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 | An unfortunately all too comon problem. Luckily, it's been addressed here many times before- look through the threads in the following link for the solution, and more info than you ever wanted to know about spyware problems in general: [url]http://www.daniweb.com/techtalkforums/search.php?searchid=72429[/url]  |
| | Sounds like you've still got something running which is accessing the disk during the time of your scans. When you say there's nothing obvious running in the background, does that include not only programs but [i]processes[/i] as well?  |
 | Absolutely- malicious programs called "adware", "spyware", and "hijackware". You can get infested with these nasties simply by visiting certain web sites; you don't even have to download anyhting (knowingly, anyway). I'm moving this thread to our Security forum, which is where we focus on these issues. Have a read through … |
| | Re: HijackThis Log Yes... and?? :mrgreen: Have you run any of the spyware removal utilities such as those in my sig file below? If not, do so and then post a fresh log |
| | "owner documents"? Could you clarify that please? |
| | Marking as solved.... :) |
| | Is it just Netscape, or does this happen with Internet Explorer as well? Does it seem to be [i]only[/i] hotmail recipients? Can you send mail to the recipients from another computer? You might want to contact your ISP; it could be a problem with something "upstream". |
| | Re: HijackThis log You've still got a bunch of unwanted guets in there. Have you run Ad Aware, SPyBot, and CWShredder (with the absolutley most current versions and updates) yet? If not, do so and post a fresh log.  |
| | [QUOTE=lapeyre]... instead of avemspw.exe coming up in the HiJackThis scan, the file seemed to have renamed itself to aaamona.exe? Is that possible?[/QUOTE] Yes, many of these wonderful little irritants can generate random filenames. [QUOTE=lapeyre]And can you please advise me on the Windows Media Player issue as well?[/QUOTE] WMP has a … |
| | Moving to the Security forum, as this is a spyware/malware issue. :) |
| | Sounds like caperjack has it- That's exatcly what you would experience with a "closed" (aka "finalized") disk. Check your program's preference settings. |
| | You should also check the Hardware Compatibility List on Red Hat's support site. While your model of lappy will certainly run Linux, RH 8.0 is a bit old, and there might be some "gotchas" with your hardware and that particular version. Red Hat also is no longer supporting that version, … |
| | " O4 - HKCU\..\RunServices: [Image] rundll32 C:\WINDOWS\SDKQH32.DLL,Install" That looks questionable. Locate that file, right-click on it, and look through its properties- any identifying info there? |
| | You might have other "unwanted guests" in your system, but the immediate answer to your question is to have HJT fix the following entry: " O4 - HKLM\..\Run: [RunDLL] rundll32.exe "C:\WINDOWS\System32\bridge.dll",Load" By the way: Welcome to TechTalk! :) |
| | Yeah, if you're going to be sharing files and doing messaging over the Net, you'll unfortunately have to open up some ports that are considered security risks. As for file sharing, obviously you'll need sharing enabled in order for others to see/use your shared folders. I haven't been able to … |
| | [QUOTE=mrwazdakka]...got a problem with my comp, running on ME.[/QUOTE] Yup, that's your problem all right. :mrgreen: Seriously though- can you get the system to boot properly in safe mode? To do so, when the computer boots, hit the F8 key just as Windows starts up (right after the BIOS messages … |
| | It definitely sounds like the symptoms of virus/malware infection. Read through the info in the link that Catweazle posted and try the detection/removal programs mentioned there. If you find something that you can't remove or simply have questions about the removal procedures, start a new thread in our Security forum … |
| | Hi moxin, I'm moving this to our new (or perhaps not-so-new by now) Security forum; that's where we're now concentrating spyware-related troubleshoots. :) When you say that you "can't stay on line", what [i]exactly[/i] do you mean, and what type of Internet connection do you have? By the way, this … |
| | OK- yeah, you've got quite a few nasties there. In conjunction with Ad Aware, also run SpyBot (link to download is in my sig below); one of those programs will often catch somehting the other missed. Make sure you have the latest versions and the most current updates for these … |
| | So it's going to be an ad hoc network, right? That is- no WAP, just the two machines directly connected via wifi with the XP box acting as your Internet gateway. If that's the case, you'll need to configure Internet Connection Sharing (ICS) on the XP box; many tutorials for … |
| | [QUOTE=cozzy]Whoops! sorry, Caperjack, i've butted in by accident.[/QUOTE] Yeah, and you dug up a 4 month old thread just to do it... :mrgreen: |
| | Moving to the Security forum, fasten your seatbelts... :) |
| | I agree with what Dani is alluding too- if it had this problem "right out of the box", you may have a diffective or misconfigured machine. Check Task Manager to see what applications and processes you have running, and see if you can determine if any of those might be … |
| | Anything in your log files which might point to the source of the problem? Look in "Event Viewer" in your Administrative Tools menu and see if there are any messages or errors which occur right around the time of the freezes. |
| | Borrow another keyboard from someone and see if the problem still occurs; that will at least narrow things down a bit. |
 | [QUOTE] also, another quick question, is hijacking illegal?[/QUOTE] Currently no, at least not in the US. However, there is legislation being developed at both state and federal levels which, if passed, would make some or all of the tactics used by spyware distributors illegal. Do a Google search on the … |
| | You're fairly well infested from the looks of your HJT log. Download and run the removal tools in my sig file, let them fix everything they find, and repost a fresh HJT log after that. |
| | Definitely follow caperjack's advice concerning the the Spyware/hijackware removal utilities he mentioned. In terms of restoring the IE icon on your desktop: open Window's Explorer (not Internet Explorer) and navigate to your Program Files->Internet Explorer folder. Right-click on the IEXPLORE.EXE file, go to "send to", and choose the "Desktop (as … |
| | Moved to the Security forum... :) |
| | knaiad, If you felt like you were being brushed off, I'd like to offer an apology. We're a relatively new (and relatively small) support site, those of us who moderate and/or provide advice do so on our free time and on a strictly volunteer basis, and to be quite honest, … |
| | Make sure you have applied the latest security patches and bug fixes from Microsoft. depending on the exact exploit, they may have published a fix for it. If not, tell us what specific info SpyBot reports about the exploit and we'll see if we can find a manual fix. |
| | Re: Bridge.dll again You've definitely got some problems there. Download and run the following spyware removal tools to clean the nasties out of your system (you should also run a full virus scan as well): [url="http://www.lavasoftusa.com"]Ad Aware [/url] [url="http://www.safer-networking.org"]SpyBot Search & Destroy[/url] [url="http://www.spywareinfo.com/%7Emerijn/downloads.html"]CWShredder[/url] |
 | [QUOTE=alc6379]Try running [url="http://vil.nai.com/vil/stinger"]Stinger[/url]-- it detects and removes both viruses, along with about 40 others :)[/QUOTE] You might also want to check your system for spyware/adware/malware if you haven't already. Read through some of the posts in our Security forum for instructions on downloading and using a few of the useful … |
| | Yes, it's pretty much just a question of setting the sharing properties for any folder whose contents you wish to share. The exact procedure differs a bit between XP and 98, partially because XP has more security features than 98 does. With XP you have more control over the permissions … |
| | As YzK said, download and run HijackThis and post the log file it generates. That will allow us to see exactly what "guests" you've still got in your system. Also, Ad Aware, SpyBot, and the like will usually nail 99% of the "malware" programs, but [i]only if you keep them … |
| | A few of our members have had similar problems in the past. Look through the threads in the link below for possible solutions: [url]http://www.daniweb.com/techtalkforums/search.php?searchid=67005[/url] Also, your problem could be caused by a spyware/Hijackware program or other similar malicious software. Read through the threads in our Security forum for suggestions on … |
| | [QUOTE=crunchie]Have merged your two threads. Please stay with this one until your issue is resolved.[/QUOTE] Hey Chris- I axed the duplicate post as well. |
| | [QUOTE=t0x]sorry for spamming, but please help..[/QUOTE] Please try to be patient- our members are helpful, but we all have lives apart from here, and we do this on a volunteer basis as well. I'm sure that if anyone who's read your post had the solution they would have posted it, … |
| | Skip House Call and do the rest of what crunchie suggested. |
| | Re: Dns error I'm moving this to our Security forum; that's where we concentrate on HijackThis log analysis and other "malware"-related problems. :) |
| | How much memory (physical RAM, not virtual memory) do you have? Unless you have only a very small amount of RAM, the problem is probably elsewhere. Has this always been a problem, or did it just happen suddenly? If the later, were you changing anything on your system around the … |
| | The first thing you should do is try to narrow things down. If possible, try another monitor and ideally, also put your monitor on another computer. That will at least tell you if the problem lies with the monitor or not. |
| | You could still have any number of spyware/adware/hijackware programs (or at least pieces of them) still in your system. I'm moving this to the Security forum- read through the posts there to learn how use not only Ad Aware, but SpyBot, CWShredder, HijackThis, and a few of the other free … |
| | Re: bridge yet again Oh man, that's a bit of a mess... :sad: Please download and run Ad Aware, SpyBot, and CWShredder (links are in my sig below). Those programs will detect and remove most if not all of what you've been infected with. It's probably a good idea tio run a full virus … |
 | tetsuo, You need to start your own thread for your question. When multiple people start posting questions in a thread started by someone else, it can quickly become difficult to keep track of which answers relate to which question. That is why we ask our members to adhere to our … |
| | You've got more than the worm going on there as well (all of that MyWay/MySearch stuff needs to go). Please download and run the following spyware removal tools, letting them fix anything they find: [url="http://www.lavasoftusa.com"]Ad Aware[/url] [url="http://www.safer-networking.org"]SpyBot Search & Destroy[/url] |
| | The filesystem type won't have anything to do with your browser's ability to connect or display web pages. The error could be caused by a few things; does this happen every time you connect? Once you get the error, can you then go to other sites and have them display … |
 | 'Bout time! :mrgreen: Welcome aboard Chris! :) |
| | You could be infected by hijackware/spyware/etc., especially if you use Internet Exploder as your Web browser. If this only happens when you search, but not in normal browsing, this could very well be the case. Do you get the error if you just type a URL into your location bar, … |
| | Re: My hijakit Log No, you didn't do anything wrong- why do you ask? You do have a lot of problems there; follow these instructions posted one of our HJT/spyware specialists (crunchie): [QUOTE] Download & instal Adaware from [url="http://www.computercops.biz/downloads-file-292.html"][u]here[/u][/url] & update it B4 scanning. In settings under 'scanning,' have it set to 'scan within … |
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