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My computer is infected with a few viruses/spyware. Here are the logs form Hijackthis, AVG, and Spybot. Any help would be much appreciated. Thanks, Paul. --------------------------------------------------------- AVG Anti-Spyware - Scan Report --------------------------------------------------------- + Created at: 5:08:18 PM 2/10/2008 + Scan result: C:\System Volume Information\_restore{202550A8-7A33-4BCA-9586-051D24DDBF8F}\RP79\A0148637.exe -> Downloader.PurityScan.fk : Cleaned with backup …

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Hi i have a fairly new laptop running vista, and recently explorer has started restarting itself everytime i open up my docs, or the start menu etc. is this a virus??? if it is can any body help me out, (preferbly talking me through it) :D Thanks Matt.

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I posted under a solved thread so I figured that I would start a new one. When I open firefox it keeps opening windows that say build yahoo toolbar. I read the solution to a similar problem on this forum so I downloaded and ran the hijackthis program. Here are …

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Hello! Thanks in advance for any help you can offer...I don't know too much about this stuff. Last night, my computer starting randomly playing a broadcast even though nothing was open to play it on - it was just audio playing by itself.... The computer was also lagging a lot …

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It won't go away please someone help me. I'm a desperate 14 yr old kid that tried to download a game online and then IT showed up. I've run multiple scans with Spysweeper and Quarintined it and deleted it several times but it keeps coming back. I've done already what …

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This is my first thread posting. I have searched and viewed a lot of previous threads to see if I could fix the following, but after trying a number of things, either they do not work or I am not doing all that is necessary. I have run Spyhunter scan …

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Logfile of Trend Micro HijackThis v2.0.2 Scan saved at 16:40:57, on 19/2/2008 Platform: Windows XP SP2 (WinNT 5.01.2600) MSIE: Internet Explorer v7.00 (7.00.5730.0011) Boot mode: Normal Running processes: C:\WINDOWS\System32\smss.exe C:\WINDOWS\system32\csrss.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 C:\Program Files\GbPlugin\GbpSv.exe C:\WINDOWS\system32\spoolsv.exe C:\Program Files\Common Files\Symantec Shared\ccProxy.exe C:\Program Files\Common Files\Symantec Shared\ccSetMgr.exe C:\Program Files\LogMeIn\x86\RaMaint.exe C:\Program …

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Well about 2 weeks ago, started getting adware popups. tried to fix by myself, and can not find the root of the problem. When i start the comp, it immediately starts having memory usage. I open task manager, and I see the file explorer . exe keeps popping up and …

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Hi, I am using windows XP with SP2. recently it got affected by Funny UST scandal.avi.exe virus. This is creating an exe with the above name and another file - "smss.exe" in very partition. It is clogging the memory, not allowing to edit folder options, very abruptly closing the open …

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Okay, i have never had these problems before so i dont what to do to fix it. Normally i'm assisting people, but now i need some assistance. I keep getting Script Errors, my computer keeps making "mouse clicking noise" like im opening Internet Explorer" Firefox has the same problems also, …

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Hi friends this is my hijack this log ... i am not able to run any of these cmd.exe, regedit, msconfig, task manager gpedit.msc please help me.. thanks.. :) Logfile of HijackThis v1.99.1 Scan saved at 3:00:45 PM, on 11/6/2007 Platform: Windows XP SP2 (WinNT 5.01.2600) MSIE: Internet Explorer v7.00 …

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Hi guys. First of all, I really didn't know where to make my thread, since I don't know what's the source of my problem, so sorry if that's not the right place. My problem is that my internet kind of dies from time to time. I have windows XP if …

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Hello everyone,excuse me but I have to post this fast becuase of my virus.I own a Compaq Presario,AMD Anthlon,64 Processor wit windows xp home editon sp2.I am posting this log in hope of getting urgent help.I am working with Netzero dailup and keep getting cut off wit and error message …

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I've done everything possible as a novice, but I'm still getting these annoying pop-ups while browsing the internet. They're not just little pop up windows, they are actually full screen website pop-ups. I have my pop-up blocker enabled, plus I run my McAfee anti-virus regularly. I also use SpyBot Search …

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hey... im in need of some aid for my laptop... lately it's been really slow starting up and applications have been taking a while.. anyone who knows how to analyze HijackThis! logs and could help me would be greatly appreciated. here's my log. Logfile of Trend Micro HijackThis v2.0.2 Scan …

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Hi, Yesterday when I used IE 6 to go to Paypal web site, it went to [url]www.paypal.com.org[/url]. So I closed the browser and didn't go there again. Is my PC infected ? I just went to Paypal web site again today, it seemed to be the genunine Paypal site. What …

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well it started this morning when was back on my computer i noticed the usual signs of this from what iv read in the others i had a red X for my C drive and i have alot of these tmp files so i was wondering how i can remove …

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Hello, I've AVG Free latest version installed and running fine. However, it began in about two weeks ago to keep recognizing MDM.exe (which is Machine Debug Manager, a system process in XP2 AFAIK) as virus. No matter what I do it keeps showing a popup window of "Threat Detection" and …

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Thank you! Logfile of HijackThis v1.99.1 Scan saved at 4:11:55 AM, on 2/17/2008 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\ibmpmsvc.exe C:\WINDOWS\system32\svchost.exe C:\WINDOWS\System32\svchost.exe C:\Program Files\Intel\Wireless\Bin\EvtEng.exe C:\Program Files\Intel\Wireless\Bin\S24EvMon.exe C:\WINDOWS\system32\spoolsv.exe C:\WINDOWS\Explorer.EXE C:\Program Files\Unlocker\UnlockerAssistant.exe C:\PROGRA~1\THINKV~1\AMSG\amsg.exe C:\Program Files\Analog Devices\Core\smax4pnp.exe C:\Program Files\Lenovo\AwayTask\AwaySch.EXE C:\WINDOWS\system32\igfxtray.exe C:\WINDOWS\system32\hkcmd.exe …

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It all started when i went looking a trial version of Microsoft Office. I think i went to a website that i shouldn't have and tried to download a trial version of Microsoft Office 2007. After i downloaded this file and closed the browser, random pop-ups popped up informing me …

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Hello, I seem to be having a common problem yet from what I've read in some of these threads the fix is different for everyone. My home PC will not open some web sites, the browser sits there connecting to whatever web site I'm trying to access and does nothing. …

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please...i have some problems...strange problems: 1. i scaned with PC Tools Spyware Doctor and Norton Security Scan and Nod32 (my default antivirus) but they found only some cookies and installation kit of one of my key loogger, nothing else... but starting with CmdLineExt02.dll that i was not enable to delete …

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Everytime I open my explorer, I get another screen that popups, usually some porn site. I've ran my anti-virus and nothing comes up. Please help soon! Logfile of Trend Micro HijackThis v2.0.2 Scan saved at 2:32:01 PM, on 2/9/2008 Platform: Windows XP SP2 (WinNT 5.01.2600) MSIE: Internet Explorer v7.00 (7.00.6000.16574) …

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Hiya I've got a crazy mouse it randomly goes wild and clicks on things i'm glad its not just me and I thought virus/spyware/hacker straight away. Anyway a couple of weeks ago I had problems connecting to the net and when I logged on to my desktop I got an …

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Last week, I started having problems with my DSL connection. It would slow down to a crawl at times and then work normally at other times. After looking at my netstats, I found the reason why: unbeknownst to me, my computer was connecting out to about 20 different SMTP servers. …

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Please help me to solve my problem. I cannot open the internet explorer link in my desktop. The only way I can access internet is through typing the website address in the address bar of Windows Explorer Window. I have tried already to scan it with AVG, Ad-aware 2007 and …

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hi my computer is kind of messed up, explorer.exe keeps on ending and then restarting, also seem to remove a sstqq.dll. i have ran vundo fix and that seemed to remove lots of things but it couldn't remove this. this is my hijack this log Logfile of Trend Micro HijackThis …

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I have a Red X on the C drive of my computer and I don't know how to remove it. I believe that I have removed all the spyware from my computer but I'm not sure. Any help would be appreciated. Here is my Hijack log: Logfile of Trend Micro …

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Hello everybody. I have a veeery weird and interesting problem. I downloaded a little piece of code, in *.txt form. It it said to be a polyglot, that is, exactly the same code would compile and work in more programming languages. In this case, the languages are : COBOL, Pascal, …

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when i scanned the folder system32, avg says the following Object: C:\Windows\system32\ntoskrnl.exe Result: Changed Status: Changed The only problem i'm having now is everytime when i write a url in the address bar or new page comes up, small window comes up and says that my pc is infected by …

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My son is really making things hard! At least it's not my PC! Here's his HiJackThis! log. Any suggestions? Thanks in advance for any help!!!!!!!!! Logfile of HijackThis v1.99.1 Scan saved at 3:24:38 PM, on 2/13/2008 Platform: Windows XP SP2 (WinNT 5.01.2600) MSIE: Internet Explorer v6.00 SP2 (6.00.2800.1106) Running processes: …

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The Computers at my work have been totally overrun with pop-up ads, spyware, and Backdoor programs that have almost all been manually installed by people that are stupid enough to believe everything the read on the internet. I find myself now almost completely in charge of fixing this problem (since …

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Hi - I have a Dell Inspiron E1505 with Windows XP. Within the last few weeks the computer has started rebooting without warning at random times. I have not been able to find any common link with what I am doing when it reboots. I have updated Windows, I have …

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My uncle's cpu is running crazy...I rean CCleaner and deleted prefetch etc... Please review the log below and let me know of any issues Logfile of Trend Micro HijackThis v2.0.2 Scan saved at 12:47:36 PM, on 2/7/2008 Platform: Windows Vista (WinNT 6.00.1904) MSIE: Internet Explorer v7.00 (7.00.6000.16575) Boot mode: Normal …

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Hi there, im totally clueless abt computer viruses!!! recently this Trojan.FakeAlert has been giving me trouble... it first surfaced as a pop up.. telling me that my system has been infected by a trojan and then directed me to download some spyware software... Please please please advise me step by …

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help with this log please Logfile of HijackThis v1.99.1 Scan saved at 20:41:30, on 11/02/2008 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\csrss.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\svchost.exe C:\PROGRA~1\Grisoft\AVG7\avgrssvc.exe C:\WINDOWS\system32\svchost.exe C:\WINDOWS\system32\spoolsv.exe C:\PROGRA~1\Grisoft\AVG7\avgamsvr.exe C:\PROGRA~1\Grisoft\AVG7\avgupsvc.exe C:\PROGRA~1\Grisoft\AVG7\avgrssvc.exe C:\WINDOWS\system32\wdfmgr.exe C:\PROGRA~1\Grisoft\AVG7\avgfwsrv.exe C:\WINDOWS\Explorer.EXE C:\PROGRA~1\Grisoft\AVG7\avgcc.exe C:\WINDOWS\system32\ctfmon.exe C:\program …

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Dear All when i double click my any hard drive it does not open the drive but ask that which programe will open with windows show

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Hi there! I've been browsing these forums as a guest for quite some time, and recently (read:last night) managed to pick up some nastiness. I've done the basics, I think.... ewido, AdAware, SpyBot, loaded updated and ran AVG... But I'm not the right kind of Geek to decode all this. …

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Hi guys, I have a Windows XP (with SP2) box running Firefox 0.10 (yesterday nightly build). Using a ADSL connection, Firefox is able to open pages from the web without any problem. But using Internet Explorer, it always get a "cannot open page" error. I've already run ad-ware and spybot …

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Okay so I've been getting A LOT of pos.tmp etc. files in my C: Drive and My Docs. I also have a Red X for the icon of my C Drive. I also have these "system messages": System Warning: Windows performed illegal operation. Your system files could have critical errors. …

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Hi there! I'm having serious issues here. Explorer keeps crashing whenever I try to access anything in it - example, my documents. I can see the files for about a good 15 seconds before it crashes, and then I lose the start menu, taskbar, and things on my desktop for …

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My computer is so screwed i can't do a whole lot due to its refusal to work properly i ran quite a few checks using Ewido and AVG and found these: Downloader.Iframe.u Not-A-Virus.Hoax.Win32.Renos.dw Trojan.Qhost.abh The problems i am having include: -can't use the control panel due to "effects on computer" …

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Logfile of Trend Micro HijackThis v2.0.2 Scan saved at 1:08:40 PM, on 12/02/2008 Platform: Windows XP SP2 (WinNT 5.01.2600) MSIE: Internet Explorer v6.00 SP2 (6.00.2900.2180) Boot mode: Safe mode with network support Running processes: C:\WINDOWS\System32\smss.exe C:\WINDOWS\system32\csrss.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\svchost.exe C:\WINDOWS\system32\svchost.exe C:\WINDOWS\Explorer.EXE C:\Program Files\Internet Explorer\iexplore.exe C:\WINDOWS\system32\ctfmon.exe C:\Program …

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I am running these protection programs [I]on my son's PC[/I]. Am I running any redundancies? Are any of these going to conflict with each other? SpyBot S&D w/Teatimer AdAware AVG Anti-Spyware SpywareGuard Spyware Blaster Comodo Firewall Pro HijackThis! I've just installed comodo on son's pc and it is a bit …

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First and foremost, who are you folks and how did you figure out how to increase the length of your days or go without sleep!!! The obvious effort you put into helping the less fortunate and knowledgeable is amazing. Not to overlook many others that contribute, as I only found …

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Hello, I have a problem with MSN messenger. Every time i open it, within 3 seconds i get a message saying "MSN has encountered a problem and needs to close" I see some other people have had this problem and i have followed their instructions about posting a topic here …

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I Installed a .exe file by accident and now Mcafee has detected trojans etc.. Now I can't open My documents, My computer, Recycle Bin, etc... only thing i can open are installed applications. When I double click my computer etc. it just shows the hourglass then nothing happens. Please help, …

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Ok, it all started when i Removed My Norton antivirus and installed miself Kasperky... First it found 5 Trojans, but removed them, then it starts showing me this at startup: [url]http://photos-057.ak.facebook.com/ip002/v54/8/87/503057890/n503057890_8057_9583.jpg[/url] Plus it keeps killing my keyboard and Touchpad Drivers (I have a laptop, so have tu use an USB …

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1. I cannot open the control panel 2. I get popups from IE even though im on firefox 3. I cannot delete ANYTHING or drag anything into my recycle bin. I know its trojans and vundo but i have no idea how to get rid of them. I use McAfee …

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