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Hi I use Firefox as my browser and whenever I enter a search on the "search the web" box I'm diverted momentarily to [url]www.goonsearch.com[/url] then to [url]www.plusnetwork.com[/url] I have tried to eradicate the virus using many tools without success. I have completed all 8 steps in the sticky and included …

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My task bar in XP changed color to a pale green and the font size changed (I am paritally color blind, so color is a guess to a degree) from the normal blue. When that happens, the wireless internet won't work either. I have run all the programs that you …

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Hi there, I am hoping that somebody here might be able to help me. My kids managed to get some virus on my computer while I wasn't at home. I twigged when I got a popup box at my online banking sites.. eek! I ran AVG and it found a …

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Hello, I got a bug from going on the keltec site - there's discussion but no solution that I've been able to find. I tried to post here before but I could not post or PM for some reason. Now posting is working so.... I've been working on this issue …

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Hello Helpers! My Compaq M2000 laptop has been a victim of a very silly mistake done by me. I've followed the steps given in the below link: http://www.daniweb.com/hardware-and-software/microsoft-windows/viruses-spyware-and-other-nasties/threads/134865/read-me-before-posting-a-request-for-assistance following are the logs for your persual: **GMER One.log:** GMER 1.0.15.15641 - http://www.gmer.net Rootkit quick scan 2012-03-20 22:48:27 Windows 5.1.2600 Service Pack …

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Hi, thanks in advance to whoever can help me out here. I guess the issues with my computer are currently. 1. ping.exe using up a large chunk of the CPU, very erratic but sometimes going near 100% 2. When I open Firefox or Internet Explorer, another tab or window automatically …

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I appearts that I have the Google Redirect malware somewhere. About 2/3 of the time,when I click on a Google result, I get redirected. This behavior happens only in MSIE; it does not happen in Chrome. I have run Super Antispyware, MS Security Essentials, and MBAM multiple times. SASW finds …

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ok i just got this laptop from my friend and apparently it seems to have contracted malware, particularly ping.exe? i ran a GMER scan, but i could not save a log file. Malwarebytes' Anti-Malware 1.51.2.1300 [url]www.malwarebytes.org[/url] Database version: 911122703 Windows 6.1.7601 Service Pack 1 Internet Explorer 9.0.8112.16421 12/27/2011 2:31:27 PM …

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I am in need of help ping.exe keeps running and using up all of my cpu i have tried to start in safe mode and delet this item but it replaced itself upon restarting in normal mode i have ran all the scans so far malware bytes is currently running …

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So I was searching for that awesome pic of the anteater standing up saying 'f@ck you, I'm an anteater', for my wife because it is hilarious. Unfortunately, my AVG 'free' caught an issue, but it was too late. I noticed ping.exe in the task manager. Really appreciate you folks taking …

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Ok, I have a Windows 7 Ultimate 64 Bits system, so in the beginning, I couldn't use the Microsoft® Windows® Malicious Software Removal Tool because it says that it is not compatible with my system. Then I used the ATF-Cleaner and it was OK. Then I downloaded GMER and the …

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So, yes, what I am looking for is already posted, but I don't understand the logs and there is no answer, as well it seems like a customized answer for every user, and I don't think I can post my logs into someone else's to avoid confusion. A couple of …

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Ping.exe is grabbing so much CPU time that I max out at 100% CPU. When I stop the process tree, ping.exe keeps coming back. Your help will be most appreciated. ATF Cleaner didn't run - got "Not Responding" in Task Manager. Got the following GMER pop-up: "Warning GMER has found …

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Thank you kindly for any assistance. After countless Google searches for help or info and nothing found I surrender to anyone who may help please. Ongoing for several months: Dual Monitor system - simultaneously both monitors randomly flash/blink (looks similar to a screen shot flash). This happens at system start …

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Last night my computer got infected with the Windows Fix Virus. The link below provides pretty much an exact description of what has been going on with my computer. [URL="http://reimagerepairreview.com/2011/07/11/remove-windows-7-fix-virus-desktop-is-empty-missing-shortcuts-icons-on-start-menu/"] http://reimagerepairreview.com/2011/07/11/remove-windows-7-fix-virus-desktop-is-empty-missing-shortcuts-icons-on-start-menu/[/URL] I immediately installed and ran Malwarebytes from a USB drive, but it had no effect. I was then able …

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Please help, something is wrong. I've been running Malwarebytes and AVG daily but something still seems wrong. My taskbar is beige as I type this and sometimes my speakers stop working. I don't have the malwarebytes log because I ran it before coming to this forum. Also when I ran …

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I scanned initially using MBA-M. It an infection but it was unable to get rid of it. I attached the following logs as requested. GMER did not post initial scan log. I tried twice. Nothing was found by MS malicious software. Nothing was found by MS security essentials. I was …

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hey guys, I play need for speed world and yesterday my brother was using my computer and when I play games it lags. Im sure its a virus because when I woke up this morning there were ads on my screen. Here are the logs you requested. GMER does not …

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Problem - Main - Clicking any Google Search result, results in redirect to random sites - NOT the site of the search result - search function not usable Secondary - computer has slowed to less than a crawl plus - recently, on boot-up, Avast reports that Microsoft Realplayer.exe is suspect …

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I just noticed yesterday that I did not have McAfee Security Center installed any more. (beat myself up enough, thanks, but feel free to express shock and dismay.) When I looked on the pc yesterday morning, there was only a McAfee scan app in c:\program files\mcafee. I have had McAfee …

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Hey, this exploit periodically pops up on my MSE. I'd ideally like to get rid of it permanently. Here are the logs I had to break this down into like a million posts because the logs were too large for one post to handle. Sorry about that! I know for …

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Can't get rid of this sucker! Microsoft Security Essentials is the only antivirus that has detected it and "deletes" it every time if pops back in but for some odd reason it can't completely get rid of it. Malwarebytes has just detected after I reinstalled and I am posting log …

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Hi, I have a Vshare redirect that goes straight to vshare.toolbarhome.com/?hp=df when I open Internet Explorer. I thought I had got rid of it on Firefox as I edited the URL to about:home but when I input a search it goes straight back to the Vshare URL search link. I've …

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I am currently running Window's Vista on my Toshiba laptop. I got the laptop for free from a friend and there seems to be quite a few issues with it. Problems: I get popups in new tabs constantly for registry cleaners and that I am infected with registry errors. I …

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After installing BearShareV9 now cannot open Internet Explorer. Tried turning DEP on Performance Options (Part of System Properties in the Control Panel. Decided to Unstall BearShare V9 - problem did not go away. Removed IE 8 and still reinstalled, problem did not go away. (To do this post I had …

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Upon booting up my laptop today, Avast started showing me an alert for a "Malicious URL" even though I had no applications started and had not yet performed any actions. The popup message indicated that the site trying to be reached was 68.178.232.99/wpad.dat and the process trying to reach it …

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Hi! An email was opened. At that time, I guess a Trojan was downloaded. My Avast antivirus went nuts; I couldn't open the task manager or other system programs; I couldn't system restore; i couldn't even shut the computer down. I had to do a manual shutdown (held the power …

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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 …

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Any ideas on this one.....? I cleaned down a virus infected pc (Windows XP Media Centre Edition SP3 with IE8). All the scans are now clean but iexplore.exe runs as a process in task manager. It throws an error every few minutes saying Internet Explorer has encountered a problem and …

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Hi Laptop caught a virus the other day so I have spent all day running virus scans but am now at a complete loss to why I still can't connect to the internet. I have tried pinging yahoo.com to test with no packets lost etc so there is an internet …

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Vista Home Premium X64 I got a virus that seems to have messed up my OS pretty good. I clean my system regularly using MBAM and Super Anti Spy Ware, and was using Avast AV. But my system got a nasty virus. I currently can't explore my system files without …

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Hi There, Could someone have a look through the following HJT log - i'm having terrible problems with some sort of virus - i have tried everything - my laptop will only start in safe mode - it freezes during normal start up. Many thanks Logfile of Trend Micro HijackThis …

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Hi, I am using firefox for web browsing, but IE runs in the background and plays audio adverts in the background. Carried out various scans found in different forums and I'm finally here. I have followed the guideline in the sticky, adverts are still running. GMER two cannot be created …

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I found trojans on my computer and already cleaned them up. But I'd like to make sure that they are all gone. Please help. Thanks much in advance. MalwareBytes’ Anti-Malware log Malwarebytes' Anti-Malware 1.46 [url]www.malwarebytes.org[/url] Database version: 5150 Windows 5.1.2600 Service Pack 2 Internet Explorer 7.0.5730.13 11/22/2010 8:09:52 AM mbam-log-2010-11-22 …

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Hello folks, [B]System:[/B] HP a1649n computer, O/S XP Pro, SP3, BIOS 3.08. Processor Intel Core 2 @1.86GHz, Fam6, Mod15, Stepping6, 4GB RAM, connected to TWC through WRT54G Running Avast! and Windows firewall - this and other 6 computers on network have shown no issues in over a year with this …

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My Problem starts when i borrowed my classmates USB flash drive i click a 'katrinascandal.vbs". . . Then not knowing anything i didn't think my drive was going to be infected with it Then i start opening "My Computer" then C: and i found out i have "Katrinascandal.vbs" So i …

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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 ---- …

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I've been having one problem after another since yesterday morning. The problems started with notifications that an application could not be executed, because the file is infected. I ran Malwarebytes Anti-Malware and that seemed to do the trick, at least until this morning, when problems started showing up. In order: …

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Hi, Helping a friend with their computer. They're currently having a problem accessing internet. In Internet Explorer they get message "Internet Explorer cannot display the webpage". Can only use Windows Messenger on internet. A couple days ago started getting all kinds of porn pop-ups. * Ran Windows Malicious Software Removal …

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I guess i have some type of virus, malware, adware or whatever the hell its called. I get this yellow shield with an exclamtion point in my taskbar, near the clock. when i put my mouse over it, it says downloading updates 0%. it comes and goes. also anytime i …

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Hi there I have been having a hard time with the rediction of pages, I got the Antivir Pro solutions a few days back , I go t rid of it but after that everytime i open a browser page another one opens, and every link i click on a …

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I apologize if this is a double-post, as the first time I tried to post to this board, I got a 404 browser error. 2 weeks ago, I had an issue with pop-ups on my work PC. I was eventually able to clean it up with Malawarebytes and thought I …

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i've done everything that was asked...what do i do know!!! ha ha thanks and greatly appreciated!!! Malwarebytes' Anti-Malware 1.46 [url]www.malwarebytes.org[/url] Database version: 4363 Windows 5.1.2600 Service Pack 3 Internet Explorer 6.0.2900.5512 7/28/2010 4:28:40 PM mbam-log-2010-07-28 (16-28-40).txt Scan type: Full scan (C:\|) Objects scanned: 211333 Time elapsed: 1 hour(s), 35 minute(s), …

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As soon as the computer showed a problem I had to start in safe mode to run MBAM. I updated first. I did run MBAM first before all the other scanners. First MBAM scan, Malwarebytes' Anti-Malware 1.46 [url]www.malwarebytes.org[/url] Database version: 4363 Windows 5.1.2600 Service Pack 3 (Safe Mode) Internet Explorer …

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I'm having the same problem as a previous post. No sound (wav sound bar gets lowered to min) and hidden IE windows. Cannot kill IE task (comes right back). Neither AVG/Avast/MalwareB detects anything. Ran ESET (offline) and it found the following: C:\Documents and Settings\Craig1\Local Settings\temp\447511515.exe a variant of Win32/TrojanDownloader.Unruy.CD trojan …

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> Hi, welcome to daniweb. > Please do the following: > (snip) Thanks - I appreciate any help or guidance (especially with the HiJackThis log)! I ran both MBA-M and HiJackThis, and here are the reports: Malwarebytes' Anti-Malware 1.46 [url]www.malwarebytes.org[/url] Database version: 4320 Windows 5.1.2600 Service Pack 3 Internet Explorer …

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i hope i'm doing this right. Malwarebytes' Anti-Malware 1.46 [url]www.malwarebytes.org[/url] Database version: 4275 Windows 5.1.2600 Service Pack 3 Internet Explorer 8.0.6001.18702 7/5/2010 8:52:15 AM mbam-log-2010-07-05 (08-52-15).txt Scan type: Full scan (C:\|D:\|) Objects scanned: 260308 Time elapsed: 3 hour(s), 34 minute(s), 12 second(s) Memory Processes Infected: 0 Memory Modules Infected: 0 …

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Greetings, I've searched for 2 weekends now on solutions to the problem I am having with my son's relatively new computer (arrived 9/10/07). I've tried numerous suggestions from numerous sites (mainly this one) and I'm still unable to get a desktop in normal start up mode. I can in Safe …

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Ok, Not sure if you require specs, but a few main ones are; Dell XPS M1530 Windows Vista 32-bit This problem started a few days ago, i can honestly say i don't have a clue how it started. I lent my laptop too my brother one day... day later suddenly …

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hey guys, my problem is that my download speeds have gone down, and I mean noticeably down. i ran the speedtest and my speed was was not even half of what my ISP average is. i'm not sure if its my computer giving out on me since it is about …

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