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Sorry to dredge up this common problem...but I'm about to take a sledge hammer to my laptop.... I am stuck in the startup loop. It's difficult to get to the screenwhere I select Safe Mode...so once I'm there I choose "Safe Mode" and it asks for my windows password. Then …

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I had my laptop recovered last week since my XP is not loading. That's done. So, when it was finally working I realized that I still had to re-install the video, graphics & modem drivers. When I tried installing the video driver, it didn't work, probably because the driver I …

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hi my friends. as i know there are many implemented NIDS based on misuse detection as snort. but my question is about anomaly detection based systems. is there anyone implemented? cheers.

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hi all i have a problem with winpcap i have installed on my system. actually the problem is NPF. i used msinfo32 to see if winpcap is running on my pc or not ,it is supposed to be running but it is not.it is stopped . how can i make …

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I spent part of yesterday defragging and running all my AV and spyware programs. Everything was clean until I ran PestPatrol, which found a pest named CWS.GoogleMS.3 located in: HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Internet Settings\ZoneMap\Domains\xxxtoolbar.com. I Googled the xxxtoolbar to try to get some info on it, but all I could find were removal …

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Okay, so I don't usually restart my system. It's not because I don't install software, it's just that I don't always believe the developers that I need to :o . So anyways, this isn't good for finding reasons why windows is having a hard time restarting. Mostly because I've installed …

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Lately, when i have several MSN chat windows open, the whole look of the windows change and lines disappear and stuff. I'll try to get links to give u an idea of what i mean. It has been happening for quite a while now, and happens pretty much everytime i've …

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I resently installed SP2 for Windows Xp and i had a problem with my computer a couple days later and so I did a system restore. Without thinking I set my computer back 5 days not thinking that I installed SP2. When the computer restarted after doing the system restore …

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After installing Service Pack 2, I started getting balloons on the system tray telling me that the status of Norton Antivirus and Firewall are unknown. I figured it was just the fact that it didn't work with Norton, but my Grandma's computer has the exact same version of Norton we …

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Alright, I dunno if this should be under networking or games, but we'll start here. First off, I've been to the Microsoft help site, and AoM help site, but it's rather vague and not much of a help. Their answer to most stuff is 'Contact your local network administrator.' Anyway, …

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When I startup I go into Task manager and see that there are programs working under my username that shouldn't be working. Hoe do I foind out where they are stored and get rid of them? I think they are causing pop ups or are spying on me. winaudit.exe happens …

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hey all, we have several public folders in outlook and if you go into any one of them that contain items, those items cannot be opened by anyone. permissions are there for those who need them. we are running windows 2000 server farm with exchange 2000. i am the owner …

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Okay..I have a huge midi problem with SBLIVE 5.1.... Here is how it goes...I bought myself a Yamaha PSR172 just to mess around with midi on the computer....I use it mainly in Fuity Loops Studio and when I first bought the keyboard..it worked perfectly fine...no problems with that... Then suddenly...I …

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I have a weird problem with my cd-drives in windows 2000 pro. I have two cd-drives, another is Samsung dvd/cd drive, and another a Fujitsu Siemens cd-r drive. Now, every time I try to open a cd in my computer, it says: " The disk in drive * is not …

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I company I have been working for has the follwing two viruses Backdoor-ciu & Vbs/pyfe according to thier IT support people. Norton has only started recognizing it this morning(one new variant one brand new virus). I don't have norton! I'm using antivir XP. the suspicion is that a CD of …

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I had alot of viruses in my computer. My new and updated antyvirus have found most of them, but somehow it seems that there is still something that doesn't let the computer work properly. Spybot also fixed (deleted) few things, but still. (I'm talking about Windows2000). Hope you can find …

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The message I am getting, without the icons appearing, only the wallpaper, is "explorer" is "closed for illegal operation and will be shut down. If problem persists, contact the program vendor. Explorer caused an invalid page fault in module explorer.exe at.... registers ......" All I want to do is get …

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I am having the same problem a lot of people have had. The evil "Cannot find server" error. Sometimes after re-starting, I can connect to sites for about 5-10 minutes, but after that, I can't connect to any site with Any browser. I've had this problem before, and just use …

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I can seem to get rid of this page...searchportal.info/hangman/. I use HJT and it goes away for about 10 mins. I guess it restarts itself or something.

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This is my first time using the forum. I have been having trouble for months with spyware and pop-ups. Mostly i have gotten around this by using mozilla and renaming .exe files .backup files but the problem is definatly getting out of hand. I have used ad-aware, aboutbuster, spybot-s&d, cwshredder …

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Hi! I'm using Windows 98 and a few days ago I started getting many popups from sites such as "ads1.revenue.net" and "ad-a-w-a-r-e.???". I have Zone Alarm, AVG and Ad-aware on my computer. I also got something called Cookie Wall and I started using Spybot. According to them, my system is …

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[FONT=Arial]arial[/FONT][SIZE=4]4[/SIZE] :rolleyes: I receive the following message: Error No.1064. " You have an error in your SQL Syntax. Check the manual that corresponds to your MySQL server version for the right syntax to use near 'and chrStatus'= 1' at line 1. Can somebody please help me ?

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When I open IE, my Homepage is a Search Page (Named "about:blank") I did not specify. An ad for Anti-Spyware software also comes up. After that, I can browse normally with an occasional Anti-Spyware pop-up. However, I cannot set my homepage. Here is the HijackThis Log I ran: Logfile of …

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[FONT=Arial Black]arial black[/FONT][COLOR=Black]black[/COLOR][SIZE=4]size 4[/SIZE] I use Windows ME /Intel 4 Processor. For the first time I cannot open any links in e-mails for which I am subscribed. I receive the mail,but the link for information does not open. I have always used a Norton's firewall and Anti-Virus,and have never experianced …

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My neighbor was complaining about adware/spyware/etc and asked me to come over to try and fix it. I ran Norton AV and AdAware to clean things up. Here's the HJT log: Logfile of HijackThis v1.98.2 Scan saved at 1:52:35 PM, on 9/16/2004 Platform: Windows XP SP1 (WinNT 5.01.2600) MSIE: Internet …

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Please walk me through finding this error - Fatal exception - OE 0028 VXD VFAT (01) - running windows 98SE. dayday - thanks - happens at different times.

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Hi all! I'm back with another strange problem. :mrgreen: I have a Dell 8250. About two weeks ago, at exact times twice a day, a stacato series of beeps will blast over my speakers. For example, at 50 and 55 after every hour, all day and night, maybe 10 beeps …

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hi...i'm using mozilla and opera browsers at the same time . With mozilla , nothing happens if i click on the " hotmail " box in the msn.com website . Below , in both mozilla and opera , i can see " total:0kb " , " time:1:48 " and " …

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Hi, i have recently created a logon script for a department where i work, weird thing is it wont run. the script is sitting in netlogon on the AD controler with all of the other scripts. before this script each person had there own script named after the user id, …

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ok.. i had a trojan on my pc that i just couldnt get rid of so i formated my pc.after that i installed the windows updates and i noticed load times were much slower.i cant even play my online game anymore(Americas Army Operations).the games loading time is way longer that …

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Just got to love the number of posts about this one. While I found it a nuisance after removing the files that left it, I did not find bridge.dll invasive, just painful. The info here (and numerous references to HJ) made it easy to get rid off, but his may …

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I believe I have an older version of explorer that was installed by previous owner two years ago (ver.4?). After running "PCBugDoctor" and "Spybot", and shutting down the computer, I found I would get to the point where the wallpaper would load up, then the error message pops up, saying …

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Hi, I am in the process of building my first computer and have a question about WinXP, when I bought my memory and motherboard I also bought the WinXP OEM version (from zipzoomfly) because it was about 150 dollars cheaper then the full version and the only difference was the …

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ok i resently had to reformat my windows Me. i got the new Ad-aware SE personal (free version) and once i installed and tryed to open it i got 2 messages. one: "Ad-aware has caused an error in <unknown> close(in a box) Ad-aware will now close. if you continue to …

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Hey guys, I'm new to these forums, and I just registered to ask about a problem that I've never encountered before. Right now I'm the techie handling the server + computers in my high school journalism class (newspaper). So now the question... I've installed pagemaker on the computers, running windows …

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Yesterday I was surfing the internet for "nvidia 6800 GT" under google, and I clicked on one of the pages I saw and it was a review page for the video card and after I closed IE there were about 20 different icons on my desktop that werent there before, …

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Hi, I have a Lexmark X75 all in one center, it used to work (I was able to print, scan and copy) however I ran out of ink and didn't use it for a while. I had problems with my computer (something happened with the registry, it is working fine …

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Hi, i have a whole lot of pop ups on my computer whenever i surf the web, i've dl'ed Adaware and spybot sd updated the both and it finds a couple of entries which i end up deleting and removing, although the problems comes back every time i reboot. Any …

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have checked speaker- ok, after recording , playback to much static to cut cd. was working fine, this just started. Do I need instructions on the recordings settings? :sad: please help me :) gayleaway ps have creative recorder also have xp professional Thank YOU

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I am having a very hard time trying to figure out an answer to my problem, so maybe someone can help. Whenever I try to access certain sites with Internet Explorer 6.0 (I think they may be called secure sites), I get the error message "Page Cannot Be Displayed". Its …

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everytime i start my computer, this error message pops up. I am not very computer savvy so I'm not really sure what to do. I have run Ad-aware numerous times and there are always objects found. How do I fix this? Please help me!

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I have a Dell dimension 4550 running Windows XP home edition Service Pack 1. I have been trying to get rid of spyware and pop-up adds and in the process i think i have deleted some files i needed, one of which is shell.dll. I have downloaded a copy from …

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I'll be soon upgrading my computer; new motherboard, case, processor and RAM. I'm running Win2000Pro. What are the caveats in doing this. It seems on the outside, a simple matter of blanket copying all on the "C" drive to the new drive. I've been told maybe WinImage would be the …

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Hey.. Does anyone have any tips on how to make my computer faster? It's really slow sometimes.. It's not a very "good" computer, my boyfriend called it "cheap piece of budget shit", but are there any ways to speed it up a bit? I defragmentated it yesterday, how often should …

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this a lof from adware se 1.04 ok can u guys tell me what to do!!!! Ad-Aware SE Build 1.04 Logfile Created on:Wednesday, September 08, 2004 3:25:28 PM Created with Ad-Aware SE Personal, free for private use. Using definitions file:SE1R7 06.09.2004 »»»»»»»»»»»»»»»»»»»»»»»»»»»»»»»»»»»»»»»»»»»»»»»»»»» References detected during the scan: »»»»»»»»»»»»»»»»»»»»»»»»»»»»»»»»»»»»»»» CoolWebSearch(TAC index:10):105 …

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I am using windows xp. when i surf internet all websites are shown as trusted sites at the bottom of the screen although i dont have any websites in trusted sites zone.can anybody tell me how to rectify this error

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I am having major problems with pop ups and other junk installing itself on my computer. I have been running Adaware and Spybot, and I am constantly running Norton. Any help would be great. Here is my HijackThis Log 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\Common …

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