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Hey all, Have a couple of problems that I hope someone can help me with. Got the infamous Redirect problem, where you search google, click on one of the results, and it goes somewhere else totally. I have to click back to google and click on the link again to …

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I have encountered a serious problem accessing my hard drive and booting up Windows XP. I am running windows XP on a Dell 8400 dimension workstation. I am getting the infamous blue screen of death with the error message 0x0000007B. I suspect that I am a victim of a virus …

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Hi! This is my first post here. I have this problem, IE7 opens automatically showing ads and sites saying "You've won...". I also have other web browsers- mozilla, safari and google chrome. I tried to open IE7. It opens then closes right away. Then I can't open mozilla. Nothing happens …

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Can someone please help me with the viruses I have on my comnputer. I have tried to change the permissions on them but nothing works, I cannot delete them or anything. I recently tried to download another anti-spyware and root syste, but it fro\e my computer and went to a …

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Hi guys. Recently I had face an interesting issue when trying on Hijacking Event on an Element here is what I've got: So if you want to Hijack an Event first you have to check that event-handler has been set for that particular element or not rite ? ( you …

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Hello, All, Thanks for the help in advance. My husband's computer had attracted a number of viruses - Virtumonde, Zedo, etc. - that I've since removed. However, yesterday, a "sever busy" pop-up window started appearing, and windows would freeze after about 3 minutes of normal operation. At that point, no …

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I recently had trouble with the avsoft malware and would appreciate it if someone could look at my logs and tell me if I need to remove anything. I have run malwarebytes 4 times and have found something each time. I have posted my most recent logs from mbytes and …

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I can't goto any sites. My homepage loads, then I can go maybe to more pages before IE takes me to about:blank. It says the site is blocked, and wants me to goto another site and get their spyware. here is my hijack log. Logfile of Trend Micro HijackThis v2.0.2 …

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The same error as in [URL="http://www.daniweb.com/forums/thread187942.html"][B]this thread[/B][/URL] (except that the "word" with @’s is much longer) popped up for me just now and your post is the only occurrence containing this string found by Google. I am scared to see that your post is this old and had no answers... …

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Hi guys, Please help me on this! i recently gave my laptop to someone for some work and wen it came back, there's this thing called security anti-virus running on it. i don't know how it came about but it's some strong Troja horse, i think. It has taken control …

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Hi I am using Vista Home Premium 32bit, last night I had to reformat my hard drive, I got a bad virus, that would not let me download any programs to erase it. I have two drives, 1 is a dvd rw, the other is a cdrom, the dvd says …

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Please help! My son has a Trojan virus on his computer. It WILL NOT allow connection to the internet. I don't know what to do. This trojan keeps popping up called the'32.dripper' and it's requesting payment in order to remove it. It will not allow me to pull up the …

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According to figures revealed with the publication of the [URL="http://www.ibm.com/security/xforce"]IBM X-Force 2009 Trend and Risk Report[/URL], not only do web application vulnerabilities remain the largest category of security disclosure for the last year but, worryingly when you consider that the number of such vulnerabilities found by organisations has not decreased …

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Hi all, I think this is a pretty minor problem, considering that I bought my laptop only a few days ago and haven't really downloaded a lot (only programs that I trust) or visited many websites. Basically, everytime I run Spyware Terminator, it tells me that there is a critical …

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Hi, Following on from my question, If my computer was infected with spyware, and all the other bad stuff, [B]how would I re-image my computer?[/B] I am part of a [B][I][U]domain[/U][/I][/B], and the admin has disabled system restore, which always results in me having to go and get it fixed, …

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I have an issue that's been beating me up for a week or so. I have an XP PC that will just drop off the network. What happens is that everything will be fine and then all of a sudden, I cannot browse the internet or use the network at …

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Those of us who can remember when Internet access meant slow dial-up modems connecting via pay per minute service providers will also be all too familiar with the concept of the porn dialler. For the youngsters out there, these took advantage of the fact that most punters had no idea …

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Hello guys, I have problems with herss.exe for months. This spyware has extended not only to my computer but also to all of my usb keys and external disk. So whenever I scan and delete all of the files, it appears again after restart. Avast finds same stuff every day. …

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Logfile of HijackThis v1.99.1 Scan saved at 9:02:37 PM, on 2/24/2006 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\spoolsv.exe C:\WINDOWS\Explorer.EXE C:\WINDOWS\system32\hkcmd.exe C:\Program Files\Yahoo!\Antivirus\CAVTray.exe C:\Program Files\Yahoo!\Antivirus\CAVRID.exe C:\PROGRA~1\Yahoo!\YOP\yop.exe C:\Program Files\Yahoo!\Messenger\ymsgr_tray.exe C:\PROGRA~1\Yahoo!\browser\ycommon.exe C:\Program Files\Yahoo!\Antivirus\ISafe.exe C:\WINDOWS\System32\svchost.exe C:\Program Files\Yahoo!\Antivirus\VetMsg.exe C:\Program Files\Internet Explorer\iexplore.exe …

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Hi, My desktop hangs frequently lately, not sure whether it is being infected by virus. Attached is the hijackthis log, would appreciate your help to analyze and advise whether there is anything I need to remove or add in. Thanks.

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So...... long story short yesterday.... I was watching TV and saw the commercial for my clean pc where you go online and get a free diagnosis of you pc.... well I download their program... and it totally messed up my pc. first thing it did was install a virus onto …

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A couple of days ago i turned on my computer and it kept restarting every few seconds. Once i finally got on different programs said that they were failing and had to shut down. Sometimes i could not connect to the internet too. I also noticed that my computer was …

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Somehow this paladin software, which i did not download, got a hold of my operating system. It uses windows to make it look offical and like i have a lot of viruses and downloaded porn on my desktop( have not verified but i have icons) and suggest that i run …

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Hi... I suspect this pc has a virus. It automatically sends out email to people in the contact list with offer of iphone 3 Gs, recently from [url]www.eeook.com[/url] and [url]www.ayoeft.com[/url]. It also run very slowly. I installed MBAM, Spybot S&D, and Ad-aware one week ago but were automatically uninstalled. I …

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I don't know much about computers and how to protect them (probably why I got these viruses in the first place), but I do know a virus is preventing me from going on any virus removal sites such as McAfee. What should I do?

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Hey guys, I have Vista on my laptop and I keep getting this Vista antispyware 2010 popping up...Anyone might know how to remove this rougeware? Thanks Ernie

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I am currently getting search engine redirects with both Yahoo and Google. I have run antispyware programs and the only thing they find is fips.sys which appears to be a Microsoft file and can't be removed. Following is my HijackThis log. Any help would be appreciated. Thanks Logfile of Trend …

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Hi, I posted about the problems I'm having in another section here because I don't think it's a spyware/virus issue... but I could be wrong! : [URL="http://www.daniweb.com/forums/thread262826.html"]http://www.daniweb.com/forums/thread262826.html[/URL] Basically my pc is running VERY slowly (even in safe mode) and stalls every few minutes. Sometimes when it stalls it's for 10 …

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Hi. My PC has been running well for 3.5 years. Worst issues I have had were some viruses but I handled them easily, and last virus infection was 5-6 months ago. I'm not a tech guy, and I have not messed with my PC's hardware. I have cleaned the dust …

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I'm completely clueless about most things techy but would really appreciate some help if anyone is feeling particularly patient... I have been experiencing a load of issues with my pc, but the final straw has been the cd drive refusing to acknowledge discs, which I put down to it dying, …

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Hi, recently it's very frustrating to me that my firefox has been hijacked. Every time I start firefox, it starts at a strange website rather than my home page. I have run AVG, Ad-Ware, Trendmicro, Registry Mechanics, the problem still persists. Here is my HijackThis log file, if anyone can …

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Okay so I went through all the steps and here is my issue... I use BitDefender for my protection and turned it off to run A-Squared & HouseCall (the other would not go past 31%). BD found this Trojan but none of the others did. Problem is BD said it …

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I have mcafee, so far it will not delete the programs, it will not do anything to them. It is getting really anoying, any ideas on what I can do? Thanks.

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I was able to obtain a Dell OEM disk of Win XP Media Center Edition, do a repair and get back on my PC. I have run Malwarebytes in both Safe Mode and regular mode. It cleaned out approx 34 virus/malware files. I also ran my McAfee which is not …

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hey guys the folder option in ma control panel is missing...help me out wid da stuff...temme the antivirus software to utilise ...in order to bring my computer back to norm.

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Hi everyone, I know how busy everyone is and sincerely apologize for taking up your time, but I believe I've been bested by some sort of malicious program. I knew I had some sort of infection for a while, as google chrome would redirect to random websites whenever i clicked …

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Chip and PIN credit card attack leaves banks on shaky ground according to one analyst, although oddly enough the banks appear to disagree. Researchers at the University of Cambridge Computer Laboratory have revealed how the Chip and PIN credit card security system is flawed and left vulnerable to fraud. Steven …

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Hi Everyone! Just wondering...I was recently under viral attack and ever since then, my Firefox refuses to open. I guess I will have to reinstal the thing, but was jsut wondering if there is a specific critter going around that attacks Forefox this way, just in case I still have …

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Hi to all the friends and experts. I'm using Windows xp service pack 3. I downloaded a high quality software "Windows Anti-virus Mate" which helps detecting unknown viruses and rootkits. I saw a strange thing : spji.sys. 1- This spji.sys changes its last two letters on every reboot. 2- There …

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so here is my problem: i was playing a game and i experienced massive lag. So i pressed alt and opened task manager to set the priority of game.exe to highest but it didnt work. I checked which program uses the most CPU and i saw firefox.exe running and using …

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Heres one for ya! I made the mistake of letting someone sit at my pc while they where spending the weekend here with our family, and after almost 3 years of good pc health, yep, I got one. Pretty smart one to, undetected by all the major spyware, and virus …

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well as the topic says a virus wont let me install or update any anti virus programs and i cant update the malware, spyware software already on my computer. its not just that whenever i try to go to a known antivirus website or any website that might help, i …

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Well this popup has been happening for a few days it reads: "The application or DLL C:\WINDOWS\system32\jozebohu.dll is not a valid Windows image. Please check this against your installation diskette." There was more but Norton took care of it (I think). It was a fake Windows program that told us …

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OK, I did my homework, so is this all I'm gonna need (in addition to safe surfing practices)? OS:..................................................Windows XP Pro (version 5.1) SP3 anti-virus:.........................................Avast Free 5.0.418 firewall:.............................................PC Tools Firewall Plus Free 6.0.0.74 anti-malware blocker:..........................SpywareBlaster 4.2 anti-malware scanner / removers:..........Malwarebytes' Anti-Malware 1.44 freeware .......................................................SUPERAntiSpyware freeware 4.33.1000 clean-up utility:..................................Glary Utilities 2.20.0.831 …

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Have an HP Pavilion with Pent 4 processor (3-4 years old). I recently got some nasty spyware (Anti Virus Live) which took over my PC. I restarted in Safe Mode with Networking, I then tried to do a System Restore. Now when I restart the computer normally, after the Windows …

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Botnets are bad for business, and that's the bottom line. The news that a botnet called Kneber has infected 75,000 computers including government and business machines has been spreading online. But while many, if not most, of these reports are claiming that Kneber is a new botnet the truth is …

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Hey, I have been having sometrouble as of late. (about march 8th) I have windows xp. lately when I want to shut down my pc I have to manully shut down my rundll32.exe, why? I have been reading a lot of things on this bridgedll thing and i looked it …

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Hello, this is a follow on but a new problem. I have had a major crash on my dell 6400 and have no safe mode or anything. I have managed to get an XP recovery disk. It loads then asks for an admin password?? I have tried everything I would …

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hi i have some kind of virus on my compter trying to get me to buy paladin antivirus or something and also plays audio clips random and installs porn on my pc. i have tryed CC cleaner and avg anti virus any help would be greatly appriacated. heres my hijack …

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Does enabling Java in my browser put me at risk of getting a malware infection? How about Javascript?

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