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| | Hello Before I start I'd like to show you this [URL="http://www.daniweb.com/hardware-and-software/microsoft-windows/viruses-spyware-and-other-nasties/threads/165724"]thread[/URL], which is basically the same problem as I had/have. What happens is the fans starts getting louder and louder, which means they're running faster... eventually my computer just starts slowing down and become unusable. I haven't gotten to that …  |
| | Hello, and Thank You for taking the time to read this! A couple of days ago my laptop (running Vista Service Pack 1) started to play up, mainly the internet was redirecting me to ebay or some tacky advertising. So I tried to use AVG and found it dissapeared, then … Information Security advertising amazon-web-services apple apple-hardware audio client-server dns flash ide microsoft-access microsoft-office microsoft-windows office-suite pci-card pdf printer storage tablet tcp-udp video-card virus-malware visual-basic visual-studio web-browser windows-virus windows-vista  |
| | 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. … |
| | 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 …  |
 | I thought I had gotten rid of a fake antivirus program that had somehow got on my computer through pop ups, but it seems there is still some sort of virus on it. If anyone can help me get rid of this, I would greatly appreciate it! I'm running Windows … |
 | Hi. I've been having this problem with Firefox & Chrome where searches are taking me to wrong sites. I've done everything as required with Gmer, Malwarebytes etc. Here are the logs:- GMER One log: GMER 1.0.15.15281 - [url]http://www.gmer.net[/url] Rootkit quick scan 2010-09-20 19:25:09 Windows 6.1.7600 Running: 0g2vzqhn.exe; Driver: C:\Users\BOBBYD~1\AppData\Local\Temp\kwkirpoc.sys ---- …  |
| | This problem all started when I bought, installed, and then tried to get Starcraft 2 to work with my video card. Suddenly I am being plagued by a multitude of problems. The first, and possibly most annoying, is everytime I launch internet explorer I get a runtime 217 error, and … |
| | 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 … |
| | 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 … |
| | I have a HP Pavilion dv8000 laptop that is about 3+ years old. It has been great until recently. I don't know what I got into but I know I'm infected. For about a month now my computer is super slow, not just on the internet. My screensaver freezes up, … |
| | Hey I've been scouring the net to find a solution and this seems like the best place to be. I'm hoping i can use your expertise to my advantage to fix this problem. I've already ran adaware, Spybot S&D, and my McAfee scanner but i still have this problem. I've … |
| | My boot times are getting slower and slower, and I've noticed that my task manager seems to be becoming more and more clogged with applications. Recently, I noticed a few that I didn't recall adding, didn't know their function, so I Googled them. One of which, TODO <program name> led … |
| | Hi ive been trying to fix my pc for months and i think i have a strange virus that boots off an on my pc consistantly every 10 secs.. ill try to type this short since it might shut off while im writing thisnow .. ive replaced the heat sink … |
| | Hey guys, I recently started having some issues with my pc. I am running Win XP SP3 and running McAfee anti-virus program. It loads fine and I am able to get online but I no longer have the link to Control Panel on my start menu and I cannot access … |
| | Hello, I have a Vista laptop which is 2 years old. It's never gone through any extremely serious problems where I've had to reformat everything, but this week, it started to act weird. Occasionally, my laptop screen would blank when it turns on. It's black like the blank screensaver, but …  |
| | Hi, PC running XP has been giving probs over weekend. IE/Firefox initial programs which were not loading up. Since then majority of programs are being problematic. Have booted in safe mode, and run HJT - report below. Many thanks. Logfile of Trend Micro HijackThis v2.0.2 Scan saved at 09:16:37, on … |
| | Recently, my computer's been having weird pop-ups about Windows Defender which I've never downloaded. I ran a virus scan with avast and such, adaware, stuff like that... nothing much at all. I noticed several posts about this Vundo thing and have been researching for hours. This post helped the most: … |
| | Hi, Last night, I started getting popups saying I need to download Antivirus XPPro, which I have seen to be as some type of malware. This morning, when I attempted to boot up my computer, it wouldn't load any systems, my desktop was blank, and there were no icons. When … |
| | Automatic updates won't come up on the taskbar. Windows update won't load. I went to stop the automatic updates under services. *not Disable* it says that it reached and error I'm guessing I accidentally went to this site called av5scan.com that was disguised as another. it just kept prompting me … |
| | Windows explorer.exe was crashing & rebooting itself. On Startup, explorer.exe would show the desktop for about 10 sec, then crash for about 10 sec, then cycle through the same for about 10 min until it just would not start up again. Following the instructions for cleaning from another post: [URL="http://www.daniweb.com/forums/post738435-2.html"]http://www.daniweb.com/forums/post738435-2.html[/URL] … |
| | hey guys and gals, i have been diagnosed with computer ocd (obsessive compulsive disorder) i am obsessed with keeping my computer clean and virus free. literally overnight i have had crash after crash and my kaspersky is detecting this: adware not-a-virus:AdWare.Win32.BHO.csb File: D:\System Volume Information\_restore{B15A192A-0024-42A2-975A-EEF66F271A43}\RP639\A0105036.dll i couldn't do a system … |
| | My computer shuts down for no reason at all. It does not matter what I am doing, but is more prone to do it on 'secure' sites - eg. Internet Banking. I thought I had a hardware problem, so have replaced motherboard, processor and memory. It ran fine for 3 … |
| | I'm having issues with my 3d programs mostly, especially games. a few days ago, they suddenly started getting about 1-2 fps, while reporting that they get 12-15 fps, which is considerably lower than what they had been getting. I haven't installed anything for some time and assume that something is … |
| | First off, who ever has been helping people with this problem, thanks, and I need your help. All of the solutions that have been given to others seem to have been case specific so I need some instructions or a link to some instructions that will fix the problem. The … |
| | Ok ... other than a system reinstall (or buy a mac!) I'm stuck. Here's the situation: - I moved, kept comcast and set it up at new place - Firefox can access the web fine - IE7 gives me 403 errors for everything. - In addition, certain services like iTunes, … |
| | Hi folks. New to the forum. To start an old cleche I have a connection problem. I have Windows XP Pro with BT Home Hub. All was working fine until a few days ago, when my connection went down. I tried restarting the DNS client and that seem to work. … |
 | For the past few days I have been unable to run any shortcuts on the desktop or start menu, I can load up things like 'My Computer' and others like that, but any installed programs I have to load it up from the programs file. Here's my HiJackThis log, if … |
| | Can anyone help me please! Everytime i try to open a folder on my desktop, a internet explorer window opens trying to open a website ([URL="http://213.159.117.130/di/d/di.html"]http://213.159.117.130/di/d/di.html[/URL]), it can't access the page and don't know if its because im using AOL. Ive read other threads and notice everyone is using hijackthis … |
| | Hi there, Im having a problem with my computer and i have no clue what to do, my internet connection is working and i can get some online programs to work (such as skype) however Whenever I try to access websites with Internet Explorer 6.0 I get the error message … |
| | I have picked up several spyware programs which adaware can't get rid of; one of them seems to be IST. Here is my hjt log file, can anyone help me? Logfile of HijackThis v1.99.1 Scan saved at 9:21:40 PM, on 5/3/2005 Platform: Windows XP (WinNT 5.01.2600) MSIE: Internet Explorer v6.00 … |
| | My desktop is filled with shortcuts to web pages and my IE start page is [url]www.hotoffers.com[/url] but I can't change it. I tried Spyware Doctor, Lavasoft Ad-Ware but they can't seem to fix the problem. I keep getting annoying adult web pages open in new tabs on Mozilla Firefox and … |
| | Hi Camperjack, I got there by downloading on another machine & emailing it to my myself. If you can kill Adware & Lycos sidebar I'd be grateful! Anyway, here are results... Logfile of HijackThis v1.99.1 Scan saved at 16:44:05, on 02/03/2005 Platform: Windows XP SP2 (WinNT 5.01.2600) MSIE: Internet Explorer … |
| | Hello, I have been hit with the about:blank redirected and Hijacked IE. Please review my log and provide guidence on the proper removal process. Thanks. Logfile of HijackThis v1.97.7 Scan saved at 2:09:12 AM, on 6/23/2004 Platform: Windows XP SP1 (WinNT 5.01.2600) MSIE: Internet Explorer v6.00 SP1 (6.00.2800.1106) Running processes: … |
| | I have seen other who have been hijacked by this search engine. Sucks big time. I already rad HijackThis and here is the log file results. Can someone look it over and let me know the steps I need to take to Free my browser. thanks Logfile of HijackThis v1.97.7 … |
| | I found this file running on my pc imWl2X.exe I have no idea what it does. I also have a trojan dropper.lnor.s I can't get rid of. I ran adware spybot and hijack this. but it is still there the anti virus trys to remove it but it can only … |
| | I ran adware, spybot, and antivirus but none of them remove it. what can I do? here is my hijack this log Logfile of HijackThis v1.97.7 Scan saved at 3:32:53 PM, on 3/10/2004 Platform: Windows 2000 SP2 (WinNT 5.00.2195) 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 … |