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 | Hey guys, I have a bit of a head-scratcher here. On my 1 1/2 year old laptop ( HP Pavillion DV8000, Windows XP Media Center Edition 2005, NVidia GeForce GO 7600 , 2 GB DDR2 memory, 2.0 GHz Intel Centrino Duo, 2x 80 GB Hard drives) I am unable to … |
| | Hi, I am looking for a little help! I have Windows XP on my Dell laptop. I run Norton Antivirus and recently had my laptop serviced for virus and malware issues. Everything has been running fine, no problems detected by Norton's. My only problem now is that I the control …  |
| | My name is Kathy and I am from Texas. I use my computer for entertainment purposes mostly, however, I seem to always need help removing malware and virus'. I am 42 years old, married with two beautiful grandchildren. Looking forward to reading about the rest of the group as well.  |
| | I think it all started with a MSN virus my brother gotten lately... but in that process I found more things that just didn't really seem to make any sense. I downloaded AVG and it showed some files to be Trojan Backdoor.agent something. Can't really remember... (my bad... :sad: ) … |
| | My friends computer was just infected with a virus that gave him the "blue screen of death" but combofix miraculously revived his PC. Please help clean up his computer. This post is a HJT log folowed by his combofix log. Thank You VERY much in advance. Logfile of Trend Micro … |
| | I've run a number of spyware, virus, and malware software, but I still can't seem to load certain web pages (innocuous ones like slick-deals.net, lowermerion.org, phuturephillies.com). Any help is appreciated. Logfile of Trend Micro HijackThis v2.0.2 Scan saved at 2:34:37 PM, on 12/6/2007 Platform: Windows XP SP2 (WinNT 5.01.2600) MSIE: … |
| | Alright, I'll explain what's been happening. My friend is always going on about how his windows explorer is always freezing up, and he keeps having to restart his computer. He gave my a .mp3 song to listen to recently, but it never played, and it refreshed (perhaps rebooted) my explorer.exe. … |
| | I meant to do this awhile ago but have been busy with school and stuff. Norton Anti-virus found some stuff on my computer- a few med. risk things and high-risk thing and so I did a HijackThis log and scanned using AVG but it wouldn't let me save the new … |
| | I recently started having big problems. When I start my computer, I get 2 messages almost immediately "services.exe - Bad Image" and "lmass.exe - Bad Image" Both including the same message... "The application or DLL C:\WINNT\system32\append.dll is not a valid Windows image. Please check this against your installation diskette." I … |
| | Hello, I think I have been infected with an unknown Malware, Virus, Ad-ware not really sure what it is. It breached my SPI Linksys WR300N firewall (Hardware), DSL Firewall M6100(Hardware), and ZoneLabs Pro Firewall (Software). It seems that it can not be detected with Avast Home, Ad-Aware, ZoneLabs Anti-Spyware, and … |
| | Hello there. I have been reading posts in this forum and seen how helpful people have been in fixing issues regarding fake virus alerts. I have had this problem for a week now and have not been able to get rid of them. I have ran smitfraudfix and ewido but … |
| | Ever Since i got my first NSIS Error, anything i download has this error, saying my files are corrupt. And this game i play doesn't work either for some odd reason, i believe i have some malware or virus. Here is a Hijackthis Log: Logfile of HijackThis v1.99.1 Scan saved … |
| | Hi all, I am new here, but I have a little problem: I cant run internet explorer from desktop, and access links on both email or webpages. My PC has been running quite slow for some time, but yesterday I clicked on a link that I should not have and … |
| | Hi there, I hope someone out there might be able to help me, im doing my nut in here...!!! Recently I have been getting pop-up internet explorer windows, mainly aimed at gambling. Also my pc has been running like a dog..!!!! Thirdly I now get an error message when I … |
| | for days now I have had a problem with this virus poping up on my PC it is mon123bcz.exe trackware.web I have googled it and I have found links to this site my virus scan picks it up but wont let me delte it I ran spybot in safemode and …  |
| | i have an icon that looks like a blue shield with a question mark that flashes and turns red with an x on it. what is it? when i click it, it takes me to some anti-virus/spyware wesbite. i have this toolbar on my IE it says security toolbar 7.1 … |
| | I can't move, copy, or delete two files that I downloaded for Ragnarok Online. When I even try to right click them, they freeze up the folder window, and lags up my entire computer. They're setup files, and are named RAG_Setup1010 and SAK_Setup1010. When I end task for the folder, … |
| | ok so, here goes. . . runing xp, 512 ram like 200gig memory nvidia vidocard, mother boared I dont really know. Shared network (?) runing a wireless adapter linksys with a linksys router (on the other pc) my problem is the following, I cannot get my online game to stay … |
| | My system has developed a strange problem in which Internet Explorer 6 will begin to load but never quite finish. Sometimes, if I let it go for five or six minutes, it will finally load all the way and can be used normally. But most of the time, it just … |
| | Hello all, I hope this is allowed (I am a new poster and I did read the rules). I have a thread going at a different tech forum, but getting no responses from anybody. Thought I would post it here as well, if that is allowed. I mean, if it … |
| | Hi all! First post here, so gonna jump right in... Yesterday while working on the internet I suddenly was unable to access the internet. Thinking quickly I snagged another computer in the house (the one i'm currently on) and checked to see if i could access on it, of course …  |
| | I have windows xp home. I am using aol 9.0VR dialup. I make online memorials. When I go to upload a photo The blue bar fills like it is being loaded and then I get a dns error page..like I am not online. It will then error out all of … |
| | Hi, I recently had a broswer hijacker. After cleaning up the problem and running several anti-spyware adware programs and 2 seperate virus scans my computer is running great except for one problem. When I go to upload a photo to the web it errors me out. It will give me … |
| | Okay, this just started happening today. Whenever I log into anything, firefox asks to remember the password, but then a blank box accompanies it. All it has are two buttons; "OK" and "Cancel"; it has no message in it. I hit not now for the firefox one, and then ok … |
| | I think someone's trying to hack my computer, and steal my passwords. For some reason, websites that I'm logged onto, and should stay logged on, suddenly log off when I refresh the page, then are logged back on. My gmail account was logged off for some reason too, and that … |
| | Until a couple of days ago, I had no problem seeing [url]http://1337share.com[/url] in IE6 under WinXP. But now, the top of the page shows several boxes with a red x in them (as a placeholder instead of the pictures that should be there, even though I have "Show pictures" checked …  |
| | Recently I posted about having issues w/my Vista laptop that wasn't recieving microsoft updates and Win Defender wasn't working - after lots of attemps I eventually reformated and installed Vista and original software and pretty quickly discovered in Spybot system startup a blank entry stating: Current filename: Database status: Not … |
| | Hi guys, My p.c isn't running any better. It's still booting up very slow. I've removed everything with the tools advised. Here are three logs, hopefully this can lead to the removal of this problem. Thanks in advance Atky [B]HijackThis Log[/B] Logfile of HijackThisv1.99.1 Scan saved at 17:23:22, on 08/08/2007 … |
| | There is a pop-up continually appearing on my Laptop from the taskbar that states that my computer is infected with virus and it may cause critical system failure. :mad:. I downloaded Ewido and TrojanHunter and ran sweeps...however the popup still appears on the screen. My laptop is running relatively slow …  |
| | Okay, I have (what I think is) a serious error on my system. Every once and awhile I get an error with no title in the title bar and it says "Windows cannot access the specified device, path or file. You may not have the appropriate permissions to acces the … |
| | so recently my computer has somehow been stacking up its virus' and spyware and all kinds of problems. i've cleaned up what i can and what not and let mcafee do what it can. there are several virus' that mcafee will not take care of. vundo.dll being one of them. … |
| | hello... can you help me figure out what my IE downloaded this time? popup windows and viruses galore I have anti virus, but AVG is obviously not doing the job!! please help me, it is rendering my computer unusable!! Thanks in advance for your help and expert advise. Logfile of … |
| | First among freeware av's : [B]Avast or AVG [/B]!? This has always been the never-ending debate among these two major freeware av. With regards to the PROTECTION here are my observations : [B]Avast[/B] in my opinion, is MUCH better at detecting virus files inside compressed (zip'd) archives. Even [B]AVG's[/B] complete …  |
| | I share this computer with my roomate, and we both pretty much spend the same amount of time on it. Recently I've been experiencing huge slowdown. Today it got so much worse. I noticed something called the Mirar toolbar that I couldn't disable, and any of my actions took minutes … |
| | Hi Every1 I'm havin Windows XP with 512MB RAM, AMD athlon Processor (1Ghz). My System freezes very often and then when i press CTRL+ALT+DEL, It comes back. I'm havin NOD32 Anti-Virus and AD-Aware Anti Malware. I scanned my system And its clean. But I dont know why computer freezes very …  |
| | My little sister recently graduated College and her lap top has been having technical difficulties if you will. It's pretty laggy most of the time. It constantly adjusts the virtual memory and i'm sure there are some underlying issues that I can't detect due to my untrained eye. I've defragged … |
| | Hi, and thank you so much for this forum! I've read problems simular but not quite like mine and was hesitant to follow the instructions given since they may not apply to me. I did run the AVG Anti-Spyware as suggested in this topic, however I blew it and have … |
| | This time I was trying to download a tool for my wife, turned out to be the wrong tool. Every so often, about every 15-20 minutes I will get and IE browser popup for sites, which I'm sure are phishing sites, like buy.ebay.com/free, drivecleaner.com/freeware and monstermarketplace.com. Those three are the … |
| | Hello, I have a new computer that was set up and given to me by a local business. I think I made a big mistake in leaving the firewall and antivirus settings as they were. Within the first week, I noticed that the windows firewall would suddenly pop off. It … |
| | I am currently trying to fix a friend's laptop that is being plagued by LOTS of malware ! I ran all the standard anti-virus/ anti-spyware softwares (Spybot, AVG Anti Virus, Norton, etc) but there's still plenty of buggers left! Here's the most current Hijack log! Logfile of Trend Micro HijackThis … |
| | So I came down with a sudden problem today on my laptop. Whenever I tried to open My Computer, My Documents, Search for Files and Folders, Control Panel, or anything requiring Windows File Explorer, the screen would flash to the wallpaper, then all the icons would come back. That was … |
| | Gerbil I have done all three things you have told me to do and here are the results. I have no idea what I should even be looking for but if you need me to do something and get something else please let me know. --------------------------------------------------------- AVG Anti-Spyware - Scan … |
| | Hi Guys Its good to see that there is help out there for PC noobs like myself, so I hope you can help me out with some problems I have been experiencing. A couple of weeks ago I started having new IE windows opening up with adverts displayed even though … |
| | Hello everyone. I have worked with Windows for a number of years however I want to take my knowledge to the next level and do not know the best approach let me explain. I recently got a book "Rootkits subverting the windows Kernel" I got this book because my best … |
| | I've heard that there are people here that will help solve computer problems and I was wondering if someone could help me. My computer has been acting strange lately and has been moving really slowly. I have scanned it over and over and only found one virus, and after getting … |
| | Been having problems with extreme slowness and i dont know whether related but USB devices (hp all-in-one printer scanner etc, and a freecom external HD) often are not recognised and do not function thanks for your help :) AVG:- --------------------------------------------------------- AVG Anti-Spyware - Scan Report --------------------------------------------------------- + Created at: 19:56:28 … |
 | Dragging icons on the desktop won't work however I can delete them. I can't drag file inside of folders either. Copy and Paste will not work either. Internet Explorer window closes as soon as it's double clicked Microsoft Outlook Express brings up Internet Options window Explorer ID will occasionally change … |
| | ugggh, i clicked on an IM with the "facebook picture' virus. I have AIM fix and it isn't taking care of it. This is my HJT log. Please help!!! Logfile of HijackThis v1.99.1 Scan saved at 9:21:39 PM, on 3/23/2007 Platform: Windows XP SP2 (WinNT 5.01.2600) MSIE: Internet Explorer v7.00 … |
| | [COLOR=yellowgreen][B]Hello. I am sure there are other posts regarding this same problem, but I could not find one on this site.. So I am posting a new one. [/B][/COLOR] [COLOR=yellowgreen][/COLOR] [COLOR=yellowgreen][B]Yesterday my laptop was infected with some sort of virus called [COLOR=red]Security Alert Popup.[/COLOR] I have tried deleting it from … |
| | I am getting an error message when I boot my PC. A box appears saying "Error loading C:\Windows\System32\nedfiprj.dll module could not be found." At the same time this started I am getting annoying full screen popups every minute or so when I'm in IE. This also slowed my PC down … |
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