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I would like to think that anyone watching, reading or listening to news reports of the unfolding tragedy that is post-earthquake Haiti could not fail to be moved first to tears and then prompted to want to do something. Most people have responded by asking themselves 'what can I do …

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I have a HP Pavilion dv8000 laptop that is about 3+ years old. It has been great until recently. I don't know what I got into but I know I'm infected. For about a month now my computer is super slow, not just on the internet. My screensaver freezes up, …

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I've heard that OS 10.6 is fairly safe for the moment from mac specific bugs, but I want to make sure I'm not carrying around windows bugs as I'll be using this in a mixed environment. So which programme is best at protecting macs from windows viruses ? Cheers!

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Hello, I don't know exactly why, but all of a sudden, my computer shows at the bottom right of the screen that it is not connected to the internet. However, it is connected to the network and the internet. This is odd and I would like it to be fixed. …

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I recently subscribed to a brief subscription of A-Squared because my ISP adamantly suggested it due to my computer sending 'bounce/spam e-mails' at the most random of times unbeknownst to me... I had bad experiences with this program in the past on past PCs, but could the in-effectiveness of this …

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So lately my pc computer has been running super slow. It takes around 10 minutes to boot up and when it is done and try to open Firefox for example, that also takes forever to load. I'm not sure if its a virus or malware or anything of that sort. …

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Hello DaniWeb Community! I'm currently working on a particularly troublesome problem with my mothers computer. What happens is if I search for something (eg. "apples") through either firefox and google or internet explorer and bing, I am redirected to spam sites. It is getting incredibly annoying. In addition, a new …

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I'm having trouble accessing anti-virus sites (and Microsoft pages as well) on the internet with my Asus Eee laptop. I've tried using a range of different browsers, deactivating Windows Firewall, and downloading Malwarebytes' Anti-Malware from a "clean" computer and transferring it to my own. Still no success, though. Following the …

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I have Windows XP Home Edition, Version 2002, which I run on eMachines version T2875. I also seem to have contracted a virus that uses Microsoft Internet Explorer to send pop-ups whenever I'm using Firefox, which is my main web browser. Yesterday, I noticed the virus for the first time, …

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[QUOTE=Demi.Moore;1083382]The Best Way to Remove Viruses, Spyware and other Malware Much of today’s malicious software features very technically sophisticated defenses against detection. The method for you remove virus: boot the infected computer using a CD, DVD or USB flash drive and run another operating system off the bootable media.[/QUOTE] Crunchie, …

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I recently came across some malware, my computer was heavily infected for about four hours. no pop ups or anything like that but it was a major cpu hog. It would also start several different .exe 's in task manager such as................ <msa.exe> <a.exe> <c.exe> and the heart of this …

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Hi. I posted this in the "Web Browser" forum eariler this evening. THEN I saw the directive to post problems with logs in this forum. So here it is: I run a 1 year old Vista machine. As far as I know the only page that is inaccessible is [url]http://www.motogpmatters.com/news/[/url] …

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I run a 1 year old Vista machine. As far as I know the only page that is inaccessible is [URL="http://www.motogpmatters.com/news/"]http://www.motogpmatters.com/news/[/URL] . This started around Dec. 23. I have tried first closing Windows Defender and AGV Free Edition. Didn't help. After reading the recent post "hacked" below, I have run …

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Greetings. Looking for some help with my Vista based laptop. I have steered clear of Limewire, etc. and been very careful about what I download and install on my HP laptop, but the other day I had a blue screen pop up suddenly with a scary and long error message. …

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Every I conduct a search for something using Google, I get the true results listed but when I click on the result I am redirected to a page on Virus software, travel sites or something similar. I have scanned Malwarebytes and Spybot and McAfee and still got problem Logs Malwarebytes' …

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Hello I am a novice at computer faultfinding. I have a problem where when using IE8 such that random websites open up. usually sites which state my machine has virus's etc. I have run malwarebyte,ccleaner,adaware, and avg free with no problems reported. Please could someone assist me to rid my …

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As the title says. Please help. Logfile of HijackThis v1.99.1 Scan saved at 7:41:24 AM, on 12/25/2009 Platform: Windows XP SP3 (WinNT 5.01.2600) MSIE: Internet Explorer v6.00 SP2 (6.00.2900.2180) Running processes: D:\WINDOWS\System32\smss.exe D:\WINDOWS\system32\winlogon.exe D:\WINDOWS\system32\services.exe D:\WINDOWS\system32\lsass.exe D:\WINDOWS\system32\nvsvc32.exe D:\WINDOWS\system32\svchost.exe D:\WINDOWS\System32\svchost.exe D:\WINDOWS\system32\spoolsv.exe D:\WINDOWS\Explorer.EXE D:\Program Files\VIA\VIAudioi\HDADeck\HDeck.exe D:\Program Files\Common Files\Real\Update_OB\realsched.exe D:\WINDOWS\system32\RUNDLL32.EXE D:\Program Files\ESET\ESET Smart Security\egui.exe …

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Microsoft® Windows® Malicious Software Removal Tool removed: TrojanDownloader:Win32/cutwail.AQ Virus:Win32/cutwail.G (I could only run this program in safe mode) Restart Ran ATF-Cleaner (Could only run in safe mode) *Received error"Application cannot be executed. The file ATF-Cleaner.exe is infected. Do you want to activate your anti virus software now?"* Restart Ran MBAM.EXE. …

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HELP: anybody who can help me?? I got some virus in my PC,and it often control my computer, so that i can not do what i want to do. and i am afraid my personal messages would be stolen. I have tried millions of anti-spyware software, such as Karpasky and …

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Hi, I had no choice but to register here and get some help as this thing is getting the best of me. Now, I'm a very careful user, rarely download/run any random software and try to get very good care of my laptop. 2 days ago, out of nowhere, it …

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Hi, I am having a problem with IE. Whenever I use google or any search engine, I am redirected to various websites instead of the ones I linked to. I scanned my computer using AVG and it removed a bunch of trojans. I also used Malware bytes and it removed …

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I need help with a Toshiba laptop that is having difficulties with IE/Firefox redirecting to advertising sites. I have tried numerous programs to kill this and have had no luck. Here is the most recent HJT log. Thanks in advance for your help. Logfile of Trend Micro HijackThis v2.0.2 Scan …

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hi.. i just used my frend's flash drive nd my system got infected.. it shows an error message like "TCP/IP module missing in npqtplugin4.dll.it may be infected by virus" whenever i open firefox .. I used an anti malware nd removed some infections. now firefox working somewhat ok.. but my …

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I am trying to fix a computer that apparently has the WPP virus. The guy that owns it said it just showed up and he thought he had removed it....translation....he removed a lot of files and now I'm not sure what's left or if the error messages I'm getting are …

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My computer has been affected by this virus Herss.exe I had a new installation of windows xp recently as my older win got crashed i think. When i try to open a drive it opens in a new window and i cannot view hidden files and system files. Also computer …

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hey guys, i am not too sure what it could be but when i play a game my computer like skips, its not from internet connection, im not an expert but im like 80% sure its a virus thats making the performance of my computer skip. another example is when …

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Hello! everyone!.. I am probably the oldest poster on this forum!. Besides a few others that I belong to!. I am herein joining in an attempt to find out why my darn CD-ROM and my DVD-RW all of a sudden disappeared from my XP Explorer. BIOS sees it fine. When …

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I am having the same problem. However I have ran several virus and malware scans with MBAM, Symantec Corporate, and PCTools Spyware Doctor, and they have located and either removed or repaired all the infected files. Yet I am still having the issue of the search results window popping up …

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I think I got rid of the problem with Ad-Aware, but I still can't use IE or Safari and I can't login to my companies Exchange server.

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I think similar threads have been posted about this virus. It disables your sound, flashes 98 theme then back to XP, sometimes it stays on 98. I've also discovered that it disables all processes that run C:\WINDOWS\System32\svchost.exe -k netsvcs. It doesn't seem to activate immediately in fact it activates randomly, …

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I have recently (within the last day or two) gotten a virus on my computer that seem to be pretty stubborn and nasty. It willnot allow me to use any other browser except Mozilla and now I can't log onto my company's exchange server either. I've ran my anti-virues scans …

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I've cleaned a computer of viruses and malware. The computer is now working great. All software appears to be running fine. This computer is running Avast Antivirus. The problem is that I noticed that Avast cannot update it's virus definitions. I would think this an Avast software problem except that …

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Hello, My computer got infected with some kind of a virus that every couple minutes plays abnoxious harmonica melody and displays pictures of different houses. I ran HJT and here is the log: Logfile of Trend Micro HijackThis v2.0.2 Scan saved at 1:22:59 AM, on 12/3/2009 Platform: Windows XP SP3 …

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I am using FF 3.5.5 and it keeps opening new tabs and redirecting my google search results to random pages. Can someone please help? Mbam log: Malwarebytes' Anti-Malware 1.41 Database version: 3110 Windows 5.1.2600 Service Pack 3 11/30/2009 11:53:12 PM mbam-log-2009-11-30 (23-53-12).txt Scan type: Full Scan (C:\|) Objects scanned: 296789 …

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I Found a problem on my site and when i compare the files on the server with my local files i found that every page (*.js or *.php) has this line on it <?php /**/eval(base64_decode('aWYoZnVuY3Rpb25fZXhpc3RzKC or a javascript line so i knew that my site has been hacked.. so 1 …

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Hi everyone I wasnt sure where to put this, but I was hoping someone could help with this problem. Everytime I start my computer everything is fine up till the login screen. Once I click on my name to login I get an error saying explorer.exe - Application error The …

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hi. basically my computer has been crashing for the last month. i think it has to do with a program browseit.exe because popups keep occuring and when i open up the task manager there are 5-10 browseit.exe running. i can end it but my computer starts to lag. i have …

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Ive searched the web countless times, and countless sites - It seems there is no fix for this. I recently had a nasty virus on my computer, which I got rid of, If I ran Malware or HiJackthis my logs would be clear, so please dont ask for logs - …

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Hello Experts! I think I'm finally going to need to reach out for some urgent help... I've been working on removing this malware/virus for a few days and thought I got it. Now I'm seeing my explorer.exe process crash quite frequently. I'm thinking there are still some lingering problems. Any …

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Hi ive been trying to fix my pc for months and i think i have a strange virus that boots off an on my pc consistantly every 10 secs.. ill try to type this short since it might shut off while im writing thisnow .. ive replaced the heat sink …

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HI I am new here so hope i am in the right place. I am running win xp sp 2 ie 7. on my laptop i can no longer access the internet wireless but i can access the internet thru a wired connection. when i am wirless and i enter …

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I have an AOL mail account and yesterday at about 11:30am an email was sent from my email address to everyone in my address book. This email was not sent by me or any one in my family, and it talked about shopping in China. Since the incident I have …

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I received the blue desktop background and virus warning message "Warning, Your system is infected!". I've followed your READ THIS threads and below is my hijackthis log. Please help. There is an Advanced Virus Remover program that popped up and I can't get it to go away. Logfile of Trend …

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i started getting this fake alert. from my brief research, it seems to be a trojan. i ran a full McAfee virus scan and it said it found a trojan and quarantined it but it still pops up. i tried using spy doctor as well as adaware but the trojan …

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Logfile of Trend Micro HijackThis v2.0.2 Scan saved at 20:27:40, on 19/11/2009 Platform: Windows XP SP3 (WinNT 5.01.2600) MSIE: Internet Explorer v6.00 SP3 (6.00.2900.5512) Boot mode: Normal 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\Ati2evxx.exe C:\WINDOWS\system32\svchost.exe C:\WINDOWS\System32\svchost.exe C:\WINDOWS\Explorer.EXE C:\WINDOWS\system32\spoolsv.exe C:\Program Files\Analog Devices\Core\smax4pnp.exe C:\Program Files\HP\HP Software Update\HPWuSchd2.exe C:\Program Files\Java\jre6\bin\jusched.exe C:\Program Files\iTunes\iTunesHelper.exe C:\Program …

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Hi everyone, for starters I am a computer amature! So please be gentle and DO speak to me like a child as I am easly confused by technically phrases. haha :) Upon loading my pc I am getting an Error Loading C:\WINDOWS\jgntesy.dll I have no clue whats thats about and …

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I just had a Jaws moment. You know, you think it is safe to go back in the water and then a bloody great shark bites your legs off. Except in this case you can replace the sea with the Internet and the shark with the [URL="http://www.daniweb.com/blogs/entry4339.html"]equally dangerous Gumblar[/URL]. According …

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Anyways guys, i have a desk top, and a laptop, but right now lets just talk about the laptop, My laptop will not let me install most antivirus programs, such as avira, AVG and and a few others, But the ones that i'm able to install is, AVAST, NOD 32, …

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I've searched the internet and have seen my problem all over, but can't find a definite solution for it. Recently, I removed some spyware (which I'm pretty sure is what caused this.) When I rebooted, an administrator account had been made (I didn't have a login account before). When I …

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