Posts by alc6379

Just out of curiosity, what model Mac was this?

I've seen that connector on a bunch of Powerbooks, but never a desktop system. I'd like to know, for nostalgia's sake!

Have you checked out the thread at the top of this forum that says

DO NOT POST ABOUT BRIDGE.DLL BEFORE READING THIS

?

Have you checked out the thread at the top of this forum that says

DO NOT POST ABOUT BRIDGE.DLL BEFORE READING THIS

?

Yeah... we can't all be cool and have a job that lets me browse this forum all day... :D

Well, it's not really a better buy to get technology that you know won't be compatible with future releases of that processor.

Like Catweazle said, you have to factor in the cost of the motherboard. The AMD64 motherboards are quite a bit more expensive than the XP motherboards. So, even if the chip is only a little more, you're still going to get hit in the wallet on the motherboard. ...And what if you want to upgrade? Since they're changing socket formats on the 64 bit chip, you're going to be out of luck.

Again, my recommendation would be for an XP3000+ processor. Even though it's not as fast as the 64, it is a tried and true platform that's been around for a while. It's still really upgradable, and it should last you for a good while. And, the money you saved on components you could put towards a 64 bit system once Socket 939 has come around, and PCI Express is more standardized. That way, when that happens, you'll have a 64 bit system, and it will have the latest technology available, and it will be upgradable.

Um. Settle down there, killer:
Here's a Google search for Blackberry+forum

um... yes you can!

from a commandline, as an administrator:
convert c: /fs:ntfs, and follow the prompts. It may ask you to reboot to actually do the converstion. I've done it before on 2000 and XP systems, never had a problem with it.

I have no idea, but I do know of one more site that's getting mapped to 127.0.0.1 in my hosts file...

Try downloading the newest version of CWShredder. It's supposed to fix this particular type of homepage hijack.

Also, check out this thread:
http://www.daniweb.com/techtalkforums/thread7507.html

It has some instructions on removing one particular about:blank hijack. It worked like a charm for me-- if it works for you, shower the original poster with reputation points or something!

Well thx but i want the problem solved ,because this isn't something normale i have in this Pc that doesn't want me to disconnect,copy paste and that toolbar icon thing , so what i want is a answer on what i have in my Pc and not trix i have to pull off to do some thing hahaha but thx annyways

I think what he's getting at is to try to figure out if it's an OS issue or an is issue with another program. If it works in Safe Mode, then it's an issue with another program. He's not trying to provide any "trix" for you-- that's valid troubleshooting.

This is most likely related to spyware. Please check out some of the suggestions provided below:
http://www.daniweb.com/techtalkforums/thread5690.html

I'm thinking you didn't take to heart your own signature there. :P

You may have a defective router. Have you checked for firmware updates on the router?

I merged your two threads together. In the future, please keep posts related to a single topic in the same thread, for the sake of continuity.

Have you tried typing this into the browser?

\\<server's IP address>\<sharename>

Instead of using the names of the machines, try their IP addresses. Let us know if that works.

Try the instructions in this thread:
http://www.daniweb.com/techtalkforums/thread7507.html

It basically involves ripping out a DLL from the running explorer.exe and iexplore.exe processes, and then removing those files using HJT. It's worked for me, and the solution has worked through several reboots so far.

Additionally, read this thread:

http://www.daniweb.com/techtalkforums/thread7507.html

It involves using a tool called APM (Advanced Process Manipulation) to yank a DLL file out of a running IE process. Then, you can do the same to explorer.exe, and then remove the affected files. The instructions are step-by-step, and worked excellently on my wife's system.

Additionally, there's CWShredder. The latest version, 1.59.1, removes several about:blank hijacks, including the really nasty "sp.html" one floating around.

In addition to running Ad-Aware, try running SpyBot. Sometimes one catches something the other doesn't. Let us know what happens after that.

What exactly does the search bar say? I tried clicking your link, and it came up dead.

What browser are you doing this in? It looks like your browser isn't correctly recognizing the file type of the download. If you could provide us with that information, we could probably provide more information on how to change that behaviour.

It could be a bad hard drive. What model system do you have?

There are two things that I could think of, offhand: a bad hard drive, or virus/spyware. If it is taking a few days to do this, I'd lean more towards virus/spyware. Just in case, run some type of hard drive diagnostic tool on your drive, and then check it for viruses or spyware.

So you run FDISK, restart, and then FDISK says that the drive is not partitioned? Have you changed/reseated your IDE cables lately?

Wait just a minute!

Don't "get a new computer" just because of an issue like this-- it's ALL software related probably, and can be fixed, maybe with an OS reinstall, perhaps. I'm not trying to talk you out of a new computer, but I can tell you that this one can definitely be fixed.

If nothing's wrong with your hardware, you've still got a perfectly good computer there. It could all be resolved by wiping out the hard drive, and reinstalling Windows on the system.

Okay... I just tried this on my wife's machine... IT WORKED LIKE A CHARM!

There's only one thing I found, though: You need to also unload the DLL from explorer.exe, not just iexplore.exe. If you do that, then you can run HJT and eradicate the file.

Additionally, CWShredder has been updated to version 1.59.1, as of this posting. It will detect this hijack, as it uses sp.html. If you're a little weary of trying the instructions above, you might want to give CWShredder version 1.59.1 a shot.

...Honestly, I can't agree more.

Personally, I don't see why Microsoft embedded its web browser so tightly into the OS anyways. For that reason alone, I'd like to use something that doesn't normally have the ablility to directly modify the registry/system files at the whim of whoever desires to do it,

Why couldn't IE have a "Protected Mode"? Why do you need to be able to modify your registry to watch a Flash animation, or to do anything on the Internet, really?

so... you type in format c:, and it doesn't do anything?

You do have to format it, you know... after running fdisk.

EDIT:
Merged this and the previous post together. Your topic should have been kept in a single thread!

You sure can, just do it at the command line:

attrib -h -a drive:\path /d /s

Where drive:\path is the file path that you want to change, like C:\FILES, or something. That should make every file in the directory have the read-only and archive bits unset. If that command fails, try some combination of wildcards, like C:\FILES\*.* for instance.

Have you checked out this thread yet?

http://www.daniweb.com/techtalkforums/thread7507.html

The user was kind enough to provide what he/she did to take care of the issue, maybe those instructions will help you, as well.

Are you using a download accelerator, by chance?

Try making a new user profile, and seeing if they're all there in that account. If they show up, you've got user profile corruption. Let us know how that goes, and we may be able to give you more information afterwards.

it's in C:\ , like monte said.

You can just type in notepad c:\boot.ini After clicking on Start -> Run. That will make it open up in notepad, so you can edit it.

I split this thread out, so your question will get the attention it deserves. In the future, just post your question in a new thread, not piggybacked on someone elses.

Thanks!

Awesome! this one's getting sticky-ed!

Before posting a HiJackThis log, please read this thread:
Helping yourself: What to do before starting a new thread or posting a HiJackThis log

Our mods here have put some serious work into this particular thread, to prevent people from having to just post HJT logs willy-nilly. It's not that we don't want to help you, it's more that we want you to be able to help yourself before having to ask us here.

Try doing a search for "sp.html" in our forums here. MANY other people have had this issue, and their solutions should work for you.

Please read this thread:
DO NOT POST ABOUT BRIDGE.DLL BEFORE READING THIS

It should tell you what to do about this piece of spyware. The manual removal instructions require going into the registry, but if you do *exactly* what they say, you should be okay.

Whenever i start windows, i get an error message that says about a missing module in bridge.dll. I know this is a spyware problem, and i have downloaded a program called Hijackthis. I have scanned my hard drive and saved it to a log file. All i need is an Expert to look at my log and help me. Please help, i hate spyware. Gav

Before posting a HiJackThis log, please read this thread:
DO NOT POST ABOUT BRIDGE.DLL BEFORE READING THIS

We've posted it at the top of the Security forum, which is the designated spot for HJT logs and spyware concerns. If you follow the directions in that thread, you shouldn't need to post an HJT log.

Now, let me ask you this... you said you did a few things which I would have recommended right off the bat, but in a different order:

- Using "netsh int ip bla,bla" did not fix the problem.

- As per a Microsoft article related to the problem, I tried deleting the HKLM\System\CurrentControlSet\Services Winsock and Winsock2 entries and then reinstalling the TCP/IP protocol- still no change.

What you might want to try is doing it in a different order. Remove the Winsock stuff, then restart. Then, reinstall TCP/IP on one of the interfaces, then restart. After that, run netsh int ip reset log.txt. That's worked wonders on a lot of systems I've had to fool with. Also, it wouldn't hurt running ipconfig /flushdns.

Other than that, I'd suggest either running sfc /scannow, a repair reinstallation, or the big one-- an OS reinstall. I'd say about 6 out of 10 of these issues I've encountered have resulted in an OS reinstall.

For detailed instructions on the Winsock fix, check out this link:
http://support.dell.com/us/en/kb/document.asp?dn=1088678

According to this:
http://www.windowsstartup.com/wso/detail.php?id=31

It is related to your 3com modem, if you have one. You might want to consider uninstalling and reinstalling your modem driver.

A static IP address is one that does not change. Normally, you only have one of those if you're connected to a LAN, or you have a major operation on the Internet, where you need a DNS name to map to an IP address.

A Dynamic IP address is usually given to those of us who don't really care or need to have a static IP address. For instance, with a dial-up connection, you're alotted an IP address that you only keep for the time that you're connected. Then, when you disconnect, someone else might be given that IP address, since you're not using it.

You'll need to install video drivers in order to get higher resolutions. This means you need to find out what video card you have, and then locate the appropriate video driver on the web.

You can use the program CDENAB.exe, located at this FTP site:
http://ftp1.us.dell.com/utility/

Run it, and it's supposed to make a boot disk that will allow your system to have CD-ROM support in DOS. Once you've booted from that floppy, and you're in DOS, you should be able to just type from an A:\ prompt:

copy *.* C:\*.*

Then, remove the floppy, and reboot. Your DOS install should have CD support.

All you really want to do is format your hard drive, and reinstall Windows.

If you've backed up all of your data, this shouldn't be a problem. As it happens, I just posted these instructions for another user:

http://support.dell.com/us/en/kb/document.asp?dn=1089352

This page is from Dell, yes, but it should work for a Compaq. The instructions for installing Windows change little from OEM to OEM.

ick... I'm surprised you got that far by upgrading! :o

To completely erase your hard drive, just boot from your XP installation disc. For your system, you can find instructions on how to install XP at:

http://support.dell.com/us/en/kb/document.asp?dn=1067721

The instructions are for an 8200, but most should apply to your system. It will show you how to erase your hard drive and start from scratch.

Welcome back! Congrats on the degree!

First try to see if you can't download CWShredder, available here:
http://www.spywareinfo.com/~merijn/downloads.html

Try that, and see if it doesn't fix the issue. Then, I suggest you rerun Adaware or Spybot after running CWShredder.

Adaware may have an option to automatically scan, but I've never used it-- there may be documentation on Lavasoft's website for that.

But, usually I recommend running it every couple of weeks, or sooner, if things "don't feel right". The last piece there is very subjective; you, being the user of your system, would be the best person to tell when things aren't working like they should.

When you partition a Mac with Apple partitioning tools, I've found them to be somewhat inflexible. Using Disk Tools, which is pre OS X, it remakes the partition table, and it actually deletes the partitions that are currently there.

If you're going to reformat, I'd back up my data, and bank on reinstalling afterwards.

What OS are you running?

It sounds like something corrupted it. If you're running ME, you might be able to do a System Restore. If it's 98, you could try running sfc /scannow from Start -> Run.

Okay, then go back into MSCONFIG, and change it to Diagnostic Startup, instead of Selective Startup, then restart. That way, EVERYTHING will be turned off, and nothing should be accessing your disks.

If that doesn't work, you may need to run chkdsk /r from Recovery console on your drive, as there may be something else going on. If that doesn't work, then you might want to backup your data, and consider performing an OS reinstallation.

i tried this & i downloaded pestpatrol & ran it but it was unable to detect backdoor.prorat :cry:

Did you try the manual removal instructions? That was more what I was getting at...

You might have some kind of corruption in your data files related to Norton, possibly.

Possibly, consider completely uninstalling and then reinstalling Norton, then run Live Update. See if that doesn't fix the issue.