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 | I have Windows XP and am wondering what compatible combination I need for full protection. Bundled with my new XP PC came Norton Anti-Virus 2005, free 61 day subscription, so I'll stick with that for the minute. (I have also been given McAfee Internet Security Suite 2005 Version 7.0 by … |
| | My local server is sending me messages stating that I have many viruses. I run Norton regularly how can that be? I run the updates all the time. So which one is better AGV Antivirus or Norton? I appreciate your comments. Thanks a lot!:confused: |
 | If a U.S. government agency were to infect a PC with a virus, would it be possible to detect it with personal anti-virus software? If so, what's the best bet software wise?  |
| | hello yestoday i think i might of downloaded a virus, ive uses this site before to remove viruses was very helpful. i cannot switch on my windows security centre and also have a unwanted virus program, which just appeared in my toolbar, and keeps popping up with error messages. i … |
| | Just moved and the cable/internet guy told me I have a nasty trojan called "deploy.akamaitechnologies"..... said he'd seen them before and they were very hard to get rid of, I've looked online and found many posts from people with this problem yet no concrete solutions, I need help taking if …  |
| | Hi, Can any one please tell me which is the best anti virus whn the following two r compared: 1-Panda 2-Trend Micro Please give the reasons as well Thanks & Regards,  |
| | her pc has been acting real bad. i had her buy the norton antivirus. it has helped but, it keeps blocking attacks. i wonder if its too late. |
| | Hello all. Well.. Where to begin? just over a month ago a rougue anti-malware program named antimalware doctor began appearing on my computer. This troubled me for quite some time, and i tried many different things to get rid of it. However in the end i did a sytem restore …  |
| | Hi Laptop caught a virus the other day so I have spent all day running virus scans but am now at a complete loss to why I still can't connect to the internet. I have tried pinging yahoo.com to test with no packets lost etc so there is an internet … |
| | Please see log below and let me know what I can "fix" - it seems like there's way too much stuff out there. PLEASE let me know as I'm a novice and afraid to remove the wrong thing and make matters worse. THANKS!! Logfile of Trend Micro HijackThis v2.0.2 Scan … |
| | Hi folks, First time user of the forum, desparately needing help with an infection/virus/malware on my PC running XP. My antivirus has started going bonkers popping up with messages similar to "A threat has been detected and has now been fixed. Click here for further details". My AV software is … |
| | Hello, I just assembled a new computer about a month ago and now I'm dealing with a small problem. a plug in called 'Click Potato lite' installed itself on my computer(or else it did when I installed xvid codecs perhaps). I ran Mbam and my normal anti virus(avast), mbam found … |
| | Hi Guys, For the past couple of days explorer keeps opening the wrong page, it only shows adverts when I want to open a new page. I don't know anything about computers SOMEONE HELP ME. I've run malwarebytes scan, windows defender and they found 3 trojan files, deleted them but … |
| | My laptop was recently infected by HDD Doctor. It will not let me connect to the internet so I'm not able to download any antivirus programs to get rid of it. I've tried rebooting the computer in Safe Mode but HDD Doctor program still pops up and will not let … |
 | I downloaded Spyware Cease and then found my p.c. home page was bombarded with numerous simultaneous Bing homepages (which I did not want) and my search window , which I had set to Google, sent me to all kind of sites I did not want. After trying all sorts of … |
| | Hello Someone sent me a .scr file and I accepted it and ran it. It started to run, and it opened the Microsoft Photo Editor program, but then it stopped, and the .scr file was gone Now, EVERYTHING is disabled by the administrator. I need help, I think someone is … |
 | I was happily surfing away when I got a fake windows alert saying I had an infection, disconnected the net and tried closing the alert, which opened a fake explorer also yelling about infection. Closed that and ran HT which had an on entry of: F2 Reg: System.ini: UserInit=userinit.exe That's … |
| | please can someone help with the above? here is my hijackthis report: Logfile of Trend Micro HijackThis v2.0.4 Scan saved at 18:43:58, on 22/01/2011 Platform: Windows 7 (WinNT 6.00.3504) MSIE: Internet Explorer v9.00 (9.00.7930.16406) Boot mode: Normal Running processes: C:\Users\Ben\AppData\Local\Audiogalaxy\Audiogalaxy.exe C:\Program Files (x86)\Creative\MediaSource5\Go\CTCMSGoU.exe C:\Program Files\Alwil Software\Avast5\AvastUI.exe C:\Windows\SysWOW64\rundll32.exe C:\Program Files (x86)\iTunes\iTunesHelper.exe … |
| | I've been having a bsod problem on my gateway laptop as of yet i have only been able to boot to safe mode GMER 1.0.15.15530 - [url]http://www.gmer.net[/url] Rootkit quick scan 2011-01-12 03:28:13 Windows 6.0.6002 Service Pack 2 Harddisk0\DR0 -> \Device\Ide\IdeDeviceP1T0L0-2 WDC_WD800BEVS-22RST0 rev.04.01G04 Running: jid6u70i.exe; Driver: C:\Users\owner\AppData\Local\Temp\kglcapow.sys ---- Devices - GMER …  |
| | AOL 9.5, VISTA ISSUES: On boot up I get a small blank popup box (no error message) that is tied into AOL. This prevents my welcome screen from loading and any hotlinks etc via AOL pages/content, email etc. I can access email to read and write but that's it. Here's … |
| | Would someone review my log from the Hijackthis program and see what I need to remove? Thanks in advance. Logfile of Trend Micro HijackThis v2.0.4 Scan saved at 2:42:47 PM, on 1/16/2011 Platform: Windows XP SP3 (WinNT 5.01.2600) MSIE: Internet Explorer v7.00 (7.00.5730.0013) Boot mode: Safe mode with network support … |
| | well I followed the steps before posting and it seemed to solve the problem but here is the logs anyway: GMER 1.0.15.15530 - [url]http://www.gmer.net[/url] Rootkit quick scan 2011-01-15 13:46:00 Windows 6.0.6002 Service Pack 2 Harddisk0\DR0 -> \Device\Ide\IdeDeviceP2T0L0-4 TOSHIBA_MK1637GSX rev.DL032C Running: xrsodq7v.exe; Driver: C:\Users\Owner\AppData\Local\Temp\uwldrpob.sys ---- Devices - GMER 1.0.15 ---- AttachedDevice … |
| | So I don't know what this is but I'm assuming it's not good. It's a program that appears on my computer that is called Form1 on my task bar, if I click it, it"pops up" but the window is invisible, I can right click the taskbar thing and close it … |
| | I seem to have some kind of malware. Gmer reports: GMER 1.0.15.15530 - [url]http://www.gmer.net[/url] Rootkit quick scan 2011-01-17 11:05:21 Windows 5.1.2600 Service Pack 3 Harddisk0\DR0 -> \Device\Ide\IdePort0 WDC_WD1600BB-00DWA0 rev.15.05R15 Running: gmer.exe; Driver: C:\DOCUME~1\Owner\LOCALS~1\Temp\pgldrkob.sys ---- Disk sectors - GMER 1.0.15 ---- Disk \Device\Harddisk0\DR0 sector 08: rootkit-like behavior; Disk \Device\Harddisk0\DR0 sector 62: … |
| | I am using a sony VAIO laptop [model#PCG-7M1L] and there is a Hacktool.Rootkit virus that is bothering me. Can anyone help me out? Here is my last HijackThis logfile. Logfile of Trend Micro HijackThis v2.0.2 Scan saved at 7:19:47 PM, on 5/31/2010 Platform: Windows XP SP2 (WinNT 5.01.2600) MSIE: Internet … |
| | Hello, For the last couple months I've been having an issue where once in a while I'll be browsing, and when I click on a link, a second instance of Firefox will open up to an ad site. Then just yesterday I noticed another issue where clicking a google result … |
| | Hello all, I have a strange situation going on: First, I cannot reboot the computer. Once rebooted the computer signs off and never comes on. Second, if I unplug the computer or turn it off, when I start it up, the monitor does not come on - I have to … |
| | :( Can someone please help me? Last night my computer shut down for no apparent reason and when i started it up again it said that had recovered from a serious error. I have a feeling i may have some nasties on board! My computer restarted and took me to … |
| | I'm having this problem I'm sure many people have had before me, but i haven't been able to get rid of it. Not sure if this is the same thing, but my computer also gets the error "the service cannot accept control messages at this time." here's my hijackthis log: … |
| | Hello, I have been using AVG for some time now and the problem I have with it I can not disable or turn it off to install software. I have to unistall AVG then I can install the program. Anyone know of a Viruses program that can be disable or … |
 | I thought I had gotten rid of a fake antivirus program that had somehow got on my computer through pop ups, but it seems there is still some sort of virus on it. If anyone can help me get rid of this, I would greatly appreciate it! I'm running Windows … |
| | I am fairly certain that my brother, who used my computer two weekends ago downloaded a virulent virus on my computer. For starters I have ran CCleaner. I have also restored my computer to an earlier time. However, when I go to log into facebook it has kept a record … |
| | Yesterday mom mom got a nasty that is not allowing her to access anti-virus sites for updates or downloads. I found some mirror sites and stuff, and ended up getting Malwarebytes, Spybot, the Stubware and HJT. I will post the HJT log here in a second, IVe tried all kinds … |
| | Friend dropped this off for a helping hand. Computer after clean ups is still very sluggish but it seems pop ups and IE registry pop up(virus i assume) have stopped. Mba-m log: Malwarebytes' Anti-Malware 1.50.1.1100 [url]www.malwarebytes.org[/url] Database version: 5481 Windows 5.1.2600 Service Pack 3 Internet Explorer 8.0.6001.18702 1/7/2011 8:06:19 PM … |
| | Hi, I'm getting a BSOD when I try to boot into Safe Mode :/ The reason I've been trying to boot into Safe Mode is because I want to delete and replace some fonts with a newer version of them, and I can't do so in normal Windows because my … |
 | So I have Vista Ultimate running on my HP Pavilion Notebook which I know has multiple problems on it. I have run Microsoft® Windows® Malicious Software Removal Tool and ATF Cleaner, and then a GMER scan and a Hijack This. I am trying to better understand what you look for … |
| | I've been getting IE popups in firefox and my computer has been running incredibly slow. I tried to do a google search in order to find a solution to the problem but it seems like it's a personalized problem that doesn't have one set solution. I downloaded and ran hijackthis … |
| | Have you ever thought about measuring the Internet in terms if malware per minute? Me neither, but someone has and it makes for uncomfortable reading if you are a Microsoft Windows user. [attach]17145[/attach]How fast is the Internet? It depends on the metric being used, of course, but one new report … |
| | For the past few weeks I've been noticing that whenever I have a browser up, it clicks off of the browser and I have to re-click on it to make it priority. I'm sure those are not the technical terms, but I think I may need some help. Whether I'm … |
| | Recently I turned on my laptop and realized my taskbar changed by XP blue to gray with no special icons. The taskbar looks like a boring version of Windows 98. I tried everything and nothing's working. It was normal yesterday. I'm using Trend Micro Internet Security. I tried to click …  |
| | Vista Home Premium X64 I got a virus that seems to have messed up my OS pretty good. I clean my system regularly using MBAM and Super Anti Spy Ware, and was using Avast AV. But my system got a nasty virus. I currently can't explore my system files without … |
| | I was turning off some of the startup services on my computer(Windows XP), and found a program under the Startup tab that I do not remember installing, and have not seen on other computers. The name of this program is =, and the location listed is also =. This made … |
| | OK, lately my computer has been going Threw allot of issue's, first of which for some reason Microsoft Silverlight was no longer installed and would always give a error when try to reinstall,after 2 weeks of correspondence with Microsoft(trying this and that and anything under the moon) like a fluke … |
| | I dont know if I have a virus or trojan. My left mouse button works normally on startup but after 10 -30 minutes instead of say opening a file or starting a program it will show the shortcuts properties and the keyboard stops responding at all. I ran Kaspersky antivirus … |
| | Hi So I had a post all typed up, but then when I was running GMER the computer crashed and I lost it. The gist of it is that I'm home visiting my parents and their computer is pretty close to FUBAR. It's got a virus that's redirecting search results … |
| | hello i am havinf some problems, which a critical warning message about my hard drive being full or something and really has resticted my computer in normal mode, wont let me open hardly any softwares etc. i have runned hijackthis and got a logfile, i need to know which files … |
| | I have been trying to remove this virus without having to pay a further £60 to either Norton or McAfee. I have run GMER and DDS scans as well as running Malwarebytes anti-malware. All the detials are attached. I have followed the instructions on various web pages but nothing seems … |
| | Hello, First post here, but I've found many answers on this site. Sorry in advance for any vague information, I'm dealing with my neighbor's PC that I'm not too familiar with. He asked me to come over to deal with a virus/malware issue. It was the Security Suite malware, the … |
| | Hello, everyone. Well, the title is pretty self-explanatory. when I turn on m PC, it freezes 2 or 3 minutes after entering WinXP. Completely freezes: the mouse doesn't move, keyboard does nothing, C-A-D does nothing, etc etc. Safe Mode works fine, BUT Safe Mode with networking also freezes after a … |
| | For up to four weeks now,i have been trying to solve this mess "task manager has been disabled by administator" many a time when i install a fresh copy of window xp, the next day, if i try to access the task manager, the instruction "task manager has been disabled … |
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