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Would you run an AV on Linux or FreeBSD or Solaris, etc? Of course not, so why run one for NT which has at least the security capabilities of those other systems? The only systems that benefit from AVs are those with poor architecture that allows random processes unmitigated access, …

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Hi All... I'm actually asking this question for a friend...they need to upgrade their OS to 10.5 in order to connect their DSL line. They are connected, in their office, to an older Mac with an 8.3 operating system. Their question is...if they make the upgrade, will they be able …

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After the last software update, I noticed that my mail icon had changed from it's usual blue mail icon to an application looking icon. It still resides in the application folder but it will not launch. Neither will the internet connect icon. Has anyone experienced this problem? I have reset …

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Well I decieded to quit renting an entire server (We have 4 websites on a dedicated server), to owning instead. So I bought a 1u Dell 1850 Rack Server, and am going to co-locate it at cihost.com. In a nutshell it's about 2" tall, 19" wide, and 30" deep. It …

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I went to veiw some pictures, but the CD's tray wouldn't open. I went to add/delete hardware to troubleshoot the optical system, and it appeares to be ok. The green LED comes on when I try to access the CD, but that's it. Operating System Microsoft Windows 2000 Professional CPU …

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[font=Arial][b]Creating Executables[/b] Of course, the software on your computer isn't all a bunch of code in a high level language, at least not in the form you receive it in. Before you can run any programs which are written in C++ or Java, they must be compiled. Compiling is the …

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Hello, I am new here, and this web site looks great! I hope I'm not taking up too much of your time, I just had a couple questions relating to networking Linux and using a Unix OS called OpenBSD. Is there a best Linux recommended to use for file servers? …

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Hi all! I'm new, and I need help! I have this Aurora/ABI Network virus or whatever it is. I have run Hijackthis, here is the log file...HELP!! :-| Logfile of HijackThis v1.99.1 Scan saved at 9:27:06 AM, on 06/22/2005 Platform: Windows XP SP2 (WinNT 5.01.2600) MSIE: Internet Explorer v6.00 SP2 …

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Forgive me if this post doesn't belong here, as it may be a more serious problem than just the keyboard and mouse not working. I have two computers, one monitor, one keyboard, and one mouse shared by two computers on a kvm switch. One is a windows xp pro, and …

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This is not a question, I just want to share my expirience - who knows - maybe somebody Google's it out, and then find it usefull... A week ago (or a few days more) I've had a problem with my computer: it was restarting all of the sudden without any …

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Hi there, So I've been using McAfee, MS AntiSpyware, Spybot S&D, AdAware, TrendMicro, and Avast, and still cannot get rid of this beastie that opens IE at start-up and sends me to a page at [url]www.freewebs.com[/url]. (This is doubly annoying because I use Firefox. :evil: Thanks, MS.) It's slowing the …

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after running fdisk on computer get error no fixed disks present... ???? then on reboot I get Missing Operating system.. Helppppp :o

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Got my hands on a nifty little Thinkpad 240x. The hard drive has no OS on it. It came with an external floppy drive and I just bought it a new external CD drive. I'm trying to get the CD drive recognized so that I can get XP loaded, but …

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Logfile of HijackThis v1.99.1 Scan saved at 1:22:48 PM, on 6/18/2005 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:\Program Files\Common Files\Symantec Shared\ccSetMgr.exe C:\Program Files\Common Files\Symantec Shared\SNDSrvc.exe C:\Program Files\Common Files\Symantec Shared\SPBBC\SPBBCSvc.exe C:\Program Files\Common Files\Symantec Shared\ccEvtMgr.exe C:\WINDOWS\system32\spoolsv.exe C:\PROGRA~1\McAfee.com\PERSON~1\MPFSERVICE.exe C:\Program …

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[size=2]LogicNow Limited Announces a Windows Supported Version for its Browser Based Help Desk Solution PerlDesk. Brentwood, Essex June 15, 2005 -- LogicNow have released a Windows Operating System (OS) version of PerlDesk, a leading browser based help desk solution. The Windows version allows users to install PerlDesk for local, intranet …

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Hello i just started a new online community forums barely released last week. I was hoping to get some friendly members from this community to register at my forums (Its fast and free.) and help it get a little more active. So far our progress is 24 registered users with …

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I've read previous posts about removing Aurora, but whenever I try to DL "Nailfix" it says that there are no files to extract. Is there another site where I can DL this program? I've already DLed and updated "Ewido" and I've moved HJT to My Program Files. The only problem …

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hello, My problem is as follows: Ive received an old computer from a friend p3 500mhz 192mb 30gb hdd, so i thought about making a partition for windows 15gb and a partition for a linux distro. Im familiar with both operating systems pretty well and havent had a problem installing …

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i could use a little help getting rid of a pesky hijack and its mate toolbar. I have IE pages opening at random. files named 'cisvvc.exe', 'rdsndin.exe', 'shdoclc.dll' and 'iyzse.dll' showing up as programs in ZoneAlarm, and a warning supposedly from IE saying im infected. ive done a search here …

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Hey, I dunno if i have the right forum but im having a problem with my monitor refreshing itself. What actually happens is the screen goes black and then reappears.. much like as if you changed the resolution in the display panel but it occurs usually only when a video …

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:o hello e/o.. im Raza..i hav a project to make small operating system... i have completed my boot and kernel work in assembly...with the help of emulator8086...there is output showing after booting from floppy but now i have to link that kernel with C++ program to show some output on …

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hi ya guys, i have a standard pc running xp. is it possible to partition my drive and run mac osx v10 3 panther as i have had a go on my mates g5 and loved the operating system. however it will be alot cheaper to buy the os than …

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Operating on Windows 98. I'm having the red X problem. But this time it's in attempting to open files that were stored as ".jpg" files. In reference to a past post ([url]http://www.daniweb.com/techtalkforums/thread24636.html)[/url], I know for a fact that the reason is "- An unusual screen format (requiring the images to …

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I inadvertantly deleted the operating system using fdisk after unsuccessfully attempting to reinstall windows 2000 on a Dell laptop. I reformatted the hard drive, but couldn't get past the security key code. It wouldn't accept the key code I have (??). I have a windows 2000 recovery cd that came …

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My Internet explorer and Firefox have suddenly put on the brakes. However, my AOL browser is operating fine. I am running PC Cillin with a firewall enabled. Have run adaware and spybot found nothing other than a few cookies. I tried turning off the firewall, nothing changed, turned off the …

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I have a PC on a LAN which has become infected with the Hotoffer.info trojan as well as the "Your Windows is corrupted with spyware virus" Popup. I have read through the info on your site for thread 16204 and gather this is not uncommon - but that you recommend …

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Here is my HJT log file: ogfile of HijackThis v1.99.1 Scan saved at 11:27:17 PM, on 6/6/2005 Platform: Windows ME (Win9x 4.90.3000) MSIE: Internet Explorer v6.00 SP1 (6.00.2800.1106) Running processes: C:\WINDOWS\SYSTEM\KERNEL32.DLL C:\WINDOWS\SYSTEM\MSGSRV32.EXE C:\WINDOWS\SYSTEM\SPOOL32.EXE C:\WINDOWS\SYSTEM\MPREXE.EXE C:\WINDOWS\SYSTEM\MSTASK.EXE C:\PROGRAM FILES\MCAFEE.COM\VSO\MCVSRTE.EXE C:\WINDOWS\SYSTEM\mmtask.tsk C:\WINDOWS\SYSTEM\RESTORE\STMGR.EXE C:\WINDOWS\EXPLORER.EXE C:\WINDOWS\SYSTEM\SYSTRAY.EXE C:\WINDOWS\SYSTEM\WMIEXE.EXE C:\PROGRAM FILES\WEBROOT\SPY SWEEPER\SPYSWEEPER.EXE C:\PROGRAM FILES\MCAFEE.COM\VSO\MCVSSHLD.EXE C:\PROGRAM FILES\MCAFEE.COM\AGENT\MCAGENT.EXE C:\PROGRAM …

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I don't know if this is the right forum for this. Perhaps there should be a "General Linux Help" section? Anyway, I have been a Linux user for over a year, but I've never truly understood how the operating system works. I don't even understand the directory structure. I heard …

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Help! Here is my HJT Log Logfile of HijackThis v1.99.1 Scan saved at 11:51:44 PM, on 6/7/2005 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\spoolsv.exe C:\PROGRA~1\COMMON~1\AOL\ACS\AOLacsd.exe C:\Program Files\Common Files\Microsoft Shared\VS7Debug\mdm.exe C:\PROGRA~1\McAfee.com\PERSON~1\MPFSERVICE.exe C:\Program Files\Norton AntiVirus\navapsvc.exe C:\WINDOWS\System32\svchost.exe C:\WINDOWS\wanmpsvc.exe C:\WINDOWS\Explorer.exe …

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[url]http://www.boingboing.net/2005/01/27/jailed_for_using_a_n.html[/url] A Londonder made a tsnuami-relief donation using lynx -- a text-based browser used by the blind, Unix-users and others -- on Sun's Solaris operating system. The site-operator decided that this "unusual" event in the system log indicated a hack-attempt, and the police broke down the donor's door and arrested …

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Hey folks, I've been struggling with this PC for the last two days. I cant install or uninstall any programs. My virus scan (McAfee) and the whole internet secuirty suite isn't operating properly. When I first logon, the task manager indicates that McAfee is using all available "CPU" resources. And …

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Hello, I think I got infected with some spyware or something. Here is my Hi-Jack This log: Logfile of HijackThis v1.99.0 Scan saved at 7:48:27 PM, on 6/6/2005 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\spoolsv.exe c:\PROGRA~1\mcafee.com\vso\mcvsrte.exe …

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My computer has been infected with some CWS spyware and I have tried a lot of spyware removal programs and read through many posts on the web for removing the spyware. Somehow my Hijack This log seems to be different than others. I really need help from you guys. Thanks …

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Sorry to all for posting my problem in wrong area of your site. Would someone please help me? I am a professional prepress operator that has knowledge of Mac OS but am a novice when it comes to fixing a Windows OS. Thanks in advance for your help and time. …

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Dear all, I need your help, I can not open windows explorer, ie, etc. Here my logfile of HJT. Many thanks. Logfile of HijackThis v1.99.1 Scan saved at 11:27:01, on 04.06.2005 Platform: Windows XP (WinNT 5.01.2600) MSIE: Internet Explorer v6.00 (6.00.2600.0000) 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\spoolsv.exe …

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Hi I have a 40gb hard drive in my new machine that is running Win XP Pro - I have another hard drive 20gb (which was from my old PC) which I have formatted, and connected to my new PC, it is labelled: F I have changed the jumpers so …

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I have been trying to remove this virus for awhile, but everytime I follow the steps on how to remove it, it keeps coming back. Please help!!! I greatly appreciate any help on solving this issue. Thanks. :-| Here is my Hijack list: Logfile of HijackThis v1.97.7 Scan saved at …

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I am operating XP Pro and recently reinstalled the system from a disk. Everything seemed fine except that the computer will not read from any of the removable storage drives, floppy, cd rom, or DVD. These drives are recognized by Windowx Explorer and My Computer, and Device Manager shows them …

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a programme is sending mail from my computer,seems to be sending to people on my MSN contact list.I have run a check for the gaobot worm with no luck here is my hijack log. Logfile of HijackThis v1.99.1 Scan saved at 17:44:15, on 5/30/2005 Platform: Windows XP SP2 (WinNT 5.01.2600) …

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Hello, I have a Dell laptop running Win XP Pro. It was a gift to my daughter from her Grand Parents. It was a used pc from a high school that was upgrading to new pc's. We have no Win XP Pro recovery cd-rom and we also don't know the …

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I have a problem with a Dell Computer (My Brothers Computer) And it had a Aureal 8830 Sound Card and i had problems with it. So just now i take that one out and put this other Sound Card in it this is whats the computer is From [url]www.Belarc.com[/url] The …

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I believe I have spyware and adware running on my computer - I am constantly getting aurora popups. I have run HijackThis lg, but I don't know what to do now. Here is my log: Logfile of HijackThis v1.99.1 Scan saved at 14:14:52, on 25/05/2005 Platform: Windows XP SP2 (WinNT …

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i am currently using windows xp pro,but i want to switch over to windows 98se for a change.Ialso have windows 98se in a bootable cd,but unfortunately i dont know the correct process of formatting my c drive and installing win 98se.the reason i want to format is that i already …

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With over 7years experience as a PC Technician, id like to share with you guys a few of my most valuable diagnostic tools and tricks to fixing any Computer, easily. 1: a PCI PC POST card- which you can pick up from CompUSA (tells you exactly what is wrong with …

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Hello guys, I need some solid help here. Here is my HaijackThis report. I need to get rid of anything thats causing me all the memory drains especially this W32/Bube.gen with my explorer.exe which McAfee does recognize but cannot do anything about it. Any help is appreciated... thanks Logfile of …

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here's the log i ran the other day when i was getting help and then the person helping me just stopped helping me for some reason: Logfile of HijackThis v1.99.1 Scan saved at 12:51:09 PM, on 5/21/2005 Platform: Windows XP SP2 (WinNT 5.01.2600) MSIE: Internet Explorer v6.00 SP2 (6.00.2900.2180) Running …

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Here's the log: Logfile of HijackThis v1.99.1 Scan saved at 7:17:17 PM, on 5/22/2005 Platform: Windows XP SP1 (WinNT 5.01.2600) MSIE: Internet Explorer v6.00 SP1 (6.00.2800.1106) Running processes: C:\WINNT\System32\smss.exe C:\WINNT\system32\csrss.exe C:\WINNT\system32\winlogon.exe C:\WINNT\system32\services.exe C:\WINNT\system32\lsass.exe C:\WINNT\system32\svchost.exe C:\WINNT\System32\svchost.exe C:\Program Files\TGTSoft\StyleXP\StyleXPService.exe C:\WINNT\System32\svchost.exe C:\WINNT\System32\svchost.exe C:\WINNT\system32\spoolsv.exe C:\WINNT\System32\svchost.exe C:\WINNT\System32\Tablet.exe C:\WINNT\wanmpsvc.exe C:\WINNT\Explorer.exe C:\WINNT\System32\SK9910DM.EXE C:\WINNT\GWMDMMSG.exe C:\Program Files\Adaptec\Easy CD Creator …

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well i've always been having this doubt.in my p.c. i have two operating systems windows 98 and xp. the files i save in the desktop of win 98 are not available in the desktop of xp.i belive that internally "desktop"is a memory location on the hard disk.but these contents change …

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can someone please help me out to figure out what kind of virus/spyware/whatever is causing my computer to run slower, a random "scrap" file to appear on my desktop that i can't delete, and aim "page not found" page to pop up every other time i try to go to …

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Please help me with this! I've run AdAware, SpyBot Search & Destroy AND SpySubtract. I've run CWShredder and it finds nothing. Yet when I go to Ad/Remove Programs, these three spyware programs remain, with no way of uninstalling them. They're hijacking my homepage, creating new unfavorable Favorites, and causing pop-ups. …

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