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Hiya, My first post, so please forgive any errors in posting this here-but seemed the obvious place. My windows explorer stopped working all of a sudden- i cannot use anything from 'Start', or open my docs or recycle bin from the desktop. I read in other threads that the first …

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hey...my i have 2 hard drives right now just so i had something in case something happens...like right now for example. my main hard drive...which has everything i actually need on it is infected with something. windows says its spyware or adware, but it wont let me install programs...it will …

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my antivirus keep alerting me on the trojan.webus and downloader. i am experiencing spontaneous launching of my web browser every 5 -10 mins... please help me...:| here's my hijackthis log: Logfile of HijackThis v1.99.1 Scan saved at 6:05:46 PM, on 4/24/2007 Platform: Windows XP SP2 (WinNT 5.01.2600) MSIE: Internet Explorer …

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I have a Sony Vaio laptop computer. the model # is pcg-grx560. i got it about 3 years ago. it is a windows xp. ok here's my problem. when i try to play 'the sims 2' or any dvd in the laptop, the screen flickers. this just started happening about …

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sometimes appear a message titled 'messenger service' sayin that my registry and other windows stuff are screwed up. it also says that i must enter some fake web pages (like [url]www.regproscan.com[/url], or [url]www.regcleanser.com[/url]) if i want to fix the errors. how can i stop the annoyin messages?

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Recently, swatkat helped fix my laptop from various problems. I was wondering if anyone could do this same with my old, untouched for 2 years, desktop computer? It is 20 times slower than my laptop, compared to browser speeds and general processing speeds. Please, if there's any hope at all, …

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Hi everyone- I have just come across a .dll in my startup list that has me baffled and a bit concerned as to just what it is. In the past, a Google search has always provided something on any file name I have ever checked, but this one returns zip. …

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Hoping someone can help me out - I think I have lots of nasties on my computer. Hijack This and AVG Logs are below. Thanks in advance. Logfile of HijackThis v1.99.1 Scan saved at 11:35:08 PM, on 4/23/2007 Platform: Windows XP SP2 (WinNT 5.01.2600) MSIE: Internet Explorer v7.00 (7.00.6000.16414) Running …

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While I was away, I think my cousin used my computer. How could I tell? Oh, perhaps the IE6 popups that happen to appear whenever I load a new page in ANY internet browser. Here's an HJT log. Logfile of HijackThis v1.99.1 Scan saved at 7:51:37 PM, on 4/23/2007 Platform: …

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every time i log on explorer crashes, but when other users sign on it doesnt heres my hjt log: Logfile of HijackThis v1.99.1 Scan saved at 3:31:33 PM, on 4/23/2007 Platform: Windows XP SP2 (WinNT 5.01.2600) MSIE: Internet Explorer v7.00 (7.00.6000.16414) 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\Ati2evxx.exe C:\WINDOWS\system32\svchost.exe C:\WINDOWS\System32\svchost.exe …

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I download some music songs from a website. The website gets the requests from users and then it searches through WWW and lists you hundreds of URL that may have fulfilled your requests. I got what I want, but when I doubled clicks the music files, which are of RM …

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I am working on a friends machine that is infected with viruses and spyware. I ran spybot and keep getting Smitfraud-c. I've also ran AVG a few times, and I may have everything cleared up. Also, when I try going to a website I keep getting invalid syntax error. Any …

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i ran adaware se and it showed that i had a trojan (dont recall the name) so i deleted everything with adaware se ONLY and after doing so i cannot get online at all, no aim, no ie, etc. i have a connection but there are still traces of the …

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i am always getting this error everytime i reboot my computer. Generic Host Process for Win32 has encountered a problem and needs to close. We are sorry for inconvenience. after that, my sound system cannot work anymore and my internet becomes unstable. is this a virus? please someone help! Logfile …

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Hello, I've recently encountered an odd problem with my computer. About a month ago, my screen randomly would blink off for about 3 seconds, then on for 3. Slow response times when the screen was blinking on, none when it was off. After dealing with this issue for about a …

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I'm just wondering, does Microsoft Office 2007 Enterprise have a backdoor? Is there anyway to remove it? I'm just curious

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I have been trying to fix my pc. Can anyone help me by reading this log on what needs removed/fixed? Thank You! Logfile of HijackThis v1.99.1 Scan saved at 4:00:10 PM, on 4/19/2007 Platform: Windows XP SP2 (WinNT 5.01.2600) MSIE: Internet Explorer v7.00 (7.00.6000.16414) Running processes: C:\WINDOWS.0\System32\smss.exe C:\WINDOWS.0\system32\csrss.exe C:\WINDOWS.0\system32\winlogon.exe C:\WINDOWS.0\system32\services.exe …

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could someone please help me with my internet explorer redirecting me to other search engines with google set as my home page

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I have done a virus scan it found vundo and it recommended vundo fixer i did that and i got spyware scanner from titan lol. and scanned for that as well but still ads come up for no reason help me plz:@

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I',m new But i need help already . The thing is that my computer takes ages when it says 'windows is starting up' or something like that Plz help thx :'(

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hi all... theres been a problem with my laptop n i don't know what it is.. for your information i share this laptop with my family.. it seems that my bro is playing the online games name GUNZ. and he use some hack..i don't know what it's name.. and sudenly …

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mmk so i plug in my ipod... and it syncs all the music but then after a little, it says "ipod cant be synced, the required file cant be found" and a thing at the bottom pops up that says [img]http://img403.imageshack.us/img403/2116/whatxo8.jpg[/img] pleaseee help me.

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This is a long one. I tried to make it easier to read by deleting the spaces. Ultimately I'm trying to fix a buffer overrun with explorer.exe runPlatform: 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\Alwil Software\Avast4\aswUpdSv.exe …

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Hey, I'm pretty new to using PCs (Mac user for many years) and recently began having issues with my HP Pavilion dv9000. Two problems occur: 1) Randomly, my web browser will keep opening new windows at a rate quicker than I can close them. My homepage is displayed on them …

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I have really hard times with my winxp recently. Time to time (sometimes, immediatelly after start) exporer stucks. Main syndrome is that, only thing which is working is ctrl+alt+del, which brings up task manager, but you cannot click anything. Next thing whis is working are windows shortcus eg. WIN+D will …

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yesterday i re-installed windows cause i had a bad virus so wiped everything and start a fresh, i also re0installed 1 of my games, football manager 2007, when i go to load it i get a pop up saying "unable to open in fullscreen mode" and another one after saying …

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Ok, about a week ago, my nephew got my system infected with Spylocked. I removed it, ran adaware, spybot etc. My problem now is I'm recieving fake "Windows Security Center" looking popups telling me there are problems on my system. I know these are bogus, the web address is [url]http://vnmxjcx.com/start/?aid=334[/url]. …

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Hi.Quickly moving on to my problem : After I turn on my computer (about 10 minutes later) my computer suddenly slows down. When I check my process it turns out my svhost.exe is eating up my ram and my cpu (100mb ram %79-98 cpu). When I turn off that particular …

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My free trial with Panda Antivirus Platinum is twenty two days away from expiring, and I'm not 100% sold on them, there were some less than satisfactory events. I have a grand total of six months experience with my home computer, so I'm going to have to rely on our …

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Please HELP!!!!! i just got a new labtop for christmas and my brother got me the trojan.metajuan virus........my norton antivirus will not get rid of it. anybody have any suggestions or can help me fix my computer?

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I have been reading alot of other posts in this section and I have a very similar problem. A few nights ago I got on my computer and noticed that my internet was taking an unusually long time to load pages, and sometimes even failing. I also noticed that my …

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I've been having trouble with Amaena and WinAntiVirus Pro for a week now. Webroot Spysweeper, AVG Anti-Spyware, Ad-aware and Spybot S&D haven't been able to fix it, and VundoFix and Virtumondebegone have not been effective either. Here is my HijackThis log. Any help would be appreciated! *** Logfile of HijackThis …

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Hey DaniWeb Helpers, I have a major problem. My little sister somehow downloaded multiple viruses on the computer by msn. She was upset that she ruined the computer and wouldn't explain how it happened. The viruses that were downloaded are Infostealer and Trojan.Metajuan. If you could help me as soon …

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I'm new here, so thanx in advance. I have a couple of drifferent things going on that started at the same time, so I'm figuring that they are connected. When I open IE or Outlook, they work fine until I hit any key. Then, they automatically close out; no error, …

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I have been using IE -6 for quite some time and just a couple of days ago it won't start up. Also I have other viruses on my computer which is slowing down my comuter. I am currently using Mozilla, I ran the AVG anti spyware tool and I am …

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I posted this in someone elses thread, but I'm afraid it'd go unanswered so I made my own. I used to be able to load pages in less than a second, now sometimes the page doesn't load at all. Regarding browsers opening up by itself... I use Mozilla Firefox for …

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[COLOR=#555555]Hey all.[/COLOR] [B][COLOR=red]here's my story..[/COLOR][/B] [COLOR=#555555]rather frustrated but thats the price you pay I guess...[/COLOR] [COLOR=#555555]Some time ago I had partitioned my hard drive in to two (C: being in NTFS), over the weekend I tried to create an additional partition but I was unable to do so. I cancelled …

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Hello All: I have been "wacked" a few times by viruses, and I have used HiJack This to fix most if not all of the problems. Question: What is the [B][U]baseline that is used [/U][/B]to compare what HiJack This reurns..??? I mean, is there a file out there on tells …

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G'day Guys, First up just want to say thank you for being here and for all the info - just being able to browse through the help you have provided to others on these forums has helped me fix most of my problems. I had a similar issue to two …

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[B][COLOR=DarkRed]I recently bought a Compaq Presario V3000 notebook, with Vista installed. [/COLOR]It does not have the Windows Vista installer, instead it has a copy of all the files in C drive and some other files. [/B]I would not have purchased a notebook with Windows installed, if I knew that I …

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I'm having trouble with sending and receiving messages using MSN Messenger. Some messages arrive at their destination, while others don't. I'm assuming this problem is related to the fact that I've recently started using a router, because I never had the problem before. Are there ports that need forwarding or …

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....and needs to close. please can someone help? . everytime i turn my computer on this flashes up. i have tried to uninstall and reinstall msan messenger but the problem doesn't go away. my computer is also regularly crashing since this has happened. i have run Spyware Doctor but this …

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I just have a really quick question regarding HijackThis: Checking off O4 entries in HijackThis hard deletes them off your computer, right? As opposed to going into msconfig and unchecking them from there? It's probably an obvious "yes," but I just need to be sure =)

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Can anyone help me, I'm getting pop ups and the computer is running at tad slow. Logfile of HijackThis v1.99.1 Scan saved at 21:37:58, on 13/04/2007 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\ZoneLabs\vsmon.exe C:\WINDOWS\Explorer.EXE C:\WINDOWS\system32\spoolsv.exe C:\Program …

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Hey DaniWeb people I need help The viruses or Trojans? are Infostealer and Trojan.Metajuan...What is the best way to remove them? I have Windows Xp.. Yes I am a Newbee I hope I have posted this in the correct place. Thanks for any help or sugestions.......:) Getting lots of pop …

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i am having an [URL="http://www.daniweb.com/techtalkforums/thread74299.html#"]error message[/URL] upon boot up of my laptop, though it does not prevent the laptop from booting up fully. Here is the message: The system [URL="http://www.daniweb.com/techtalkforums/thread74299.html#"]DLL[/URL] user32.dll was relocated in memory. The application will no longer run properly. The relocation occured because the DLL for C:\WINDOWS\system32\HHCTRL.OCX …

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Logfile of HijackThis v1.99.1 Scan saved at 18:36:31, on 13/04/2007 Platform: Windows XP SP1 (WinNT 5.01.2600) MSIE: Internet Explorer v6.00 SP1 (6.00.2800.1106) 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\svchost.exe C:\Program Files\Ahead\InCD\InCDsrv.exe C:\WINDOWS\system32\spoolsv.exe C:\WINDOWS\System32\svchost.exe C:\Program Files\Webroot\Spy Sweeper\WRSSSDK.exe C:\WINDOWS\Explorer.EXE C:\Program Files\Video ActiveX Object\pmsngr.exe C:\Program Files\Video ActiveX Object\isamonitor.exe C:\Program Files\Java\jre1.5.0_01\bin\jusched.exe C:\Program …

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Hi guys can u someone plz help me about my desktop pronblem? Ok when i restart my computer my task bar in the bottom is gone!! so plz tell me wat do i do with this thing? appriciate any thing that helps:@

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I am having the same problem as the guy in this post - [URL]http://www.daniweb.com/techtalkforums/thread44977.html[/URL] I am followed some sort of guide from the thread but can not solve it.. Also my IE7 is running slow... Any other advice. Thank you -------------------------------------- Logfile of HijackThis v1.99.1 Scan saved at 19:14:01, on …

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When I boot up my [URL="http://www.daniweb.com/techtalkforums/#"]computer[/URL] for the first few minutes it's normal. Everything lworks. After 5 minutes, the taskbar changes to the old windows gray color and my voume doesn't work. The speakers are working and all plugged in correctly but in the sound devices it says there is …

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