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I have two hard drives on my system. The first drive has Win XP. I was reformatting the second drive to load Win98 when I stupidly started to format the d: drive. (Which is where Format.com had put What had been my C: drive.) It went about 20% thru the …

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Hi, I have the same problem with the mysearchnow trojan. I looked through the answers on these pages and tried to fix it. I managed to get rid of some of it, but my startpage is still hijacked. Running hijackthis in safe mode i fixed R0 - HKCU\Software\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Main,Start Page …

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Hi, I was advised in the Hardware forum to do this. My modem seems to connect itself at different times. This has started since I got Call Forwarding, and a program that enables me to answer the phone when I am online(or I can ignore the caller, etc..a screen pops …

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Hey it seems like i get rid of one virus and another one pops up > I dont know how long i can take my comp getting infected , since i have AVG, spy bot, spy-blaster, adware 6.0, puritan remover & mcaffee..I dont want to re install windows xp again …

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I have run avg antivirus and there is a trojan horse downloader purity.E in C/:doc. and settings/paul application data/ttdu.exe that avg can't remove I could really use some advice on how to get rid of this I have run cw shredder/adaware/spybot search and destroyand a few other prorams that said …

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I know it sounds weird, but here is my story. Well, I have Windows XP Service Pack 1, and I have a Toshiba Laptop. My weird story: Well, it all began with the res:// problem. I did everything, but I foundout how to fix it. I just had to UPDATE …

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Win98SE I cannot start the computer. At startup the Dell banner window appears for a full minute or so. The Window 98 banner page then appears briefly. Instead of then opening Windows a black page appears with the following message. Cannot find SYSTEM.INI. You need to run Windows Setup again …

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When I try to save a picture, even when its animated and supossed to be gif, it usually only wants to save on bitmap. Can someone help me out?

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OK guys, got this retarted problem, I changed the DNS on one of my sites and it has now fully propogated. When My programmer that sits beside me goes to my forum, he sees the new site new DNS my content writer on the otehr side sees the new site …

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Hello, Is there anyway that I can change the LPT1 printer port to USB port when I use MSDOS? I am to have LPT1 printer to print my government documents from MSDOS, and use the USB port printer for all other documents used with Windows XP. Please Help!!!! Houseape

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Here is my HijackThis logfile. Thank you for your help. Logfile of HijackThis v1.97.7 Scan saved at 1:13:25 PM, on 6/22/2004 Platform: Windows 2000 SP4 (WinNT 5.00.2195) 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\svchost.exe C:\Program Files\Common Files\Symantec Shared\ccSetMgr.exe C:\Program Files\Common Files\Symantec Shared\ccEvtMgr.exe C:\WINDOWS\system32\spoolsv.exe C:\WINDOWS\System32\svchost.exe …

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Please help me help this guy who has completly stuffed up his new computer and its riddled with spy ware etc. I have run all the usual progs and its not easily fixable. If I post my hijack-this log, can someone just quickly point out the safe items to delete …

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Help ! My integrated board's video card must have gone (no comments pls., I didn't have enough money at the time), so we have to replace the WHOLE MB. The problem is, Win 2000 doesn't allow you to just copy on top of itself. So we have to reformat. I …

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in browsing the web, my computer has contracted a program which has hijaked my desktop. It has created an image over the desktop background which properties are: __________________________________ General: Not Available Protocol: File Protocol Type: HTML document Connection: Not encrypted Address(URL): file://C:\WINDOWS\Web\desktop.html Size: Not Available Created: Not available modified: Not …

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Here is my hijack log. I am being blocked from going to msn, yahoo, and other major sites. I have researched this, and I have used just about every fix suggested. I ran cws earlier, and I just ran ad-aware and spybot in safe mode. I also used ipconfig dnsflush …

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Hello I have win 98. And had a problem with using the maintenance wizard to defrag and clean up hard drive. It kept restarting itself and I had to defrag in "safe mode" However everytime I use the safe mode for that it messes up my icons on my desktop …

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I am unable to enter the regedit -The box pops up and then exits , same for the control panel add and remove. Is this a virus or just software glitch? there are no error msgs this happens both in 98se and 2000

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Hey everyone, Im sorry, yesterday I made a post saying that my internet browsers were lagging, this is incorrect. After using my computer a little more I discovered that dragging windows also lags, so its not an internet related problem. Anyways onto the problem. Im using a dell laptop, running …

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Can anyone help with this: RUNDLL: Error loading C\Windows\downloaded program files\bridge.dll The specified module could not be found :?:

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Well, i've got a total of 30 processes when i turn on my computer. Im wondering is there a way to get rid of them so they dont show up every time i turn on my computer. So each time i turn on my computer i dont i dont have …

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Hi everyone! This is my first post, so I'm saying hi, as well as seeing if anyone can help me with this little problem I'm having... I've recently got back from a 2-week trip, and upon turning on my computer, the monitor screen flickers continuously. This doesn't happen in safe …

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Windows XP SP1 Dell Inspiron 1100 Last few programs are Spyware Guard, Spybot, Ad-Aware, Microsoft Office XP, Norton Internet Security, Chapura, Palm Desktop. Intermittent I reformatted my hard drive this weekend. I am working through some other problems in the Security forum. I reinstalled Outlook, and then i installed the …

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Hello, i have two questions: 1 - when I start Win 2000 Pro, i always receive a message that says: Run Dll – error of loading of C:\PROGRA~1\NEWDOT~1\NEWDOT~2.DLL What is NEWDOT? How can i repair it? Can i delete the software (what is?) that load it? 2 – when I …

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My home page resets to About:blank. I've tried everything I could think of. So now I seek help from the experts. Please help me out here. Here is my current log: Logfile of HijackThis v1.97.7 Scan saved at 2:03:41 PM, on 6/29/2004 Platform: Windows XP SP1 (WinNT 5.01.2600) MSIE: Internet …

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I've been having problems with my AOL connection kepps crashing, when I ran HijackThis I found the BHO file: smiehlp.dll this seems a bit strange, anyone know what it is, is it causing my problem? thanks

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What is the best / fastest way to format a hard drive that currently has windows 98 on it? I currently don;t have any computers avail w/ xp to put the hd into. -Ron J

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Anyone knows how I get rid of tracking cookie? Have one locaeted c:\documents and settings\eier\cookies\eier@cgi-bin[1].txt That seems to be a hard one to get rid of, this one makes a lot of other cookies... (and now a folder called or located c:\windows\mslagent\) Anyone knows what this cookie does? I really …

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When I run the following ASP email script I get error. I am sending the script and error messege both. Please help me as soon as possible as I am a fresher at ASP scripting. The script:- <html> <head> <meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=windows-1252"> <title>New Page 1</title> </head> <body> <% Option …

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please help.home page changed.i've run spybot and hijackthis cleaned what i could everything came back Logfile of HijackThis v1.97.7 Scan saved at 9:49:02 AM, on 7/13/2004 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\svchost.exe C:\WINDOWS\System32\svchost.exe C:\WINDOWS\system32\spoolsv.exe C:\WINDOWS\Explorer.EXE C:\Program Files\McAfee.com\Agent\mcagent.exe …

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I've got a Windows XP installed in a PC. I forgot password to login. How could I skip or resolve this issue? Thanks for the comments or advice given. :evil:

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Hi my name is jesus ladd and i just read that all the hijack this threads have to be posted on the security forum. well this is my hijackthis log. Can you please help me and tell me what files i need to check. Thank You Logfile of HijackThis v1.98.0 …

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[COLOR=DarkRed]W2K machine. Trying to cut back on pop-ups and spyware. Have used Ad-aware, Spybot, and CWShredder. This is my hijackthis log. What should be eliminated?[/COLOR] Logfile of HijackThis v1.97.7 Scan saved at 8:07:36 AM, on 7/8/2004 Platform: Windows 2000 SP3 (WinNT 5.00.2195) MSIE: Internet Explorer v6.00 SP1 (6.00.2800.1106) Running processes: …

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I've had this laptop for about two years now, and its never given me any problems up until recently. Its a Dell Inspiron 8200... P4/2.2GHz... 512MB RAM... Runnin WinXP Home Edition SP1. Lately, I've started experiencing several problems. First, I got hit hard with the w32.pinfi virus. I'm not sure …

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hi, My homepage keeps reseting to res://hsnyc.dll/index.html#37049...it used to reset to about:blank, which i never got a chance to fix, and now its reseting to this. I've tried Sbybot, CWshredder and AntiVirus Software--and I really dont know what to do at this point. I'm not very computer savvy, so any …

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I'm having trouble getting rid of the virus Dropper.Small.4.AG AVG Is failing to get rid of it. Any help would be appreaciated. Here is my hijack this log. Logfile of HijackThis v1.97.7 Scan saved at 10:22:48, on 03/07/2004 Platform: Windows XP SP1 (WinNT 5.01.2600) MSIE: Internet Explorer v6.00 SP1 (6.00.2800.1106) …

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Hello, My startpage is hijacked by a website called [url]www.e-catalog.org[/url], can't get ride of it. Help, Mike

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For the last few weeks I have noticed that my Internet Explorer runs very slow. I am using Windows XP. It seems to run even slower late at night (early am) for no apparaent reason. I have been using Spybot and Ad-aware 6.0for several weeks (before the problem started). I …

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I am running windows Xp Professional and I have a dell dimensions PC (sorry I do not know much about computers) Hi, out of nowhere today I turned on my computer and the xp load screen comes on and then immedietely it goes to a message that states stop: c000021a …

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I'm using LINUX (redhat Linux advance server 3) & W2K. The installation is completed successfully, but many applications in Linux do not work. i.e: the xmms could not play MP3, many of applications could not found in the program list (i'm sure i checked all when i installed Linux). It …

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I've run ad-aware and spy sweeper. I'll delete everything it finds, only to run the programs again to find that its all back. I manually remove the traces in the registry, and they pop back in. My homepage keeps getting set to "about:blank" which isn't the real blank page(full of …

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Alright I am using Windows XP, what service pack i am not sure because I can't get in to my computer. ustom built machine, last 2 programs I tried to install was MVPBaseball 2004 and a Fantasy Football program. Problem just occured yesterday and as never occured before. So I …

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My computer is a mess at the moment, was infected with the Zafi virus, very nasty. Managed to get rid of it, but seem to have two more problems. I own a website and of course I keep copies of the pages on my harddrive, but now for some reason …

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I am having problems with loading photos from my digital camera, and on the website for the camera, it said the following: 4. The automatic launching software (Exif Launcher) may not be functioning correctly. Perform the following: <Windows 98, Windows 98SE, Windows Me and Windows 2000> a. Right-click the Exif …

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I seem to have a similar problem as most people around here. I am using IE6 SP1 with windows XP Home on a brand new (only had it for about a month) hp laptop (pavilion zv5000). When I click on a hyperlink that requires a new window to open there …

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[COLOR=Navy]Am facing a problem with windows 2000. Each time i try to submit a long email thru yahoo or try to delete lost of messages at a time thru yahoo or try to "submit" lot of information thru any web-site my browser window closes as soon as i hit the …

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The OS I have is Windows XP. For some reason when I click on RUN then type MSCONFIG I get this error message. This operation has been cancelled due to restrictions in effect on this computer. Please contact your system administrator. Could someone please tell me how to correct this …

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Greetings all, I am trying to make sure my PC is clear of bad things and found out about Hijackthis from a friend. He was unsure of anything in my log file and suggested that I try to find a forum that had people with the knowledge so here I …

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ok, here's what I've done to try and get rid of it: ran adaware (custom settings to suggested on here), CWShredder, Spybot S&D, the free internet virus search thingemy (cant remember the name), and i've attempted to remove it myself with HJT, but i must've missed a file somewhere.. anyways, …

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Well I have a Toshiba laptop, windows XP SP1. I start my computer, and then I am on the log-in screen. I click my user name, put in my password, and press enter. Here is where the problem starts. My name goes to the middle, and then takes a minute …

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OK i have run udtated adaware, spybot and cwshreadder and still have some problems with a anoying redirect spyware here is my Hijack this log. R1 - HKCU\Software\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Main,Search Bar = [url]http://www.sympatico.ca/ie-recherche.html[/url] R0 - HKCU\Software\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Main,Start Page = [url]http://www1.sympatico.ca/[/url] R1 - HKLM\Software\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Main,Default_Page_URL = [url]http://www.sympatico.ca/accueilpage.html[/url] R1 - HKCU\Software\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Main,Window Title …

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