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Accusations are nothing new to Microsoft -- they continue to battle various groups in Europe and Asia for various antitrust violations. That is nothing new. What is new is that South Korea continues investigating, and Microsoft replied with a threat. "It might be necessary to withdraw Windows from the Korean …

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Once upon a time, Symantec was a known leader in the computer software industry. They had compilers (Think C/C++), purchased and maintained Peter Norton's DOS / Windows Tools, and developed some products for the Mac. Today, they are well known for their Corporate Antivirus tools, although their reporting and functionality …

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WinFS is Microsoft's new Relational File System, and the company released a Beta 1 edition of the software to members of the Microsoft Developer Network. Originally planned for a Windows Vista release, the software runs on Windows XP. A forthcomming Beta 2 release should work on the beta releases of …

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A new virus has been found and it is targetting all you porn purveyors out there! The trojan named Yusufali-A seeks to help, not harm people by interrupting their depraved activity. On an infected system, window titles are scanned for keywords such as: sex teen xx Phallus jegger Priapus Phallic …

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My browser is being redirected to random sites when I click on search engine results. I can type the URL manually and get what I am looking for (if the entire URL is shown). I have tried to find and remove it but it keeps coming back and depending on …

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Hi there - I am having the exact same problems as Sisaly is - I cannot run the programs on my computer, google search is hijacked. I have MBAM installed - I cannot run it at all. It will , however, run from setup file but once the scan starts …

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First off, I've read Kevin's thread and the others. I have followed all those instructions yet mbam stops after 25 seconds. I'm running Windows XP Compaq laptop. I've tried command prompt for mbam also, I get access denied. I've killed svchasts.exe through tsmgr and admin tools. Renamed Windows Police Pro …

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My Computer is killing me! its full of spyware and viruses! First of all I cant connect to the internet at all. (Im writing this from another computer) It always sais local only. I know it not a problem with my router because I have tried connecting to other networks …

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Long story short, i somehow managed to get the windows police pro virus, probably from visiting some website(I haven't downloaded anything recently) Here is where it gets problematic: I can only run internet explorer, can't run command prompt, (I can run command.com out of the run menu though), I cant …

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Hello All, I am having similar problems to the recently solved thread of Kevin's. I have been using my PC at home and seemed to work great except for it being a little slow. I moved back to school yesterday set up my PC, hooked up to the internet started …

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I had read all the threads regarding this nasty and I have made some progress but now I am stuck. I have a HP Pavilion 775y desktop, 2 megs ram I am running windows XP Earlier today I used system restore by using command.com which allowed me to access the …

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Everything I try to run pops up a black DOS window first points to ntvdm.exe, then quickly changes to desot.exe, displays a message in the window "Program too big to fit in memory", then quickly closes. The program never launches, not directly or from a desktop shortcut. I can log …

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I am having the same problem and can't run anything. Image Name PID Session Name Session# Mem Usage ========================= ====== ================ ======== ============ System Idle Process 0 Console 0 28 K System 4 Console 0 244 K smss.exe 532 Console 0 420 K csrss.exe 604 Console 0 4,564 K winlogon.exe …

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I'm lost. Everytime I run ad aware/spybot it keeps deleting my internet connection. I do not know what is going on. It is happening on my computer and also on my fiance's computer. Does anyone know how I can fix this or what is going on. Thank you so much …

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I have a virus that hasn't allowed me to use my computers ineternet for the past few days. It also prevents me from accessing my system files or folders, such as "View System Information". My computer is basically a brick at this moment. Every time I try to access one …

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On a friend's computer, HJT scan turned up windows\system32\ctfmon.exe McAfee scan shows no viruses. But at sysinfo.org, it lists ctfmon as a possible trojan. The file could be a legitimate Office XP file, but I'm fairly certain he has Office 97. Any ideas about how to tell if the file …

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Various sites including Microsoft, TrendMicro and other type of sites that might be helpful seem unavailable while most normal sites are easily accessible. Here is my hijackthis log: [CODE]Logfile of Trend Micro HijackThis v2.0.2 Scan saved at 6:42:45 PM, on 8/11/2009 Platform: Windows 2003 SP2 (WinNT 5.02.3790) MSIE: Internet Explorer …

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I keep getting page load error and jar file not found when trying to open web pages. If i refresh the browser enough the page will finally load. I am getting this on the computer I use all the time and also on one that gets used maybe one a …

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hey friends i got this blue screen error of death jst at the start of windows xp media center loading---stop:0x0000007e (0xc0000005,0xf887018e,0xf8918748,0xf8918444)..my hp pavilion dv2000 had been affected by many blue errors which were cured bt can sum1 help me through dis plzzzzz..panda av 2008 detected many spyware on my pc …

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Here is a link that was sent to me today through Windows Live messenger from someone I do know and it had multiple links all the same. But they dont even know it come from there machine. haha, hot PICS?? SNIP I changed my email address to youremail. If you …

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I am an training executive in a company , for the purpose of the training needs , i have designed a test for my subordinates using vb 6 about a product (cell phone) . In that test i had written the code so that after the test is taken by …

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There is a virus called "flashy.exe" spreading in my company . that virus is always quick spreading from memory stick. on the infected memory stick, all real folders are hidden. it make all read folder to .exe with their respective folder names and all icons are like normal folder. and …

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Just wanted to post where/how I figured out my gf got this on her computer. After stopping the svchasts.exe and windows police pro processes in task manager; I used file assassin to delete all of the files in the program folder. I then restarted the computer, which it popped up …

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I always install antivirus on my computer. At least one. I do not use two antivirus at a time. Just one. Antivirus makes my computer slow. May someone suggest an antivirus that will not slows down my computers performance.

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Hello! Please help me... I cannot run AVG (8.0) antivirus which worked perfectly until some days ago. Now I click on the AVG icon in the start menu and nothing happens, no tray icon appears and the antivirus appears to be non working. I paste here my HijackThis log: Logfile …

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I am afraid I have that exact same virus I've seen discussed here, system32\SKYNETlog.dat (Trojan.Agent) on my computer! I looked at hijack this and combofix, and I'm wondering if someone can help me with this crazy bug ! The symptoms: basically every time i click on my google search results, …

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I was playing warcraft3 then suddenly my wc3 alt tab and this dl came up saying something about windows and i thought it was like a virus pop-up so i pressed cancel and then when i pressed cancel my computer restarted on its own. Then when windows started up it …

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Logfile of Trend Micro HijackThis v2.0.2 Scan saved at 11:48:59 PM, on 8/25/2009 Platform: Windows XP SP3 (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:\WINDOWS\system32\spoolsv.exe C:\Program Files\QuickBooks Online Backup\AgentSrv.EXE C:\Program Files\Common Files\Apple\Mobile Device Support\bin\AppleMobileDeviceService.exe C:\Program Files\Java\jre6\bin\jqs.exe C:\PROGRA~1\McAfee\MSC\mcmscsvc.exe c:\PROGRA~1\COMMON~1\mcafee\mna\mcnasvc.exe c:\PROGRA~1\COMMON~1\mcafee\mcproxy\mcproxy.exe …

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Hey Crunchie would you mind helping me with my similar problem? RUN DLL ERROR on startup in C:\DOCUME~1\protect.dll I have ran HijackThis and this is my log file. I would appreciate any help 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:\WINDOWS\System32\WLTRYSVC.EXE C:\WINDOWS\System32\bcmwltry.exe C:\WINDOWS\system32\spoolsv.exe C:\Program Files\ActivIdentity\ActivClient\accoca.exe C:\WINDOWS\system32\inetsrv\inetinfo.exe C:\Program Files\Java\jre6\bin\jqs.exe …

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Hi guys! I badly need your help! Yesterday, I caught something while surfing (I opened an .exe file like an idiot, without thinking about it!). Moments after that, 3 porn icons appeared on my desktop and my antivirus (avg) went crazy with many notifications of infections. I was getting a …

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StartupList report, 1/25/2009, 6:34:42 AM StartupList version: 1.52.2 Started from : C:\Program Files\Trend Micro\HijackThis\HijackThis.EXE Detected: Windows Vista SP1 (WinNT 6.00.1905) Detected: Internet Explorer v7.00 (7.00.6001.18000) * Using default options ================================================== Running processes: C:\Windows\system32\taskeng.exe C:\Windows\system32\Dwm.exe C:\Windows\Explorer.EXE C:\Program Files\Windows Defender\MSASCui.exe C:\Windows\WindowsMobile\wmdc.exe C:\Program Files\Common Files\InstallShield\UpdateService\issch.exe C:\Program Files\Google\Google Desktop Search\GoogleDesktop.exe C:\Program Files\Trend Micro\Internet Security …

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Hi, Its been quite a long since the last time I cleaned my computer. I did everything listed on your advise thread. The problem: In the week, my screen flickers on some games, sometimes even stuck. (I thing I downloaded only flv player, and maybe windows update). above that, the …

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I have been attempting to get rid of this search engine redirect virus to no avail. I have tried several anti-virus programs (Ad-Aware, AVG Free etc), without success. Every time I search via Google, Yahoo etc and then click on a search result, I am redirected to various other sites, …

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Hi! I just read through a thread by crunchie from 2007 regarding a redirect problem with Internet Explorer. I was so impressed by the response (very user friendly) that I am posting my "problem" on this forum after Analyze This suggested I contact professionals for assistance. Please help! To introduce …

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Thank You For Reviewing My issue First of All. I Had This Issue For An Amount Of time Now, And I refuse to got to microsoft Because they think I have all the time in the world With the calling back Escalating Nonsense. Heres a Brief Desc. The Bluescreen Comes …

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Every time i start windows (on the welcome screen or classic logon) I get about 9 or 10 errors saying: svchost.exe the reference memory at .... could not be written. After i debug or terminate them i have no sound,CPU isn't shown in System, Inet connections aren't show either ,I …

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Hello, I came home for Thanksgiving dinner the other night and found out my computer was infected with the Rapid antivirus malware program. It looks just like what pictures I've seen on the other sites, and does the same things. I read instructions on how to remove it, which first …

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Hoping for help. Trying to get my daughters computer ready for college and can't seem to kill the three trojan.tdss files Hijackthis log: Logfile of Trend Micro HijackThis v2.0.2 Scan saved at 8:17:43 PM, on 8/22/2009 Platform: Windows XP SP3 (WinNT 5.01.2600) MSIE: Internet Explorer v8.00 (8.00.6001.18702) Boot mode: Normal …

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As the title says, I can't access any anti-virus website, or Microsoft update, as well as getting random popups. I suspected the Conficker worm, so have ran two different removal tools (one from Symantic, one from Grisoft), as well as Microsoft's Malicious Software Removal tool, with no results reported and …

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Ok, I need help please....here's the rundown. I have a laptop running vista. I became infected with "windows security suite" that I have found out is a spyware/virus. It bogged my computer down really bad, internet explorer and all the other functions would try and run, then just lock up …

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I've run CC cleaner, that seemed to help but it still seems slow. Firefox is very slow to open. Here's my system info. Logfile of Trend Micro HijackThis v2.0.2 Scan saved at 7:42:57 PM, on 8/13/2009 Platform: Windows XP SP2 (WinNT 5.01.2600) MSIE: Internet Explorer v6.00 SP2 (6.00.2900.2180) Boot mode: …

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I need help with a trojan downloader virus I just obtained on my PC. I purchased the full version of exterminate it, and every time I deleted the files it would come back. Exterminate it eventually stopped working and will not even open now. I included my hijack this log. …

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<< split from [url]http://www.daniweb.com/forums/thread43920.html[/url] >> hey everyone , i have the same problem but i can't get to HKEY_CURRENT_USER \ Software \ Microsoft \ Windows \ CurrentVersion \ Explorer \ FileExts \ .exe to solve it coz regedit also opens in notepad with random characters. Any Ideas?

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Please help Mcafy pick it up but cant repair or remove. Get a blue screen with msg about memory and then shut down! Start up in a loop! Thanks so far x x

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Hi, was wondering fi anyone could help i'm having problems with what i think is a browser hijacker, as currently there are 7 versions of mshta.exe in my processes which really shouldn't be there. Here is the main DDS log and in the attached .zip are the other one and …

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Can some one help me HELP!!! Logfile of Trend Micro HijackThis v2.0.2 Scan saved at 22:33:20, on 01-08-09 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:\WINDOWS\system32\spoolsv.exe C:\WINDOWS\Explorer.EXE C:\WINDOWS\system32\ctfmon.exe C:\Program Files\TOSHIBA\ConfigFree\CFSvcs.exe C:\WINDOWS\System32\DVDRAMSV.exe C:\WINDOWS\System32\nvsvc32.exe C:\WINDOWS\System32\svchost.exe C:\Program Files\TOSHIBA\TOSHIBA …

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hi, i have a problem with opening my control panel and other things too. I am running Windows Vista Home Premium. When i click on START > CONTROL PANEL, it opens for 1 second then closes. I also cannot open computer properties, Right-Click MY COMPUTER > PROPERTIES nothing happens here, …

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Hi there, I am trying to delete all internet temporary files but when i go to internet properties and attempt to do that, it says "Windows Host Process Rundll32 has stopped working". I have run HijackThis and am posting the log here. Could someone please help me? Logfile of Trend …

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Hi, I have a sony vaio laptop sz120p with windows xp. I've been having a lot of problems with it but have been resistant to reset my computer, delete everything and start fresh (since I have so much stuff in it). My current issue is the windows explorer won't start. …

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Hi My Computer infected Dangerous virus. Can anyone tell me please What is the Procedure of removing virus from My Computer. Thanks.

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