4379-3587-4B21E286C19E} - C:\WINDOWS\System32\kodhu.dll O16 - DPF: {2B96D5CC-C5B5-49A5-A69D-CC0A30F9028C} (MiniBugTransporterX Class) - … |
| | Hi gg, welcome to DaniWeb :D Go to Add/Remove Programs in your Control Panel and remove (if present): Viewpoint Manager (or Viewpoint) Right-click in an open area of your desktop and select [B]New[/B], and then [B]Folder[/B]; give the new folder a name (something like HJT or HijackThis), and then drag … |
| | Hi rkerner, welcome to DaniWeb :D Please review this thread, and the post a new log: [url]http://www.daniweb.com/techtalkforums/thread24085.html[/url] Thanks. |
| | Hi chuckles225, welcome to DaniWeb :D Please review this thread and then post a new log: [url]http://www.daniweb.com/techtalkforums/thread24085.html[/url] Thanks. |
| | Hi lazyfly21, welcome to DaniWeb :D Please get the self-extracting version of HijackThis from here (in line 2): [url]http://www.malwareremoval.com/downloads.html[/url] Then close any open browser windows, 'Scan and Save Log' with hijackthis, copy the log, and paste it in this thread. |
| | Hi psulions, welcome to DaniWeb :D Boot into Safe Mode and do a search for that file; you'll probably find it in two locations -- the Prefetch folder and a Temp folder. Delete any instances found. If you would like us to help you clean up anything else that may … |
| | Hi lemurianprince, welcome to DaniWeb :D I've moved your thread to the Virus forum as that is the only place HijackThis log are allowed to be posted. For every User listed under C:\Documents and Settings, delete the entire contents of these folders (not the folders themselves): Local Settings\Temp Cookies History … |
| | Hi Laura, I don't think it will help with your Shutdown problem, but there are some things in your log that should be fixed. Go to Add/Remove Programs in your Control Panel and remove (if found): [B]Media Access Internet Optimizer[/B] Scan with HJT and have it fix the following entries: … |
| | Hi rex, welcome to DaniWeb :D Please review this thread, and then post a new log please: [url]http://www.daniweb.com/techtalkforums/thread24085.html[/url] Thanks. |
| | Hi Kiwi Chris, welcome to DaniWeb :D Get the Pocket Killbox from here: [url]http://bleepingcomputer.com/files/spyware/KillBox.zip[/url] Unzip the file to your desktop. Go offline until this is completed (you may wish to print these instructions). Boot into Safe Mode and do a search for these files and delete any instances found: [B]param32.dll … |
| | You can remove Newdotnet either from Add/Remove Programs, or by going to [url]http://www.newdotnet.com/#remove[/url] and scrolling down to the Uninstall tool. Go to Windows Update and get SP2 for XP and IE ASAP. See this thread for more advice on keeping your computer clean: [url]http://www.daniweb.com/techtalkforums/thread16365.html[/url] |
| | Hi Maurine, welcome to DaniWeb :D For every User listed under C:\Documents and Settings, delete the entire contents of these folders (not the folders themselves): Local Settings\Temp Cookies History Local Settings\Temporary Internet Files\Content.IE5 Delete the entire contents of your C:\Windows\Temp folder. Delete the entire contents of your C:\Temp folder (if … |
| | Re: Holy Crap!! Get the Pocket Killbox from here: [url]http://bleepingcomputer.com/files/spyware/KillBox.zip[/url] Unzip the file to your desktop. Go offline until this is completed (you may wish to print these instructions). Boot into Safe Mode and do a search for these files and delete any instances found: [B]param32.dll guninst.exe popup_bl.dll systr.dll svrhost.exe[/B] If any could … |
| | Hi vash420xxx, I've split your post into it it's own thread (per forum rules -- [url]http://www.daniweb.com/techtalkforums/faq.php?faq=daniweb_faq#faq_rules)[/url]. Please see this thread, and then post a new hijackthis log: [url]http://www.daniweb.com/techtalkforums/thread24085.html[/url] Thanks for understanding :) |
| | Hi Quitahd, welcome to DaniWeb :D Your English is pretty good :) First thing to do is right-click on your desktop, and select [B]New[/B], [B]Folder[/B]. Give the new folder a name (like HJT or HijackThis), and then drag the hijackthis.exe icon that is on your desktop into this new folder. … |
| | Hi Munky79, welcome to DaniWeb :D I've split your post into it's own thread (per forum rules -- [url]http://www.daniweb.com/techtalkforums/faq.php?faq=daniweb_faq#faq_rules)[/url]. Please review this thread and then post a new HijackThis log: [url]http://www.daniweb.com/techtalkforums/thread24085.html[/url] |
| | If you haven't already, you should try System Restore; here are instructions for using it: [url]http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;EN-US;Q306084[/url] Without being able to download anything, this could be difficult. Have you considered backing up what you can and reinstalling Windows? Do you have access to another computer where you can download, and then … |
 | New link for the story: [url]http://www.totalillusions.net/forum/index.php?showtopic=328&st=0[/url] (The other one seems to have disintegrated... do you suppose bitchchecker had anything to do with that???) |
| | What OS are you using? If you have System Restore available, try using that to return your system to a date before you started having problems. Try running HijackThis from Safe Mode; we won't get a complete picture that way, but at least a starting point. |
| | Hi irishbum, welcome to DaniWeb :D Go to Add/Remove Programs in your Control Panel and remove [B]WareOut[/B]. For every User listed under C:\Documents and Settings, delete the entire contents of these folders (not the folders themselves): Local Settings\Temp Cookies History Local Settings\Temporary Internet Files\Content.IE5 Delete the entire contents of your … |
| | Hi JediSange and Xyzyxx, welcome to DaniWeb :D Xyzyxx, you really should start your own thread, unless you just want to follow along with this one and see if you can clean up your system; but please, do not post any logs within this thread. Thanks :) Start with this: … |
| | As a precaution, I suggest you boot into Safe Mode and do a search for these files and delete any instances found: [B]param32.dll guninst.exe popup_bl.dll systr.dll svrhost.exe[/B] If any could not be deleted -- most likely param32.dll -- run Pocket Killbox ([url]http://bleepingcomputer.com/files/spyware/KillBox.zip[/url]) and paste the full file path of file … |
| | Hi AppleSam, welcome to DaniWeb :D Glad you found the right place to post this :) Remove Newdotnet, either from Add/Remove Programs, or by going to [url]http://www.newdotnet.com/#remove[/url] and scrolling down to the Uninstall tool. Download [B]Ewido Security Suite[/B] from here: [url]http://fileforum.betanews.com/detail/ewido_security_suite/1098736486/1[/url] Install it, and while installing, under [B]Additional Options[/B], [U]uncheck[/U] … |
| | Hi Lachessis, welcome to DaniWeb :D There are several things that can cause this, if you think this may be related to some type of malware on your system, I suggest you get the self-extracting version of HijackThis from here (in line 2): [url]http://www.malwareremoval.com/downloads.html[/url] Then close any open browser windows, … |
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