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 | I don't have time to look at your logs, but please do this.... [educated guess at your problem...] Clean ... with your CCLeaner. Scan: ==Please use IE or Firefox to do an online scan at panda:- [url]http://www.pandasecurity.com/homeusers/solutions/activescan/?[/url] -for the free online virus scan select the link Scan your PC, then … |
| | Tricky. Was the eagle file meant to be of the actual warplane? Anyway, try running those scans in Safe mode.... and if they work there you might try running hijackthis again in normal mode - if it does then post that log [hijackthis run in safe mode leaves us a … |
| | 5 months!! Okay... let's see what this achieves: ==Get CCleaner from [url]http://www.ccleaner.com/[/url] - and install it in a new folder. You should keep this one for general use. I set the installation checkboxes only to open from the recycle bin. It's neater that way. Now run CCleaner from the recycle … |
| | Hello, Ira, for a start let's see where this takes us: ==Download this file to your desktop: [url]http://download.bleepingcomputer.com/sUBs/ComboFix.exe[/url] - to run it dclick combofix.exe and follow the prompts to start it. When finished, it will produce a log, C:\Combofix.txt - post that log in your next reply with a fresh … |
 | Page memory size... what you need for a page file depends a bit upon what you do... whether you work with huge files or graphics manipulators.. and with a small RAM you need a relatively larger page file than if you had a large RAM so that it all adds …  |
| | ==Download fixwareout from [url]http://www.bleepingcomputer.com/files/lonny/Fixwareout.exe[/url] - and save it to your desktop. Double click Fixwareout.exe to start the Fixwareout Setup Wizard, click next and then install. Ensure that Run fixit is checked, and click on Finish. After the fix follow the prompts. You will be asked to reboot your computer, and … |
| | Clean first: ==Get CCleaner from [url]http://www.ccleaner.com/[/url] - and install it in a new folder. You should keep this one for general use. I set the installation checkboxes only to open from the recycle bin. It's neater that way. Now run CCleaner from the recycle bin rclick menu using its default … |
| | ric, to break into clearing up that infection please start with these tools: ==Get CCleaner from [url]http://www.ccleaner.com/[/url] - and install it in a new folder. You should keep this one for general use. I set the installation checkboxes only to open from the recycle bin. It's neater that way. Now … |
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 | Lessee... icons and their labels... I think all they have is the text and the picture pixels themselves.. the rest of the icon image is blank out to its borders, so it is transparent. When you apply drop shadows you are actually addingsomething to the text outlines [a white shadow] … |
| | SP1 (6.00.2800.1106)?? Your OS is very old, outdated and very naked on the web - it is a sitting duck without the SP2 security upgrade. But we must clean you before you upgrade. Before we go any further please uninstall either Avast or AVG antivirus - they likely will conflict … |
| | Do your hard drives show up in the Dell part... BIOS? Cos it is looking like you need to go shopping for a hd.. |
| | Re: Blurry Screen The grey outline when dragging a window - this option you have selected is less meory intensive than dragging the windows contents. The checkbox is here: go Start, run, paste in... control sysdm.cpl,,3 -and choose Performance Settings. |
| | There is no need to use Fdisk. When you install Windows, Setup will present you with a quite adequate partition manager. Use it to create the system partition of the size you wish [the whole disk if you so wish, although tht is not necessarily the best thing...]. Afterward use …  |
| | LKG is set when you last shut down your system properly ie Windows shut down correctly.So if you had kept your machine running for 2 years then.... Use Sys Restore. Your files are still there, it's just that your sys is too "young" to know about them. |
| | Re: Validation Key "Does anyone know if i can make my windows genuine by somehow entering this validation key"... Yep. Dl RockXP4.exe or XPPID.exe, push in your legit activation key and then go to Windows Update site - it will activate the key. Maybe. If the legit key is for a different type … |
| | Dima has given you the way to start Explorer in the drive of your choice. If you want to explore the drive from the command line then you do this.... Start, run, type cmd, and enter. Okay, you are now in a [black] command window, the prompt will be C:\Docs … |
| | Using your XP cd just accept the Repair option with Recovery Console; when in there the command you want is... bootconfig This will search for all OSes and list them for you... you select the default and it will then build a boot.ini file for you. |
| | Sounds like fun... but your computer will work just fine without explorer.exe, it's just a little harder to control it without that nice user interface. And none of us are young enough to search for trojans from the C:\ prompt. What follows assumes that you got to Daniweb from another … |
| | I am afraid it is already too late to recover your data, weera. It has been overwritten. I hope you have backups on separate media.. cd or dvd.... any drives you connect before running a cleaner will get infected also. May I suggest that you install a good AV? Choose … |
 | Re: worm?? A worm is a program that can self replicate... make copies of itself... and send those to other computers on a network without any specific user action, such as you don't need to send an infected email or file cos the worm is capable of doing that itself. So if …  |
| | Re: Copy of XP: EBAY You could use RockXP4 by Korben [or XPPID.exe] to change the Product key [scan and then enter the new, legal key], then let updates check it, activate it. That way you could avoid reinstallation. |
| | Hello, braddyx. Uninstall Bat. Start hijackthis, select Scan Only, place checkmarks against all the entries listed below that still exist, and then press Fix Checked. F2 - REG:system.ini: UserInit=C:\WINDOWS\system32\userinit.exe,C:\WINDOWS\system32\wmsdkns.exe, O2 - BHO: (no name) - {00000250-0320-4dd4-be4f-7566d2314352} - (no file) O2 - BHO: (no name) - {13197ace-6851-45c3-a7ff-c281324d5489} - (no file) O2 … |
| | You have ZoneAlarm Firewall running - it will automatically switch off Windows Fire Alarm [disallow it]. There is a checkbox.... actually ZoneAlarm seems to cancel WFW when ZA is started but then it should be possible to turn on WFW even though ZA is running, but you should not, they … |
| | Hal.dll. Yeah. The first thing is to know which hal you want cos there are several; which one is right for you is determined by your BIOS capabilities and the type of hardware you have installed- ie your motherboard for a start. When you install windows Setup chooses and installs … |
| | It is guaranteed not to work without any RAM. I feel that if your sys will not work with the old [which I presume did work?] or new RAM then the mobo is in some way damaged. But as pointed out earlier, the DDR and DDR2 keyways are different, as … |
| | Outlook.exe is the email client for M Office. RightFax is a third party extension to Outlook that invokes outlook's email client capabilities. You have RightFax as a startup, it is going to call outlook.exe so that it can run. DCOM and Terminal Services are naturally going to be invoked as … |
| | Crunchie, how do I stop those sodding stupid smileys from disrupting the text..... that last reg repair line formats incorrectly if you copy it into notepad. Man, but those things really wee me off. "3389:TCP"= 3389:TCP:LocalSubNet:Disabled:@xpsp2res.dll,-22009 will copy incorrectly. |
| | Yeah... formatting a hard drive, even a so-called high level format does not erase your files. What it does do is empty the file structure table [so that files are "lost" ie they are not indexed anywhere] and write a new MBR [which loses the partition information that was in … |
| | Re: Window.exe This lil batch file will query what entry is currently in the key resposible for launching explorer.exe as your shell at startup; it will then replace whatever exists with the correct value. Please mention if the notepad that opens is empty. ==Copy the text between the lines to a notepad … |
| | Re: Buffer overrun explorer.exe manages those bits you say are missing... in TM go Files, New Task, and type: explorer.exe If your desktop is not restored then you probably have some malware, it could be just an explorer.exe corruption which would be fixed on a restart, or you may need to reload it … |
| | Re: runDll error I searched, but I cannot find a comreps.dll registered, so I have the feeling your sys has been whacked by a pest of some description, and it is probably Look2Me. ==download hijackthis: [url]http://www.majorgeeks.com/download5554.html[/url] -copy it to a new FOLDER placed either alongside your program files or on your desktop and … |
| | Norton or Symantec AVs.... you have to get the removal tool particular to your version from their website to uninstall it completely. The other uninstall entries? Well, you would not uninstall hotfixes or updates, now would you? And some apps, eg, Nero, contain several parts all of which you do … |
| | Hi... OE is good at this, corrupting its mailboxes. Well-known for it, in fact. It is most likely to occur if you let your mailboxes get large. How large? How long is a piece of string. I can help you to delete those particular mails, I can even help you … |
| | That error code is indicates a kernel-mode application generated a memory access violation. I see that you have two RAM sticks so try pulling one, then swapping with the other [put the single stick in the first RAM slot..]. On the other hand it could be the actual application at … |
| | "Search" as it is in Regedit is not a full disclosure search. But if you navigate to the actual entries and cannot delete them manually, rclick the key, > properties and set permissions so that you have control. |
| | Hiya, Icky. I see you have switched to McAfee AV, so go to Symantec's site and dl and run the removal tool for the version of their AV that you tried to remove. =Please download Malwarebytes' Anti-Malware from: [url]http://www.majorgeeks.com/Malwarebytes_Anti-Malware_d5756.html[/url] or: [url]http://www.besttechie.net/tools/mbam-setup.exe[/url] Dclick that file to install the application and ensure … |
 | It wouldn't be the first time that System Mechanic has dropped a spanner into the works. Lesseee, top right of its console, options? Try restore or recover. |
| | Joe, currently you have two active AV services running. That is going to lead to conflict esp where AVG and Symantec are concerned, and your sys will be unpredictably unstable. without making any judgements as to relative worth, because you have added AVG Fre I suggest you remove it. Now. … |
| | Hello, y2. It appears that you have a vundo infection, or traces of one, so please rename hijackthis.exe to imabunny.exe - this is important. ==Please download VundoFix.exe to your desktop from [url]http://www.atribune.org/ccount/click.php?id=4[/url] =Restart your system in Safe Mode. Double-click VundoFix.exe to start it. Click the Scan for Vundo button. When … |
| | That little 32MB partition was probably some sort of recovery image for the original computer. Dump it. 60GB? Put the OS into a 10GB partition, apps in another, maybe 5GB, data in a third making up the remainder. All NTFS. |
| | mm, not sure Adobe works like that.. [uninstall via All programs entry].. at least it does not for Photoshop [I do not have C2] Go into Pgm Files\Adobe, look for uninstall.exe; if it exists dclick it [has to be an exe, not a dll]. No luck? Reinstall over the top … |
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| | Could be some malware broke winlogon.exe. |
| | Hello, ryun. Delete this file: C:\WINNT\System32\lgbpd.exe - if it is running just stop it in TM and then try to delete it again. Good. Uninstall MyWebSearch via Add/Remove pgms. Start hijackthis, select Scan Only, place checkmarks against all the entries listed below that still exist, and then press Fix Checked. … |
| | You might check this key to see if there is an entry Disable Taskmgr or similar...: HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Policies\System if there is you have two choices: either delete the entry name Disable Taskmgr, or change its data value to 0 [zero]. If you are running XP Pro you could just tackle it … |
| | This should help: ==Download SmitfraudFix (by S!Ri) from [url]http://siri.urz.free.fr/Fix/SmitfraudFix.zip[/url] Extract the content (a folder named SmitfraudFix) to your Desktop. - Restart your computer in Safe Mode. - Open the SmitfraudFix folder and double-click SmitfraudFix.cmd, select option #2 - Clean [type 2 and Enter] You will be prompted: "Registry cleaning - … |
| | I'll take a shot in the dark, tammy. Please do these things in this order. ==Get CCleaner from [url]http://www.ccleaner.com/[/url] - and install it in a new folder. You should keep this one for general use. I set the installation checkboxes only to open from the recycle bin. It's neater that … |
| | If you remove User accounts you won't destroy the files belonging to them; if you are just going to run as an administrator you will have access to everything. If in the future you decide to create a new user account [even with the original name] for yourself you will … |
| | Bobby, you can make some partition on disk 0 the active one, and then put the OS on another drive... it is found by the boot.ini entry on Disk 0 active partition.... handy sometimes. |
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