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| | I need help (actually, my computer does!) :eek: I've got Spyware/Adware/Malware completely overtaking my computer, despite my best efforts. Just when I think I've gotten rid of it all... Anyway, is there someone that could take a look at this and let me know which are the "at-risk" files? I …  |
| | Hello, I have been hit with the about:blank redirected and Hijacked IE. Please review my log and provide guidence on the proper removal process. Thanks. Logfile of HijackThis v1.97.7 Scan saved at 2:09:12 AM, on 6/23/2004 Platform: Windows XP SP1 (WinNT 5.01.2600) MSIE: Internet Explorer v6.00 SP1 (6.00.2800.1106) Running processes: … |
| | Well this is my log please take a look and let me know what you think. This has been kicking my ass all day. I've tried everything I can think of. My hopepage keeps getting reset to about:blank. Logfile of HijackThis v1.97.7 Scan saved at 1:13:54 PM, on 6/29/2004 Platform: … |
| | Im using windows XP home ed. at 1280 x 1024 and just ran out of space in the start menu. How can i get it all in one list, rather than 5? |
| | here is my log from Hijackthis Logfile of HijackThis v1.97.7 Scan saved at 2:11:58 AM, on 6/19/2004 Platform: Windows XP SP1 (WinNT 5.01.2600) MSIE: Internet Explorer v6.00 SP1 (6.00.2800.1106) 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\Ati2evxx.exe C:\WINDOWS\system32\svchost.exe C:\WINDOWS\System32\svchost.exe C:\WINDOWS\system32\spoolsv.exe C:\WINDOWS\System32\CTsvcCDA.exe C:\WINDOWS\system32\Ati2evxx.exe C:\WINDOWS\Explorer.EXE C:\Program Files\Roxio\Easy CD Creator 5\DirectCD\DirectCD.exe C:\Program Files\ATI Technologies\ATI … |
| | For the past week or two, every time I click on a link, I get a clear window frame and the egg timer but that's all. The link won't open. I have Windows XP and have all the updates for IE 6. I am also running Pest Patrol and Norton …  |
 | Currently running windows XP with service pack 1. I had previously disabled plug and play through msconfig becuase the computer would freeze on start up with plug and play enabled. Now after I think I have finally solved the problem I go back into msconfig to re-enable it and its … |
| | After 2 years of running Windows XP Pro on my DELL desktop (PIII,996Mhz, 256mb ram) along with 2 sons and my wife, the PC is starting to screw up. Have tried some registry cleanups, I defrag every month or so and try to keep track of stuff but it's gotten … |
| | Can someone please help me fix this? My IE home page keeps getting set to "about:blank" and I keep getting a commercial search page. I've always had good luck fixing these things before, but this one is pretty hairy. Here's my hijackthis log file. Logfile of HijackThis v1.97.7 Scan saved …  |
| | Hi, hope you guys can help me. Booted into Safe mode(XP w/ SP1), ran cwshredder, then ran hijackthis and this is the log file it created. Logfile of HijackThis v1.97.7 Scan saved at 3:11:35 PM, on 6/22/2004 Platform: Windows XP SP1 (WinNT 5.01.2600) MSIE: Internet Explorer v6.00 SP1 (6.00.2800.1106) Running … |
| | Here is my log. This started out as 213.159.117.132/redir.php last week. I finally got CWShredder to work and could get on the web. Now about:blank I can't rid myself of. I used CWSHredder, Adware, Spybot and Norton Anti-Virus. Norton is NOT picking up anything. I have it on automatic. Last … |
| | Hi, I am in need of help to get rid of this. My homepage was hijacked and no matter how I changed the registries as recommended by microsoft, I was unable to delete the culprit. After reading through some of the threads here, these were the stuff that I had … |
| | Who up for some projects of a life time. These are not easy some may be impossible but, I want the geeks of the geeks to try this one. Project #1: Can any one rip out the default picture viewer in Windows XP it's runs in explorer.exe Project #2: Can … |
| | I think that some things is not O.K on my logfile ( 4 example: C:\Program Files\Common Files\Microsoft Shared\VS7Debug\mdm.exe ; O2 - BHO: (no name) - {EBCDDA60-2A68-11D3-8A43-0060083CFB9C} - C:\WINDOWS\System32\nzdd.dll ; O16 - DPF: {54B52E52-8000-4413-BD67-FC7FE24B59F2} (EARTPatchX Class) - http://www.ea.com/downloads/rtpatch/EARTPX.cab O16 - DPF: {5F426A93-0821-47D2-A126-5A48A874B289} (DialerWeb Class) - http://212.145.159.194/251065/dialercab/WebRecomendada.cab and other..) Please check this … |
| | Address has only........about:blank. Homepage is now a search engine that just says "Search for..." Here's the log. Thanks for any help! Logfile of HijackThis v1.97.2 Scan saved at 11:29:41 PM, on 6/4/2004 Platform: Windows XP (WinNT 5.01.2600) MSIE: Internet Explorer v6.00 (6.00.2600.0000) 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 … |
| | I have a couple things wrong with my computer, that I know of. The main thing that I know of, is that when I go on the internet, and I load a page. It redirects me to another web site that says "Object Not Found" The page loaded fine, but … |
| | It's been a long time since I had this happen and now I can't seem to figure out how to get rid of about:blank. I've read thru a number of forums, each with their own different methodology, but yours seems to be the definitive. I'm no geek...I know just enough … |
| | I have and HP pavilion (Windows XP series 1) with 128 MB of RAM. According to my printer's software, I need at least 180 MB. Might seem like a stupid question but I just want to make sure: Do I really have to buy some drive to make more room …  |
| | :cry: I KNOW ENOUGH TO BE DANGEROUS.. I have also been afflicted with the "WINDOWS\ SYSTEM32\ BRIDGE.DLL" "The specified module could not be found" at startup. Seemingly simultaneously I too was involuntarily visiting the golden casino. Per some of the comments in other threads, I tried removing the golden casino … |
| | I have been getting the about:blank hijacker here lately. I have ran ad-aware, norton, cwsshredder, adware away etc... I just ran hijack this and here is my log Logfile of HijackThis v1.97.7 Scan saved at 6:14:14 PM, on 6/25/2004 Platform: Windows XP SP1 (WinNT 5.01.2600) MSIE: Internet Explorer v6.00 SP1 … |
| | I've been having a problem where my internet connection has effectively died - this happened once before and between AdAware and Spybot, I was able to fix it. This seems to be slightly different. Naturally the first things I did when this started occurring were to run VirusScan, AdAware and … |
| | Hi all, i'm of course here to seek help to fix the infamous about:blank (a.k.a :evil: ) hijacker. I tried to ignore it for a while, but i want to see my beautiful home page again (shameless plug: [URL=http://united.forerunners.org]H2:United[/URL] ). Anyways, if you can help me solve this, i would … |
| | Hi. I have this same problem (about:blank page with Search for...) A copy of the HijackThis log: Logfile of HijackThis v1.97.7 Scan saved at 2:25:46 PM, on 6/20/2004 Platform: Windows XP SP1 (WinNT 5.01.2600) MSIE: Internet Explorer v6.00 SP1 (6.00.2800.1106) 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\Ati2evxx.exe C:\WINDOWS\system32\svchost.exe C:\WINDOWS\System32\svchost.exe c:\Program … |
| | Hi! I'm new to the forum...I'm trying to help my grandmother out by fixing her computer. She has her homepage set to her ISP's homepage, but she has it set so that it shows all her links to her email and such. You can see them for the time that … |
| | Hi, I have read a number of posts here and have tried many different things to get rid of this problem. It always comes back an hour or two later. I have AdAdware, CWShredder, and reglite. I ran a HijackThis Log and have posted it here, any advice on which …  |
| | ok, before you guys bitch at me about reading that other topic and not having other people do the work for me, i did but i'm not computer smart at all and none of it made sense to me. now, i was told you guys can help me out, so … |
| | [QUOTE=Dreg_02]After posting that last one, I tried that program that was posted by happyguy. It seemed to work, the about blank crud isnt coming back for now. However I am remaining skeptical about it. It actually found alot more crud than i thought it would. I guess ad-aware doesn't really … |
| | my computer is running very slow and locks up frequently. Here is my hijack this file, was wondering if there was anything i could do to help this problem. thanks. Logfile of HijackThis v1.97.7 Scan saved at 1:44:48 AM, on 6/21/2004 Platform: Windows XP (WinNT 5.01.2600) MSIE: Internet Explorer v6.00 … |
| | Can anyone give me some step-by step advice to get rid of this? All the fixes give in the forum seem very specific to each case so if someone could run through the solution with me that would be great! Here's my log: Logfile of HijackThis v1.97.7 Scan saved at … |
| | I have been noticing that my computer is very slow. My browsers take a long time to open up about 5 minutes at times. When looking at my task manager, I saw that the system idle process was at 84%. Ive ran spybot, defragged, ran norton. I dont know what … |
| | Hi All: My PC has been hijacked by the 'about:blank' bug. I have downloaded the "About:Buster" application from the following link: [url]http://tools.zerosrealm.com/dllfix.exe[/url] (as suggested in previous thread here), and I will try to follow the instructions suggested on that site, but I am not sure which DLLs are problematic on … |
| | I installed something that allowed the bridge.dll and a number of spyware related items to return to my laptop. I used AdAware and Spybot which seemed to remove the bridge.dll and other spyware items. After I did this, I ran HijackThis and came across a wierd process (see bold item … |
| | :o i have windows xp pro and my browser is being hijacked my this stupid wohen website. i have run AD-AWARE and SPY BOT SEARCH AND DESTROY 1.3 and CW SHREDDER, all of the latest versions. but after all of that im still getting the same problem. here is my … |
| | Please can somebody help me with this problem I am very new at this sort of thing, everytime I log onto the Net my Home Page is different. A friend told me to look on the Net for Help, and here I am. Logfile of HijackThis v1.97.7 Scan saved at … |
| | im using WINDOWS XP PRO SP1...i've already used SPY BOT SEARCH AND DESTROY 1.3, AD-AWARE, and CW SHREDDER and my browser keeps doing pop ups and keeps getting hijacked..can someone help me please?? Logfile of HijackThis v1.97.7 Scan saved at 5:24:22 PM, on 6/26/2004 Platform: Windows XP SP1 (WinNT 5.01.2600) … |
| | Whenever i start windows, i get an error message that says about a missing module in bridge.dll. I know this is a spyware problem, and i have downloaded a program called Hijackthis. I have scanned my hard drive and saved it to a log file. All i need is an … |
| | First of all, thanks for all of the tips on removing this problem from my computer. I read a bunch of threads and at the moment it seems that it's fixed. I've rebooted three times with no more about:blank, so hopefully it's gone. Anyway, I haven't seen mention in a … |
| | I am currently running windows ME on my home Compaq PC. After many many hours of grief I finally purchased windows XP home to use instead. I want to completely rid my computer of ME first and then put on XP as the new operating system. I know this has … |
| | please help!! i am posting hijack this log. please tell me wht to delete. i deleted some last night on my own but it did not work...help!! Logfile of HijackThis v1.97.7 Scan saved at 7:08:12 PM, on 6/25/2004 Platform: Windows XP SP1 (WinNT 5.01.2600) MSIE: Internet Explorer v6.00 SP1 (6.00.2800.1106) … |
| | Hi, There is some sort of spyware on my computer that seems to change my browser homepage to http://<none>, but it is actually a search engine. Also about the same time this problem started, i began recieving pop-up ads telling me i had spyware. So far to try solve this … |
| | ok i have this stupid coolwebsearch on my computer and i have the reinstaller as well becuase i always do ad-aware and hijakcthis and this is what i get Logfile of HijackThis v1.97.7 Scan saved at 12:57:06 PM, on 6/25/2004 Platform: Windows XP SP1 (WinNT 5.01.2600) MSIE: Internet Explorer v6.00 … |
| | Hello, I've been reading many of the threads to rid my computer of about:blank, in an effort to save you pro's some time, but there's still something in my system. I've run adware, cwshredder, spybot and even loaded spyguard, which has helped to keep about:blank from changing my homepage. Spyguard … |
| | I keep getting the same error message when Windows XP starts: C:\system32\bridge.dll module cannot be located. I have run hijackthis and my log is as follows: Logfile of HijackThis v1.97.7 Scan saved at 04:33:48, on 24/06/2004 Platform: Windows XP SP1 (WinNT 5.01.2600) MSIE: Internet Explorer v6.00 SP1 (6.00.2800.1106) Running processes: … |
| | Hi All, I stumbled across these forums in my attempt to gain some information on a few issues I am having with my PC so hopefully someone can help me out. [U]Issue 1:[/U] Currently running Windows XP Home Edition(SP1). Today when I started my computer I firstly had an error … |
| | My explorer.exe is frozen. Everything else boots up normally, and I can still click on icons on the desktop to go to programs. Everything except for explorer. The menus will not come up, also when I minimize a program it doesn't go the the explorer bar. I went into the … |
| | I'll try to be as brief as possible but the problems I'm having are so vast and numerous that it's probably going to end up being a very huge post. [b][u]Computer Info:[/u][/b] [u]System[/u]: Microsoft Windows XP Home Edition Version 2002 [u]Computer[/u]: AMD Athlon(tm) Processor 995 MHz 512 MB of RAM … |
| | I really need some help with this Hijack log, I just got my computer to start again after I had to delete the old startup files and copy new ones from my CD and then take my computers settings back to a previous restore point. Now I want to make … |
| | I am having the sames issue as amdm55, join date 4/2004. I can't open links within Internet Explorer 6.0. I am running XP Pro. I have tried using Spybot and AdAware6.0. Even though it finds files which I fix but that does not help. In a previous article you suggested … |
| | A week or two ago I began to notice a problem with my computer. I began to get a large amount of pop ups and everytime I restarted my computer my homepage was reset to about:blank. I have tried CWS Shredder, No-Adware, Spy-Bot, and Ad-Aware. I have deleted all cookies, … |
| | I have been hijacked by the about:blank virus. I have had it for 3-4 weeks. I just spent over $450 on the Geek Squad to come out and run all kinds of programs. I have Norton Security 2004. I have Spyhunter, Ad-Aware, Spysweeper, Spybot, CWShredder, Adware Away. I have run … |
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