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i have had this problem for a fuew months.C:\Windowa\SysWoW64\ping.exe It useto crash my computer all the time i fixed that with the windows repair disk. Now it keeps poping up and kicking me off my games and web pages Im not really good with computers so if [B]anyone could help …

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Ok, so, short version, my WoW account was hacked yesterday, and all my stuff was deleted. I uninstalled WoW, ran AVG virus scanner, and Advanced System Care scan, then I came here and ran the scans on the site, malewarebyte came up with 2, the rest negative, I just want …

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it was all ok until today, everything was running well today the Internet stopped working, the firewall could not turn on, i did system restore, INTERNET started working back, but my avast which was v7 updated, rolled back to v6(normal to happen) but stopped working, shields cannot start anymore, firefox …

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I attempted to remove some malware by myself and believe I successfully removed it, however I am unable to connect to the internet despite having a wireless connection that says connected. There are no packets being sent or received, and all the info under support tab (up address, subnet mask, …

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Hello, i am a pretty heavy gamer (20 hours a week) and have an i7 asus laptop. It has been functioning fine today, until it shut itself down while i was in a game. now it shuts it self down every 10 min or so, but so far its only …

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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 …

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Hello, I am new to the hijakthis community... can you please help me with my computer? It is really slow and I think there may be a virus in it. Thank you! Here is my log: 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\Intel\Wireless\Bin\EvtEng.exe C:\Program Files\Intel\Wireless\Bin\S24EvMon.exe C:\WINDOWS\Explorer.EXE C:\WINDOWS\system32\spoolsv.exe …

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Hi Guys; Did attempt a search, but didnt find anything about the malware bytes app freezing up, did see some comments on "your computer at risk" firewall issue, but was unable to resolve it. After running Malware bytes several times and detecting one infected object, the Malware Bytes appplication "freezes" …

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The Ainslot.L Trojan appears to be much the same as any other at first glance; logging user activity and sending Gmail and Facebook passwords to the bad guys, downloading further malware, taking over your computer and the main payload of being a Banking Trojan stealing account login data. But Ainslot.L …

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Hi there, I've recently received notification about a virus in my laptop; ran the "highjackthis" report and would like to check if someone can assist me with the analysis of the report to make sure everything is ok: Logfile of Trend Micro HijackThis v2.0.4 Scan saved at 20:10:52, on 09/02/2012 …

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[B]Whenever I am on YT, I can only seem to watch a few videos before the site stops allowing me to connect to any others. I will click on a few vids without any problems, and then I'll click on another one, but the page never opens (The videos play …

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I have a HP dv6 laptop running Windows 7/64. It's been working fine but all of the sudden my wireless connection stopped working and there were a number of messages regarding the network, system security and audio services not running. I've rebooted, but many of the services under Control Panel>Admin …

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I bought a video game over a service called Steam. The game was Garry's Mod. I was installing it, it was on for about an hour before it got to half way and I was doing work and talking to people since everything was stacked at the same time. I …

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Trend Micro Releases HijackThis Source Code to sourceforge.net [url]http://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/trend-micro-releases-hijackthis-source-code-to-sourceforgenet-139516763.html[/url] Sourceforgenet link to open source hijackthis [url]http://sourceforge.net/projects/hjt/[/url] and [url]http://hjt.svn.sourceforge.net/viewvc/hjt/src_204/?pathrev=3[/url]

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I don't have the original system disks for the machine in question so i would like to attempt a manual recovery. If needed i can order them, but HP charges for the disks. Currently the network is disabled and Mcafee anti-virus does not appear to work correctly. WHAT HAS MY …

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Hi I Have a Windows Vista installed and the computer is almost 2 years old now. Never had a problem but for the past 2 days, as soon as the Windows boots up, I get an error message 'Windows Explorer is not responding', then it says, it is looking for …

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hi guys, any ideas on how to remove the malware on a hidden partition? i believe the malware resides on the hidden partition. because i did a system factory reset, when i boot the laptop. There's already a word document on the load folder. (which i never created) and by …

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Hi Everyone, I was just reading a news article, when i accidentally clicked on a link to download a some adobe flash 11 plugin. Unfortunately after that, internet explorer just keeps opening to the homepage roughly every 20 to 30 seconds. I have absolutely no idea how to fix it. …

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Hi, Already many of our friends have faced the same problem which am facing right now. My taskbar changes its colour into grey and sound gets disabled.I used malwarebytes antimalware but of no use can any one help me ... reply as fast as possible.......

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Hello everyone, I was hoping to get some help with my computer problems that i've been experiencing lately. I have a router that i use for internet connection w/ my other desktops in my household. Recently i've had to directly connect my modem to my computer if i wanted access …

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So i was starting up my web browser this morning, and firefox started spitting out extremely random javascript errors, which spammed up to around a dozen. I figured obviously to give my computer a virus scan. I did (with AVG free), and found 2 trojans, who have masked over service.exe. …

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Dear all helper In recently, I found that my computer CPU usage always 100% usage and I notice that it cause by ping.exe in the process list. When I kill the ping.exe process, my CPU usage is go down well. But after a few seconds, the ping.exe run again and …

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Hi, Yesterday I had the worst possible nightmare; my 2 year old Sony Vaio laptop running on WinXP Home gave me an error dialogue box on start up, it reads: [B]Explorer.EXE - Application Error The application failed to initialize properly (0xc0000006)[/B] When I hit “OK” Windows starts up, however I …

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Ok guys I have serious security problem here and I need your help quickly A friend of my friend in my xfire account just gave me a link to a video file He told me its a trailer I opened the link and it asked me to update my flash …

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hi im seeking your assistance. everytime i open my laptop Error loading otvasbpt.dll appears. please help me t fix this problem! thank you so much

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Hello everyone. Lately I have been downloading alot, and noticed that my computer was acting up. I downloaded AVAST antivirus to try and get rid whatever was wrong. After running it, it found and deleted many ad-ware, trojans and viruses. There was one it could not get rid of called …

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I can not connect to any antivrus websites. I am trying to download Microsoft Security Essentials and I keep getting an error message that says My computer cannot connect to the microsoft server. I also tried going to the AVG site and received the same error message. I do not …

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After download Spybot Search & Destroy on my computer, I couldn’t open any files on my Desktop, Control Panel to remove or deleted any software, and use the wireless internet, the message C:\WINDOW \SYSTEM32\RUNDLL32EX, pop up. What should I do to remove the message? The software on my computer is …

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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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This is bugging the crap out of me, i really need some help. im pretty certain its a virus or some sort of malware, but im not that great with computers so im having some trouble. I have run Anti-malwarebytes bunches of times, and itll come up with infected files …

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Apropos of absolutely nothing my Realtek rtl8187b wireless adapter is not working. I do not think it is the adapters problem because another USB mounted adapter does not work either. The consistent message I get is "windows couldn't automatically bind the ip protocol stack to the network'. It is not …

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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 …

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Hi can i ask some help with you guys,what is in my msconfig there is a list "cuqal" C:\Documents and Settings\jemz\cuqal.exe/S if i will check that box and restart my pc and when i put usb flash drive,the content of my flash drive will keep duplicating the files and the …

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Hello Folks Cleaning my girlfriends mothers computer and having some difficulty. It had a fake virus scanner/phiser on it along with ping.exe that is giving me trouble. I have run trendmicro housecall along with hijackthis and malwarebytes. I also turned off windows fax as I discovered the outgoing connections were …

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My problems first started on my son's laptop. Backed up his game saves and such to our other pc via external drive enclosure. Now the desktop pc is infected with something. And just today while updating database/scanning with MBAM on that one, I was on MY laptop and recieved a …

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hi guys.i recently downloaded some mp3 files and they are playing fine. but when i try moving them yesterday on my USB flash drive and i start playing them on windows media player, they just stop playing and you only can heard this "raspy static sound i tried running some …

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Hello Daniweb: Assisting neighbors with plugged up system 1Gig- RAM, Compac software suite. Box was shipped w/XP, has been upgraded to Vista Home Premium. Users are still on dial-up which does not work any longer, although I can interogate the modem and it answers in the hardware manager. I found …

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Running Win XP Home, SP-3 and, without any warning, suddenly got "The file does not have a program associated with it for performing this action. Create an association in the folder options panel" error message with almost everything I try to light up from Desktop or the start tower. Not …

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I'm using Acer 4637Z, running Windows 7. When I turn on my laptop, it will unexpectedly turn-off at start-up. The hard disk light blinks normally prior to start-up. Virus scan is clean too. Please advice

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I removed a virus via MSE and afterwards have lost the ability to connect to the internet. This is a windows 7 professional 32 bit laptop. Staticly i can set the ip address and dns server and can ping the DG and the DNS server. I can also ping google …

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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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Hi, we're not able to connect to the internet with a desktop that was recently infected. After cleaning with multiple runs of MBAM and ComboFix, PC is showing a connection and strong signal with our wireless router, but packet exchange is almost nil. All of the installed browsers (Chrome, FF, …

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Recently, I removed Windows XP Security 2012 and was left with a process called ping.exe which uses enormous amounts of CPU. I am in the process of completing the sticky guide ([url]http://www.daniweb.com/hardware-and-software/microsoft-windows/viruses-spyware-and-other-nasties/threads/134865[/url]) and am currently running scan #2 using GMER. I have ran the Windows Malicious Software Removal Tool, ATF-Cleaner, …

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The problem is that I get the “Open With” dialog every time I double click any drive in My Computer. I had to select Explorer from Open With dialog to open the drives; Or any other normal ways to access my drives. I think it caused by a virus or …

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My wife has been complaining about a virus on her computer for a few days now. I finally witnessed a "Just-In-Time Debugging" window pop up. It fails to open the thread, but its trying to open ping.exe. I can see it in the task manager, and even kill it, but …

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I have a similar laptop problem as GoldenEagle4444 had: [url]http://www.daniweb.com/hardware-and-software/microsoft-windows/viruses-spyware-and-other-nasties/threads/347315[/url] and "the application has failed to start because its side by side configuration is incorrect." Before the errors occurred, I was using autosurf, so it might have affected my machine, and it got it really bad. Except mine had two …

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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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My computer has a virus now, and yesterday it turned on just fine, but today it says it cannot start up. I have restarted the computer several times, and it doesn't start up. I have not done a cold boot, because I didn't think that would help. I run the …

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