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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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No more defragging. real time chk dsk while idle, if needed. 15 second or under boottime. free antivirus in OS. More config like tiny firewall. Better rollback like go back except, exclude dirs, drives and file types--with vault to retrieve rolled back files. Built in spell checker that will work …

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Hello, I'm running an HP 513w, and up until recently, have had no, or minor, problems. Currently, I have a problem however. My computer is now prone to randomly shut down, although not completely. I can still hear it running, but the screen goes black, and the green power button …

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I have a bit of an odd one here and I am hoping someone might have a clue as to what I am missing... The plan was to take a Fedora 3 2TB server and replace it with a Fedora 7 4TB server. The system has been duplicated and the …

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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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So I started my girlfriends laptop today and plugged my USB phone charger in. It had never been connected to this computer before. Then after a while, we just held the power button to shut down the computer as we were in a hurry. Then when we restarted laptop, the …

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Hi! Thanks for the time. Anyhow, I'm having trouble on my laptop with a CD-ROM drive that is going undetected on my computer in explorer, device manager, disk management, and in pretty much everything else :(. I'm pretty certain the problem in linked to me using a virtual drive (in …

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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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HI i recently got a problem wid openin drives in my windows xp sp2 version.IF i double clik them they wont open but instead a new tab opens askin me to chose a program from the list to open but i can open the drive by typing its name in …

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Hi, I want to make an autorun data cd that will play music and animation during cd loading nybody can help me how to do it.Plz give me suggesion.

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I've been looking around to find out how to get rid of this darn "DCADS" Program off my computer, but I cant find it. Also ive been noticing my performance is kinda lacking, I found some people said to run the hijackthis program so i did, here is my findings, …

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i am unable to download anything. some of my software that needs to connect to the internet cannot connect. ie7 was not working however opera and firefox still work. i am unable to view some flash and some hyperlinks dont work at all. i tried to use the system restore …

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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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hi, since yesterday i have gotten this weird error message whenever i either open a folder or search something with Google, i know how i got this virus, i got it from stupidly installing an active x component which was a media codec i think but i cannot seem to …

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Hi, My laptop keeps going to the BSOD everytime I boot it up. The message says: ***STOP: 0x0000007B (0xF8A7F528, 0xC0000034, 0X00000000, 0X00000000) Any ideas on how to stop this??

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Well I have searched up other forums about this topic but they just dont seem to help me as each and every one of them is different in some way so I decided to post myself. Anyways.. Im not really sure how I got this but it is really starting …

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I ran Hijack This to see if I had anything wasting my memory, since I only have 256. I don't know what "extra button" is for. Should I post in malware? I don't suspect any malware; I just want to cut out any stuff not needed. Thanks! Here is the …

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Hi Guys Just a quick question about something that has been bothering me for some time now. When I am on the internet, using a secure wireless connection, sometimes not all the time, when I am clicking from one page to another, my 'one' click turms into 2,3 or even …

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Help! My computer has been running really slow. I have run Spybot, Ad-Aware and Trend finding some problems but not stopping my major problems. I am also having problems with programs locking up. Task Manager says they are not responding. When I end task it does not work even if …

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Today i just found this new folder , i dont know how it got in myprograms files but i def didnt install it... its some Liveupdate.exe and i did a hijack log..and sure enough it shows.. do i get rid of the sucker in " safe -boot"? and get rid …

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Please take a look at and se what is causing my computer to be slow when starting. Logfile of HijackThis v1.98.2 Scan saved at 8:08:14 AM, on 11/24/2004 Platform: Windows 2000 SP4 (WinNT 5.00.2195) MSIE: Internet Explorer v6.00 SP1 (6.00.2800.1106) Running processes: C:\WINNT\System32\smss.exe C:\WINNT\system32\winlogon.exe C:\WINNT\system32\services.exe C:\WINNT\system32\lsass.exe C:\WINNT\system32\ibmpmsvc.exe C:\WINNT\system32\Ati2evxx.exe C:\WINNT\system32\svchost.exe C:\WINNT\System32\svchost.exe …

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HI Would anyone be able to help me? I have removed a number of viruses from my laptop? Many were Trojan Horses and a couple of programs. I have scanned my computer with three different anti viruses and it is coming up clean. These are Mcafee, AVG and Antivir After …

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Hey everyone! My names Laura and I'm brand new to this forum. I'll admit it...I know nothing about computers. But I really need some help!! Recently I have found some files on my computer that I can't get rid of! I'll tell you the whole story. I have XP. Recently …

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nothing life threatning, just annoying i had a long in depth post set up before, but on attempting to preview i got the "for members only" page (wireless connection reset?) so here it is in the bare bones version: my comp: dell m1710 t2500 (2ghz) 2gb ram XP Prof SP2 …

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System: Windows XP Core 2 Quad 2.4ghz 4 gigs Ram XFX 8800 GTS 640mb Gigabyte Motherboard Just built my new computer and it was working just fine last night and the 3 weeks since I completed building it. I tried to hook up a floppy drive from my old comp. …

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My task manager no longer has the usual tabs and i can't toggle between processes and applications.When it is called the task manager shows only the applications being run and no tabs at all. What is wrong here?

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OS: XP Pro RAM: 256 MB HD: 40 GB Net: Dial-up Hey everyone. Sorry if i broke any forum rules but i have expensive connection and cant really mess around much, (i live in europe :S) My desktop wont load. It happened on 12/28/05, then the day after when i …

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All, I am having problems with a pesky virus that masquerades as a spyware removal appliation. A bubble keeps popping up from my desktop with the usual "Windows has detected spyware..It is recommended to use special spyware..." Any suggestions would be greatly appreciated!!! Here is a log of my Hijack …

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Hi, I coulnt find much under search, I was hoping someone can point me in the right direction for a tutorial on how to install a new hard drive. I have never done this before and Im not sure where the jumpers should be, should i put them in the …

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If this is in the wrong place, I apologize, and humbly ask that my query be relocated to the correct forum. Thank you. Recently, my boss requested that I put together a Delphi program for use on a number of computer systems in the area. Some of these systems are …

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Hello, I have a problem when i boot up my pc. There is a good two minute delay before it starts to load. Also, there is a slight delay when going into internet explorer. I ran noroton antivirus and found nothing. I also ran spybot and ad aware, both of …

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i have a sony vaio and a couple of days ago i plugged it into a projector, since then the display on the laptop is strange, the fonts a bit burry, pictures not clear, its hard to explain but the display used to be crystal clear! i can't figure out …

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I purchased a used HP Pavillion laptop with Windows vista Home Premium on ebay, my problem is that its asking for a password before I get to my desktop. I dont have any OS disks or knowledge of the password. Anyone with suggestion on how to get by this to …

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Hello all, I'm hoping I can get some help here. Something very strange is going on with my pc, and I'm pretty sure it's an HTML issue. Basically every internet page takes forever to load. Going into TASK MANAGER I see the "SYSTEM" process goes up to about 65% or …

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As requested by crunchie I am posting this as a new thread. Have an XP computer that is continually displaying C:\windows\system32\append.dll is not a valid Windows image. Crunchie has suggested I run SDFix.exe and also Highjackthis. I have run Spybot on this computer and also doing full virus scan right …

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I recently started having big problems. When I start my computer, I get 2 messages almost immediately "services.exe - Bad Image" and "lmass.exe - Bad Image" Both including the same message... "The application or DLL C:\WINNT\system32\append.dll is not a valid Windows image. Please check this against your installation diskette." I …

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Two or three weeks ago I encountered an error while booting up my computer. I switch on the machine, it makes its way to the blue login menu which contains my user account, and as I'm entering my information the blue screen of death flashes on the screen and the …

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Hello I have a problem I get this message that "Windows Is running Low In Virtual Memory and it make my Computer run slow. What can I do?

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guys i have vista on a small hard drive i just want to clone it onto a larger drive whilst still making it bootable, then i can format the smaller drive and use it for media storage. can anyone suggest a suitable, idiot proof cloning software i could use? many …

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Hello guys, I have a problem with my email domain under Exchange. For example, my email domain is currently "microsoft" for the email domain. The email domains "mail.microsoft.lan", "microsoft.lan", and "microsoft.lan" are 3 old domins that were previously created. These email domains continue to be automatically included as email alieases …

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Greetings, I've been working on removing some malicious spyware from my computer (Fake AV Alert). There is a ton of great info on this site, wow! I've learned a bunch and have been able to resolve some issues (I can now access Task Manager and a 2nd browser is no …

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I have a problem with my company website. We were hosting it on our network and now we are hosting offsite. When entering the URL from within the company it still takes me to our old website which is internal. Whe I am at home, the URL goes to the …

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Hi all I am assigned a task which is to port a windows project into linux. I am relatively new to the porting concept. However I find this as interesting. But to my wonder I don’t see much discussion or help on porting at web and forums. Usually people try …

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im not sure what i got on my computer but different folders randomly close within like 10 seconds. i ran ad aware scan and it found some stuff but even after removing the items, i still have this problem. I ran a hijack this scan and this is my log: …

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Sound is not working on my computer ever since i deleted some viruses. Any help would be appreciated.

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Whenever I do a yahoo or google search, when I click on a link it redirects me to crap sites. I have ran avg anitspyware and it didnt come up with anything. Here is my HJT log: Logfile of Trend Micro HijackThis v2.0.2 Scan saved at 11:47:15 AM, on 11/30/2007 …

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I am considering getting a new computer. But I need advice. Every computer I've owned has been problematic in running smoothly because the hardware has been underpowered relative to the requirements of the software I've tried to run. I've certainly learned that systems off the shelf are often underpowered in …

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