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my web connection freezes when I m on the web for about 3 mins and I have to re-boot. Only just started to happen in the last day. I'm running: windows xp broadband 1gb ram have installed latest video driver s/w delated all temp files and cookies have run virus …

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Firefox keeps opening itself or ads more tabs from time to time... Here's the Hijackthis log. Logfile of Trend Micro HijackThis v2.0.2 Scan saved at 00:49:12, on 2007-12-21 Platform: Windows XP SP2 (WinNT 5.01.2600) MSIE: Internet Explorer v7.00 (7.00.6000.16574) 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 …

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When I turn on my Computer it is running Windows XP and have Norton Internet Security. I have ran McAfee Free Virus Scan, Norton, Spyware programs and it comes up with nothing, but there is something wrong. What happening is I turn my computer on and a lot of Symantec …

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My explorer.exe seems to be flickering on and off... help please I have no past experience with the hijackthis program so if i am doing something wrong please tell me. any other log files i should "fix" also tell me about. Once again i have never used this program untill …

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I got a nasty virus about a week ago but I'm still unable to change my desktop background. When I goto display properties background is grayed out and i'm unable to scroll up or down in the box of pictures. The only thing I can do is set the color …

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Hi, a week ago I was attacked by all kinds of garbage. I've gotten rid of the bogus malware removers and gotten my control panel back but I still get random pop-ups in IE while I am surfing, even with Mozilla, and then my computer will start running very slow. …

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hi guys i got a pritty big problem. my computer is so stuffed basically.... i had a harddrive which kept blue screening and i couldnt get it to fix so i brought a new hdd, here we are about a month down the track, and my new hdd i brough …

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Hey all, I've seen a few people in the past had a problem with the virus where you get hundreds of popups popping up talking about failed emails scanned from clicking a link in Aim instant messenger. I started by downloading and running the other scans. I ran HijackThis and …

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Hi, For the past week or so I have been getting the same stupid pop-up whenever i log onto Windows XP...[/B]"can't load admdll.dll"[/B] ! I looked on the net already and have come to the conclusion it was a virus and went into the registry and took out some Radmin …

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Hello.. I read through the site and saw where a couple of people have been helped with IE redirect problems. Well, I am in need of your help as I am having the same problem with my PC. Everytime I click on a link in the browser it takes me …

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I was changing font color around on my ipod with ipodwizard. When i loaded the settings and disconnected my ipod it never came to the music screen. Instead the black screen with the white ipod flikered on for like 10 sec and and then the light dulled for ten seconds. …

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My friends computer was just infected with a virus that gave him the "blue screen of death" but combofix miraculously revived his PC. Please help clean up his computer. This post is a HJT log folowed by his combofix log. Thank You VERY much in advance. Logfile of Trend Micro …

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Hi, I came across this little nasty yesterday, does anyone know how to destroy it? I found this in the system32 file under the auth.dll file. It would cut your ethernet cable if it could. :icon_twisted:

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So here's what happened. Housemate asked me to delete the obnoxious anti-virus software which comes pre-installed on the Dell Dimension E310 -- since the damn thing was giving him pop-up windows every 15 minutes, demanding money to renew his subscription. Y'all know the drill. I went ahead and used the …

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Hi, This problem has been going on for MONTHS!! :mad: I am extremely frustrated and have tried virtually every tip I found on the internet. Everytime I tried to log into secure websites it gives me the "The Page Cannot be Displayed" page. And when I try to log into …

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I've run a number of spyware, virus, and malware software, but I still can't seem to load certain web pages (innocuous ones like slick-deals.net, lowermerion.org, phuturephillies.com). Any help is appreciated. Logfile of Trend Micro HijackThis v2.0.2 Scan saved at 2:34:37 PM, on 12/6/2007 Platform: Windows XP SP2 (WinNT 5.01.2600) MSIE: …

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Windows comes on after I enter the password and most of the icons usually come up but then whole thing shuts down and restarts. I can run it in safemode, but if I try to change display settings or add/install programs through control panel that also shuts down. I have …

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Hi. 7 days ago, we started getting redirected to arbitrary websites, our 'Windows XP Home' computer (with 6 separate profiles) suddenly got very slow, and we crashed alot. Norton Systemworks 2007 did not stop initially whatever hit us and could not remove it, but notified us of the presence of …

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i recently got a virus on my computer and i had to clean the entire hard drive, so i transferred all my documents to an external hd and i dont have a reboot disk so now all my system is messed up(i have windows xp). i have no active camera …

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Hello to all I am having HUGE issues with my online experiences. There are certain websites that one week I can access and the next week.....blocked. Nothing illegal or pornographic at all. In fact, I had a great game site that I accessed all the time (pogo.com) and suddenly.....cant get …

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Hello everyone, This is my first post on DW and hopefully my last of this nature. I was searching for a solution when I found this forum and saw how you guys did it here. So, I hope I'm not being bold by posting this. I was running low on …

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Cannot revert hardrive using System Restore with Windows Xp Home (SP2). Norton 2006 reports a clean harddrive. Also, SpySweeper reports a clean harddrive. Any Ideas? Recently had my HJT log checked for virus's and spyware I may not have seen. The HJT log was checked by members of this forum.

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Folks, After a clean XPSP2 install on a new hard disc, after POST the system fails to boot from the hard drive. However, if I press ESC to get to the BOOT menu, I can select the Hard Drive with the XP installed, and the system boots normally into windows. …

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My computer keeps launching wmplayer.exe and setup.wmplayer.exe by themselves and without my Windows Media Player being open and running. My anti-virus software is Avast! Home Edition, which is free and I keep updated daily, and Comodo Firewall Pro which I also update regularly. I have just started using these two …

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I'm hoping to get some basic help--my IE keeps closing so I cannot access internet through it. I've run adaware and spybot and have removed some of the unwanted stuff but say there is still stuff they cannot remove. I also cannot access the internet to download updates to spybot …

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Hello, im very new here. Dont understand the computers much, but can follow help step by step. Im using my Sony Vaio VGN-FS742/W notebook for some emails,store pictures and some common stuff. Im using comcast cable connections and it has McAfee security running for free. I have Ad-Aware SE and …

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in the past 2 days i have kept getting a little symantec email proxy pop up box in the bottom right hand corner when i start my computer up. more and more keep adding on top and my whole desktop is full of these pop up boxes. i am using …

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Hi. I'm trying to help a friend with her computer problems. Compact PC (5-6 years old) running Windows ME. Her DSL internet connection failed and her CD drive failed at the same time. The DSL light on the modem just flashes and the USB light is out. Turning the modem …

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Hi there, I looked through some of the other threads and it looked like running hijackthis and generating a log for analysis was the procedure. Here is what I came up with, could someone please lend a hand. Thanks Logfile of Trend Micro HijackThis v2.0.2 Scan saved at 11:04:07 PM, …

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Alright, I'll explain what's been happening. My friend is always going on about how his windows explorer is always freezing up, and he keeps having to restart his computer. He gave my a .mp3 song to listen to recently, but it never played, and it refreshed (perhaps rebooted) my explorer.exe. …

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My wife's computerhas been hijacked and is now almost unuseable with the pop-ups and pop-unders. With the system idle and no browser running, 39 seperate bvrowser widows opened today. I can't even type a complete sentence here with out another window opening. It gets so bad that all the icons …

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[QUOTE=crunchie;479132]Hi and welcome to Daniweb forums :). Let's see what we can come up with. Please [b]download[/b] this file - [url=http://download.bleepingcomputer.com/sUBs/Beta/ComboFix.exe][color=red][b]combofix.exe[/b][/color][/url] by [b]sUBs[/b][list] [*] [b][color="#FF0000"]Save it to your Desktop[/color][/b] [*] Now [b]physically disconnect from the internet[/b] and [b]STOP all your monitoring programs[/b] (Antivirus/Antispyware, Guards and Shields) [*] Click on your …

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ok ok. the first thing that would come to mind would be that this would be a hardware problem, but i just want to be sure. about four weeks ago, my cd drive started opening and closing continuously. it got annoying after a while and so i disconnected the cables …

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I believe I'm having a spyware issue, but I'm not certain. Here's my hijack this scan. Hope someone can help. Thanks all! Logfile of Trend Micro HijackThis v2.0.0 (BETA) Scan saved at 10:08:51 PM, on 12/9/2007 Platform: Windows XP SP2 (WinNT 5.01.2600) Boot mode: Normal Running processes: C:\WINDOWS\System32\smss.exe C:\WINDOWS\system32\csrss.exe C:\WINDOWS\system32\winlogon.exe …

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hello everyone....well, weird things have happened to my computer recently n just a day ago i was alarmed by my zonealarm firewall of a spyware so i removed it...it seemed to be multiplying in a folder so i deleted the folder (of sum toolbar called my web search) n there …

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everytime I start up my computer i get three RUNDLL error messages: RUNDLL Error Loading C:\windows\system32\frmsorts.dll AND drvax.dll AND kerxuulr.dll The specific module could not be found I checked out some other solutions to this and tried to run the msconfig and uncheck these but then my Yahoo Messenger wouldnt …

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Hello, Can anyone introduce on what are the anti-virus compatible to Microsoft Windows Server 2003? I have been using Microsoft Windows XP but now I change to use Microsoft Window Server 2003 due to certain requirement. However, I found that Windows Server 2003 cannot support many software like XP can. …

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I recently built a system with all new parts from Newegg. Core 2 Duo Proc Gig of Ram 160 WD HDD Lower Mid Level MBO It worked fine to two weeks. Two days ago it began to randomly reboot. There was no virus protection on it at this time. I …

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As the title suggests i am having major problems with Norton's Auto-Protect feature. For some reason it continually turns itself off by showing the following message box: "Auto-Protect experienced an unexpected error..." This has happened many times now, 15+ and is rather annoying to find out that software you pay …

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Well I managed to get this far. Here is my log. Computer will not Search files and Folders. Computer will not "Run" anything, just get error that files cannot be found, etc. So I can't even "Run" to get to edit registry, which I have read in a few links. …

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I meant to do this awhile ago but have been busy with school and stuff. Norton Anti-virus found some stuff on my computer- a few med. risk things and high-risk thing and so I did a HijackThis log and scanned using AVG but it wouldn't let me save the new …

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I have received emails and calls from my ISP recently claiming that I am using the connection to download copyrighted torrents. I didn't recognize the files listed, but I removed all my torrent programs and potentially shady freeware apps as a preventive measure. I then ran checks on my machines …

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[B][/B]I have Trojan Hores File C:\ Windows\system32\advapi3.dll that is moving to every file i open how can i delete it? P.s i Unregister it is that ok to do? Logfile of Trend Micro HijackThis v2.0.2 Scan saved at 6:55:43 PM, on 12/9/2007 Platform: Windows XP (WinNT 5.01.2600) MSIE: Internet Explorer …

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I have Trojan Hores File C:\ Windows\system32\advapi3.dll that is moving to every file i open how can i delete it? P.s i Unregister it is that ok to do? Logfile of Trend Micro HijackThis v2.0.2 Scan saved at 6:55:43 PM, on 12/9/2007 Platform: Windows XP (WinNT 5.01.2600) MSIE: Internet Explorer …

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hey guys i have a problem with my computer. random ads pop up when i am surfing the net. And when i try to delete it off with Adaware SE my computer turns off. here is my hijack this logfile. thank you for the help. Logfile of Trend Micro HijackThis …

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yeah well someone sent me "a sweet desktop pic" so i went ahead and accepted it.. and now ive got an awesome virus on my hands that keeps sending people messages and files... i got a hijackthis log and im running an avast scan right now, its not fining anything …

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hi i have big problems with internet explorer not responding and very slow startup can someone help please? hijackthis log is Logfile of HijackThis v1.99.1 Scan saved at 22:09:18, on 05/12/2007 Platform: Windows XP SP2 (WinNT 5.01.2600) MSIE: Internet Explorer v7.00 (7.00.6000.16544) 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 …

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OK, on my computer i have gotten a virus. the virus is troj/zlob-adw that is accompanied with virutmonde and i was wondering if anyone knew how to get this off the computer. Also i have webroot spy sweeper with antivirus protection. I have used it millions of times it seems …

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Hey everybody, For some reason I must have caught a nasty bug and now I cannot change my desktop background except for color. The "background" section looks greyed out. I ran SpyBot Search and Destroy, Adaware, and Norton Anti-virus all in "Safe Mode". I cleaned out my cache and temp …

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I was running Spyware Doctor on my computer and it came across virtumonde. I told it t remove all traces and while it was removing a blue screen came up that mentioned an error with winlogon.exe. Every program that I've used to remove this virus ended up with the blue …

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