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Hi, i'm new here and i just found this forum out and it looks great :cheesy:

K, i've been having this problem for weeks now and trying o get it out but the problem keeps coming back.I scanned my Pc with norton,AVG and Spy-bot but results sais no virus was found ( i did find some Spy-ware in the Pc an eliminated them but that isn't the real problem).
This "thing"(i'ma call it thing cuzz i don't know what it is)won't let me copy paste,disconnect when i'm online and the toolbar icons are on the left , i really have no clue what the prob is so plzz some1 help me out here

P.S. i have windows 2000 prof

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described three linked symptoms on Windows 2000: copy/paste failure, inability to disconnect from the network, and altered toolbar behavior. correctly pointed toward an isolation test and was right to suspect persistent spyware. Below is a concise, prioritized troubleshooting and recovery plan that ties those ideas together and explains what each step will reveal.

  1. Boot to Safe Mode and observe whether the three symptoms persist. If functions return, the culprit is very likely a third‑party service, shell extension or BHO rather than core OS files.
  2. Produce a clean-boot configuration (msconfig or Autoruns) and selectively disable non-Microsoft startup items and services to isolate the offender.
  3. Capture a current process/startup snapshot (Process Explorer/Autoruns) and a startup/IE log (HijackThis style). These logs are the standard forensic starting point for identifying toolbars, BHOs, rogue services and scheduled tasks.
  4. Perform an offline scan from a rescue CD/USB or attach the drive to a known-clean machine and scan with updated AV and rootkit scanners. Offline scanning avoids active malware hiding itself while the OS runs.
  5. Inspect specific places that match the symptoms: the hosts file, IE proxy settings, installed remote-control software (VNC, pcAnywhere, RATs), unknown running services/drivers, and shell extensions that hook the clipboard or Explorer.

Symptom mapping: copy/paste hooks are often caused by DLLs injected into Explorer/clipboard chains; toolbar/icon layout changes point to shell extensions or replaced explorer components; inability to disconnect can be caused by a service or network driver that intercepts or reinstates connections (or by remote‑control trojans). If clipboard and disconnect fail even in Safe Mode, suspect a low‑level driver or rootkit.

Recovery note: back up personal files from a clean environment, prefer offline removal methods for rootkits, and accept that a full wipe-and-reinstall is sometimes the only guaranteed fix. Because Windows 2000 is long out of support, modern protection and tools may not work reliably on it; migrating to a supported OS is the safest long-term solution.

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Member Avatar for I_Broke_My_Mhz

Try doing copy & paste in safe mode and see if it works then.

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Try doing copy & paste in safe mode and see if it works then.

Well thx but i want the problem solved ,because this isn't something normale i have in this Pc that doesn't want me to disconnect,copy paste and that toolbar icon thing , so what i want is a answer on what i have in my Pc and not trix i have to pull off to do some thing hahaha but thx annyways

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Well thx but i want the problem solved ,because this isn't something normale i have in this Pc that doesn't want me to disconnect,copy paste and that toolbar icon thing , so what i want is a answer on what i have in my Pc and not trix i have to pull off to do some thing hahaha but thx annyways

I think what he's getting at is to try to figure out if it's an OS issue or an is issue with another program. If it works in Safe Mode, then it's an issue with another program. He's not trying to provide any "trix" for you-- that's valid troubleshooting.

This is most likely related to spyware. Please check out some of the suggestions provided below:
http://www.daniweb.com/techtalkforums/thread5690.html

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