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I've got an issue with my computer that I suspect is something along the lines of a trojan.BHO. I downloaded an infected file and received a pile of trouble with it but seem to have cleaned out several with the exception of whatever's causing this: Currently apparent effects on this …

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About every 5 seconds, my Windows Explorer malfunctions and restarts. It is actually very painful to even type this message as we speak. My start bar as well as all of my desktop icons all disappear and reappear as Explorer restarts. I believe the error may have come from a …

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Hi - I am unable to find the cause but there is something on my PC that is trying to send emails and is trying to disable various items in Windows XP. I have run all of ths AV and anti-malware software and I haven't been able to remove it. …

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Hi everyone ,i'm new to the site and not very good with computers , my avg had picked up alot of viruses which include trogan horse generic and dropper here is my hijack file if anyone could help me get rid of these little buggers for good id really aprichiatte …

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Hello, today I am cleaning my computer. In add or remove programs, I notice some funny programs: Home Search Assistant Search Extender Shopping Wizard SlotchBar I can't remove them through add or remove programs though. So I downloaded hijackthis. I don't know what to delete, so please help. Here's the …

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Hello, and thank you to whomever is reading this with the intention to help me. My little brother downloaded a file (virus) and it messed our comp up pretty good. There's no C:, no control panel, a lot of options are limited. It took over our background but I fixed …

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I dunno what happened but I was using msn then turned the comp off, a couple hours later turned it on and it wont run. Here's my HiJack This file Logfile of HijackThis v1.99.1 Scan saved at 7:51:17 AM, on 8/2/2008 Platform: Windows XP SP2 (WinNT 5.01.2600) MSIE: Internet Explorer …

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I have a problem in my desktop when i click something, something will appear (see the picture 1) [I]picture 1[/I] [URL=http://img150.imageshack.us/my.php?image=64505875dd0.jpg][IMG]http://img254.imageshack.us/img254/7114/76814144mk0.jpg[/IMG][/URL] and this insane toolbar that instantly appear in my internet explorer and this Insecure Internet activity. Threat of virus attack. see picture 2 picture2 [URL=http://img529.imageshack.us/my.php?image=98103948sk0.jpg][IMG]http://img254.imageshack.us/img254/4710/31905354rz8.jpg[/IMG][/URL] heres my HJT log …

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Last night I recieved the Anti virus XP 2008 Virus. I down loaded Spy Hunter and ran it, but it appears that it has not worked ($30.00 well spent). I have a blue desktop with a warning telling me that I have Spyware on my computer. Here is my HJT …

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heres my HJT log. i just finished scanning/removing with spybot, and ive rebooted already. my explorer.exe just automatically shuts itself off, then restarts. it eventually just stops restarting. what originally happened was i had a virus, and it actually removed explorer.exe from the startup registery. i had to add it …

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Hello All. I hope someone can help. 3 days ago I somehow picked up a browser hijacker. It seems to be completely random. I will click a link from anywhere, and it will SOMETIMES just go to a totally unrelated page. If I go back, and click the link again, …

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Hi everyone, I am new here and I have been trying to fix this on my own for a week now... I am not very experienced, however I've read through some previous threads and tried a few things based on previous advice to other unlucky people with the same symptoms... …

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my computer after starting gives me a blank screen with no start bar or desktop icons.i'm opening the files or folders via the task manager the only command that works. this is my hijack this log file Logfile of HijackThis v1.99.1 Scan saved at 10:19:40 PM, on 7/29/2008 Platform: Windows …

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Hi there! I sincerly hope you can help me! The problem started yesterday! When I boot my computer, the task bar and the icons appears and then disappears. I opened the task manager and noticed that explorer.exe keeps shutting down and reloading, and I had to terminate the process and …

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My internet explorer window title says "Hacked by pokemon" and I clicked start and selected run and then typed this in: "rundll32 iedkcs32.dll,Clear" it went away. But after a while the "Hacked by pokemon" comes back up on the window title. Also, when I type regedit in run, a black …

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My cousins computer has a virus/spyware/etc. problem on his desktop. Not only am I not able to change the desktop properties, the picture installed as his desktop is advertising for netflix. I have ran spyware doctor, spyware terminator, and spybot, none have spotted or deleted this problem. I browsed through …

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If anyone could help, I would be very grateful. About a week ago I was attempting to install a program which needed net framework 1.1. which is not installed. I had net framework 2.0 but it was corrupted. A used windows install clean up utility to delete framework 2 and …

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Hello [url]www.daniweb.com/;[/url] am fixing a windows xp computer. Ran ATF-Cleaner , Deckard’s System Scanner (DSS) CCleaner. Ran Windows XP Maliware exe Here is a log of what i have so far.the windows xp computer runs slow and poor, can not yet get hijack-this to load and run. (cd issue). also …

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Hello guys! I am working with an PHP page that will generate an excel file. The flow is all transaction made should be generated in an excel file. Also if there is another transation, the new information will be appended in the same excel file. I have work on this …

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hi when i turn on my computer just when the desktop icons have all loaded on screen they immediately disappear, as does the start menu and task bar leaving just the wallpaper visible. This process is repeated another two or three times but never boots properly so i have no …

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After being on the web for a few minutes, my internet slows down to a crawl. Most of the time, websites I'm trying to visit will timeout and not connect at all. I'd appreciate any advice on this matter! I do not have a log from ESET. I ran a …

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Okay.. first off.. I came home from work and my roomate used the pc.. I had firefox loaded, but I guess they used IE.. I get home and there is 10 IE boxes open.. w/ the lil spill about "you have been infected" press okay to scan or something another.. …

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I have a virus that changed my time to military time and shows virus alert on my task bar, i have ran avg, avast, malimalice, antivirus and still no luck, i tried some of the fixes that are posted on the site here but no luck also, so this is …

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Hey everyone, I'm having some trouble with windows vista, specifically with control panel and windows update. Basically, I've had a problem with windows update for awhile now; it just freezes every time I run it. I remedied that by scheduling auto updates, somehow if the computer initiates Windows update itself …

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my computer keeps restarting by itself when I open any internet browsers, I run avast to check at start up and it came up with nothing, ccleaner, regcure and tuneup utilities, and checkdisk at startup, here is the log file from hijackthis, please help, thank you in advance. Logfile of …

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Ok after i got rid of this other malware/virus. I see this other person having the same problem [url]http://ask.metafilter.com/81308/Why-does-my-desktop-keep-crashing[/url] . It starts at boot time but usually when i open up ie explorer, opera it seems to close. If i go to CTRL+ALT+DEL menu to processes explorer.exe is still there. …

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I've been working on my sisters computer for about 2 days now. It was overridden with viruses (she had no real protection) and I got most of them off. The worst was one that made an icon at the bottom of the screen near the clock of an exclamation point …

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5 minutes after I start the computer I see the taskbar changes to old windows 98 style (from xp) minimize to one line (from the usual two lines I have it at), then back to windows xp style. After this happens my audio is messed up and i have to …

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Receiving these messages...Error Message on Start-up... RUNDLL: Error loading C:\windows\system32\irnffkpc.dll...and another for njkdqtbd.dll I can not find these files to remove them. C:\WINDOWS\System32\alg.exe C:\WINDOWS\system32\ctfmon.exe C:\Program Files\Mozilla Firefox\firefox.exe C:\Documents and Settings\Chris\Desktop\Utility\Registry Booster.exe C:\WINDOWS\system32\rundll32.exe C:\WINDOWS\system32\SearchProtocolHost.exe C:\WINDOWS\system32\SearchFilterHost.exe C:\Program Files\Trend Micro\HijackThis\HijackThis.exe C:\WINDOWS\system32\wbem\wmiprvse.exe R1 - HKCU\Software\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Main,Default_Page_URL = [url]http://www.comcast.net/[/url] R0 - HKCU\Software\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Main,Start Page = …

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This is what hijack this says [CODE]Logfile of HijackThis v1.99.1 Scan saved at 12:37:02, on 20/07/2008 Platform: Windows XP SP2 (WinNT 5.01.2600) MSIE: Internet Explorer v7.00 (7.00.6000.16674) Running processes: C:\WINDOWS\System32\smss.exe C:\WINDOWS\system32\winlogon.exe C:\WINDOWS\system32\services.exe C:\WINDOWS\system32\lsass.exe C:\WINDOWS\system32\svchost.exe C:\WINDOWS\System32\svchost.exe C:\Program Files\Alwil Software\Avast4\aswUpdSv.exe C:\Program Files\Alwil Software\Avast4\ashServ.exe C:\WINDOWS\system32\spoolsv.exe C:\Program Files\Bonjour\mDNSResponder.exe C:\WINDOWS\system32\nvsvc32.exe C:\Program Files\Linksys Wireless-G PCI Wireless …

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Hi all, lately i've been having a very big problem with some kind of spyware/malware/trojan infection! If i boot my computer in a normal way i keep on seeing a red circle with a white cross in it, in my taskbar. It keeps on saying something like: "Warning. Your system …

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I recently had help cleaning up the malware/spyware on my PC (Thanks Crunchie). Since then My DVD Burner is not working. It will not read/write DVD. can someone take a look at my HJT log and see if there is anything I am missing. Thanks Mike Logfile of Trend Micro …

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Hello, I'm trying to write a code to automate logging into a website.I have chosen the forum 'www.tek-tips.com' as an example and tried this script on it....But it doesnt seem to work...What am i missing here..plz help [code]import urllib2 theurl = 'www.tek-tips.com' protocol = 'http://' username = 'johnny' password = …

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Hi, I've had this problem for a while now, i downloaded free AVG and Kaspersky and neither of them have found any virus. I read other blogs and have downloaded hijackthis and this is what i have saved, i hope this helps with trying to help me fix this error. …

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hey there guys..new member so a big hello to all i have been experiencing this problem for the past two days tht it wod literally not allow me to even transfer files....sometime explorer.exe closes and doesnt come bak on..a few weeks bak i had the vundo trojan and i had …

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Running Windows XP. This is my brothers computer. Not able to run IE, can't download anything. Ran Spybot and hijackthis. Spybot is coming up with FunWare and Starware. I am not familiar with either of these or the removal. Here is the first report after running spybot S&D.... I am …

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Hello. sorry, but i am still new to this. have DL'd AVG and ran it. have DL'd Hijackthis and ran to get a log. so far what happens is i try to open control panel and it says windows explorer has stopped running and it looks for a problem then …

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hello, my computer has been running really slowly lately and when i tried to use paint the mouse did funny things (it just randomly cut my picture and stuff), also, a little black window with white code in it pops up from time to time but it opens and closes …

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this is the Logfile Logfile of HijackThis v1.99.1 Scan saved at 6:28:00 AM, on 6/6/2006 Platform: Windows XP SP2 (WinNT 5.01.2600) MSIE: Internet Explorer v6.00 SP2 (6.00.2900.2180) Running processes: C:\WINDOWS\System32\smss.exe C:\WINDOWS\system32\winlogon.exe C:\WINDOWS\system32\services.exe C:\WINDOWS\system32\lsass.exe C:\WINDOWS\system32\svchost.exe C:\WINDOWS\System32\svchost.exe C:\WINDOWS\system32\LEXBCES.EXE C:\WINDOWS\system32\spoolsv.exe C:\WINDOWS\system32\LEXPPS.EXE C:\Program Files\Alwil Software\Avast4\aswUpdSv.exe C:\Program Files\Alwil Software\Avast4\ashServ.exe C:\Program Files\Diskeeper Corporation\Diskeeper\DkService.exe C:\Program Files\Common Files\Microsoft …

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When I start Windows XP everything seems fine until I click on one of the Quick Launch Toolbar icons on the taskbar. Then the Toolbar icons stop being clickable, and after an indeterminate period they disappear. The place where each one was still has an alternative text available, but no …

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hello everybody once again thanks for your help, i just finish cleaning up my laptop and its running smooth, i needed help with my other pc here is a copy of hijack this, once again thanks for the prompt response this site is the best i will donate soon Logfile …

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Hello, On a website I found the next source code "sniffer.cpp" [B]Sniffer.cpp[/B] [CODE=C++]/* OoOoOoOoOoOoOoOoOoO o HTTP-Sniffer o O www.1plus.se O oOoOoOoOoOoOoOoOoOo INFO: The trick is to use raw packets with SIO_RCVALL */ #include <iostream> #include <fstream> #include <string> #include <winsock2.h> #include <windows.h> #include <ws2tcpip.h> #include "packet_headers.h" using namespace std; #define …

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I am unsure how this all happened left my computer on and went somewhere.. Now i have several files.. heres my hijack this report: please someone help because i do not have a windows cd to reformat. My computer was built for me so i never got one.. Logfile of …

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Help! For some while my lap-top hard disk has been working overtime and it seems I have a virus / trojen which is affecting Windows Explorer using the Rundll program of Windows Vista. ESET Security also pops up to warn me about Win32/Adware.Agent.NIY application but can't deal with it (access …

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Hi, I'm a new poster hoping to get some help. I am unable to open any folders, My Computer, Control Panel, or Search from the desktop or using Start menu. When I double click to open from desktop, all icons and taskbar disappear for a few seconds and then reappear. …

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hello everybody thanks in advance for all of your help, here my situation, my nephew use my computer and i think he dowloaded a virus and now im having a few problems i need to know if i am infected here is a copy of my hijack this file, please …

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Hi, I am not sure exactly what I did to get this started (around the same time I got a new KB and mouse and got a new ISP, but didn't do too much else), but it looks like explorer.exe is crashing and starting over and over again shortly after …

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Hi Guys, I have an infection giving the above symptoms plus many more. I have followed previous threads advise and downloaded the latest Hijackthis and produced a log which is below. any help gratefully recieved. Many thanks in advance. Logfile of HijackThis v1.99.1 Scan saved at 09:47: VIRUS ALERT!, on …

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A friend of mine IM's me today and tells me IE, though closed, will run a pop-up every minute or so. Initially, he tried downloading something from limewire and I guess he tried to get the wrong song or something like that. His start menu and task manager wouldn't work, …

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I ran hijack this and saved the report it spit out. Didn't do anything more since I can't read these logfiles as of yet: Logfile of HijackThis v1.99.1 Scan saved at 1:16:54 AM, on 7/15/2008 Platform: Windows XP SP2 (WinNT 5.01.2600) MSIE: Internet Explorer v7.00 (7.00.6000.16674) Running processes: C:\WINDOWS\System32\smss.exe C:\WINDOWS\system32\winlogon.exe …

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