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Hi everyone, its been awhile since i posted here, hope someone could help me once more. Anyway my friend copied some files from me, he said his external HD is new so i plugged it in. When i opened it i saw he already inserted some files in it coz …

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I'm having some issues and was hoping someone may be able to assist. When booting up I receive a message that the disk needs to be checked however it then indicates that autocheck cannot check the disk due to a configuration error from a software upgrade. Windows then proceeds to …

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If you have installed an antivirus and you are not sure if it is protecting your pc fully or not? just try this popular test.... open notepad just type in "[B]X5O!P%@AP[4\PZX54(P^)7CC)7}$EICAR-STANDARD-ANTIVIRUS-TEST-FILE!$H+H*[/B]" (without quotes "") save this with ".con" extension like: "eicar.con" scan this file with your antivirus if your antivirus …

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Hello, A couple of days ago I was using Pandora and it suddenly said that my plugin had stopped working, Firefox froze, and my mouse (laptop) stopped working. I found that somehow the mouse had been turned off. The next day I tried using Pandora again, and once again the …

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I was wondering...I have norton internet security istalled and would like to get rid of it due to hearing bad stories from lots of people. Is the free AGV virus program enough to secure me against all threats or do I need some kind of internet security program as well? …

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whenever I turn on the computer, a small box pop up as below, ======================================= RunDLL Error loading (indicate part of my email that I already send out) The specified module could not be found ============================================= In following Hijack log file, I see the following: [COLOR="Green"]O4 - HKCU\..\Run: [lpc] rundll32.exe "she …

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Below is a logfile from hijackthis. I have been getting messages form Google on a website I maintained about "automated queries" so cannot use the search. Google suggested to use hijackthis and have someone with experience review the log. Logfile of Trend Micro HijackThis v2.0.4 Scan saved at 10:12:06 AM, …

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[I]Windows Defender, Windows Download Manager,Windows Desktop Manager,Opera, Google Chrome, Firefox, Problem Reports etc. have all stopped working.... and now I'm only using Internet Explorer.... My computer have a virus yesterday named Win32.... I think I used Windows Defender to remove it or somthin but i'm not so sure.[/I][COLOR="Red"][B]Help![/B][/COLOR] :@

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I read that Norton antivirus+ other things was better than McAfee that costs more. After I do a Norton initial scan with quick or complete scan, I always get 4 threats detected and 4 resolved. I can never get 0 threats detected. Is this normal or what is wrong?

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I can surf the internet on my Windows Vista but once I log into a website, it pushes to another page. For example, if i log onto to target.com and try to fill in an online application, it sends to a completely different advertising page. Please advise.

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I just noticed yesterday that I did not have McAfee Security Center installed any more. (beat myself up enough, thanks, but feel free to express shock and dismay.) When I looked on the pc yesterday morning, there was only a McAfee scan app in c:\program files\mcafee. I have had McAfee …

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my internet explorer randomly pops up often with inapporiate websites and sometimes blank. i recently downloaded a file and since after that my IE pops up randomly and often! is this a virus? please help me! :( i also ran a scan with malware anti malware software and it showed …

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Hi DaniWeb Family ! I have a Dell Inspiron laptop , 64 bit system with Windows 7 on it. For some strange reason, I turned on the laptop and I can't go on Google , any more.. I can go on any other website, but just not Google. When I …

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Hello, The day before yesterday I ran into problem which is rather peculiar. I was doing my own business on the laptop and decided to start watching TV Series "The Sons of Anarchy". Great show! I think I had watched around 5 minutes then suddenly the laptop made a strange …

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Logfile of Trend Micro HijackThis v2.0.2 Scan saved at 11:38:40, on 10/8/2011 Platform: Windows XP SP2 (WinNT 5.01.2600) MSIE: Internet Explorer v8.00 (8.00.6001.18702) Boot mode: Normal 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:\Arquivos de programas\AVAST Software\Avast\AvastSvc.exe C:\WINDOWS\system32\spoolsv.exe C:\Arquivos de programas\Java\jre6\bin\jqs.exe C:\Arquivos de programas\Arquivos comuns\Microsoft Shared\VS7DEBUG\MDM.EXE C:\WINDOWS\system32\svchost.exe C:\ARQUIV~1\SPEEDB~1\VideoAcceleratorService.exe C:\WINDOWS\Explorer.EXE …

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Hi I already posted this in the XP forums but I really need help for this bit of malware I'm stuck with the New Folder.exe virus and I tried following the steps [URL="http://amiworks.co.in/talk/how-to-remove-new-folderexe-or-regsvrexr-or-autoruninf-virus/"]here[/URL] and ended up screwing up some key system files(step 3 to be precise) and now I cannot …

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have Windows XP Service Pack 3 I use Firefox. I can't get rid of Fake Windows Security popup every time that I turn the computer on. I also have a Windows Security shield with an "X" on it on my task bar. Also when I search on google for example …

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Hi I hope someone can help. A recent update came for my anti virus product (McAfee Total Protection). However as a result of this update the screen resolution changed from 1024 x 768 - 32bit to 640 x 480 - 4bt and cannot be changed back citing Windows does not …

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This started a couple days ago and my web browser has been redirecting me to ads whenever i search for things on googles and click links. I ran hijack this and this is the log it came up with: Logfile of Trend Micro HijackThis v2.0.4 Scan saved at 3:29:35 AM, …

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I have a Neo B32238 Laptop running an Intel Duo CPU T650@2.1GHz 2G Mem with 1.87 useable running for over 2 year on Windows 7. It works well in all respects other than I just lost the ability to access a wireless network that had been operating well in the …

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My son clicked on a link that turned out to be an "adult" site, got caught in the endless popup thing - turned off the computer and now everything is hanging and running at a glacial pace. Also, I notice that I have 2 unknown devices in my device manager …

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Not sure if it's a spyware/malware problem, but typing in any field on a web page using Internet Explorer 9 is unbearably slow. I type in a single letter and can wait up to 30 seconds for it to appear on the screen. I suspect a keylogger or something, but …

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Let the anti-apple rant begin!!!! <rant> I hate Macs and i hate mac users too. I have always hated them for all my life. When try (and fail because im blinded by its stupid white and silver shinyness) to sit down to use a Mac, the first thing into my …

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I installed windows 7 Home edition against the old windows 7Home edition which having virus.During the installation it shown one popup saying that old windows 7 will be add in separate folder called window.old.So my concerns is after successfull installation i cant able to delete that folder.It asking permissions to …

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Hi peeps! Whenever I open a program such as google chrome, i get the message: The application or DLL c:\windows\system32\gayujoje.dll is not a valid windows image. Please check this against your installation diskette. Can anyone help me with this problem? Thanks. I think a virus has invaded my computer. I …

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Hi im having the same issue as some other ppl who have poseted have MY IE is totally jacked upp it opens websites on its own worst case secanio it wont let me download anything my download speed is like 4 kbs i cant even download malwarebytes :( but then …

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Hello, Please pardon me if I've made this post in the wrong forum and kindly direct me to the right forum, if need be. My problem is as follows: I noticed recently that when I type in a wrong URL instead of going to the default page not found page …

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hi i have the latest internet explorer and sometimes even when im not using the internet at all random adds come up but there is no window i have found out it is the internet explorer but i dont know how to stop it perminantly when i close the process …

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hi...friends.... My PC is suffrng frm a dngrs stuation...... I've instld Win 7 Ultimt. 1GB Ram,Intel Dual 2.GHz At system strting , It wrks fine...But after 5 min it hngs up.... explorer.exe and dwm.exe uses upto 100% cpu...... and nw prcs like winamp,wmp..etc als take 50-60 cpu........ Everythng goes dwn....refresng …

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[B][U]ESTEEMED GEEKS AND GEEKETTES[/U][/B]: My Toshiba Satellite Laptop with Windows 7(64) has been infested by that lovely hybrid ROGUE: [B][I]Personal Shield Pro[/I][/B]. I did read the prerequisite "read this before..."instructions from Phillephan, but to be honest as I read them after several unidentifiable (to me) terms, I started to have …

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Currently, I'm typing from a laptop. (I'm no use with computers and I can't suss this out myself, and without any internet usage - albeit short bursts that I get - I have to use a laptop. I don't have any way of transferring items over from the laptop to …

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When I use my computer without wireless it works perfect. When I add a wireless component to the computer it slows down immensely until it freezes with every click of the mouse. It doesn't matter if I use usb wireless or a wireless card. I have tried virus scanners, anti …

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Our computer has a 6g hard drive and I just reformated it a couple of days ago. It had been running slow and saying that it had low disk space. So after I reinstalled Windows XP and as I was installing the various drivers I was watching to see how …

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I did the search already, but I'm not sure. Last Wednesday, July 13-14, 2011, my emails accounts; AOL and Gmail have been sending out mass emails at night (4:00 AM) to everyone in my contact list. I wouldn't have known about it if I didn't got some failure notices from …

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I read a few similar posts on here regarding web browsers not being able to access the Microsoft website. Some of them are solved, but I have been having this same issue and after trying EVERYTHING I have been able to read on this forum and others to solve it, …

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Hi Guys please help me with this.. Is this a spyware or something?? I had run full scan using SuperAntiSpyware and removed the threats though..but this problem is still there. Following is then HT scan logfile Logfile of HijackThis v1.99.1 Scan saved at 12:09:45 AM, on 7/25/2011 Platform: Unknown Windows …

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I followed the instructions on another thread and used MBAM and HJT and here is the log. for it. not sure if its fixed. Malwarebytes' Anti-Malware 1.50.1.1100 [url]www.malwarebytes.org[/url] Database version: 6561 Windows 5.1.2600 Service Pack 3 Internet Explorer 8.0.6001.18702 5/13/2011 1:40:30 AM mbam-log-2011-05-13 (01-40-30).txt Scan type: Full scan (C:\|) Objects …

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problems: 1.when running youtube videos i get either "an error occured, please try again later" or just a black screen. (i can run other videos on other sites cept for youtube vids) 2.Yahoo.com page is messy and jumbled :( so is youtube sometimes. 3. also cant login in yahoo messenger …

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Hello Daniweb long time no see! I am infected with the Ainslot.a trojan/worm. I downloaded a program and it told me to double click something to put it in my registry and It gave me a virus. Microsoft security essentials says it's severe class, and deletes it every time but …

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Here is my Free anti-malware software that I used in my computer: Free antivirus software AVG Free Edition 2011 Good protection from a reputable vendor. What I especially like about this software is that it stays updated and scans in the background. Little user intervention is needed. Free spyware removal …

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Hello all, a few weeks ago I noticed my computer was running slow, I used anti malaware bytes to scan and found 50 infected items, which I deleted. My computer seemed to be doing fine until one day it was incredibly slow. I checked windows task manager, and my computer …

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Well, well. I was looking for a program online. And so, it appeared as a [ICODE].bat[/ICODE] file. However, It looked suspiciously small at 53 kB. So, before I ran it, I opened it up in notepad and voila, a virus. So, I shredded the file with the windows 7 shredder, …

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I had a problem a few days ago. My internet explorer runs on its own once in a while to many different sites and uses a lot of memory. I am running on Vista home 64bit. Apologies if I have not provided enough details. Thank you in advance.

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I have Windows XP Professional. I understand that one should have just one anti-virus program. I have discovered 2 very good (free) programs, SUPER Antispyware and Malwarebytes' Anti-Malware which have detected and removed/quarantined spyware and malware on my computer. Can I leave them on or will they conflict with my …

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Hi, I've got a virus on my machine and have to reinstall windows 7. I bought y copy from software for students so it was downloaded. I can't really remember but I assume I must have also downloaded the product key. I usually keep all my product keys backed up …

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Hello and thank you for the welcome to DaniWeb. I hope that someone can find the time to help me with my xp problems. The problem is that one of my svchost.exe processes gradually demands more and more ram and cpu which eventually locks up my machine. I can safely …

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Howdy, I had a virus, one of the ones that pops up and says, viruses detected, click on this to start running the anti-virus software. I CTRL-Alt_Del out of that, and then it usually tells me, jga.exe (or something similar) not responsive. I search on that, its always in the …

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Hi everybody, I got infected by hacktool rootkit yesterday, and after spending hours to get to terms with my stupidity and the fact that I fell in the trap like a kid, I am giving up the fight to get rid of the nasty thing via usual means...you guys are …

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A couple weeks ago my computer was hit with the "Windows Repair" virus that said my hard drives were crashing. I managed to get rid of that but it seems that now every once in a while Internet Explorer will pop up with a random link to anywhere, such as …

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