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This is super frustrating!!! My computer stopped running Security Task Manager and would not enter safe mode. I read a post that suggested using the safeboot option on the boot.ini tap in winconfig. i tried did and now the system reboots after you select any option from the F8 menu …

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im new here in this forum i hope that you can help me better here than the yahoo.answers.. my pc is reformated because it has a virus and now im done formatting it when my computer starts theres a dialog box appearing on my screen it says c:\windows\system32\tools\tem.exe.Make sure you …

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Hi! Well, I'm new in this forum, and I want your help, please, because I'm in troubles with my pc, because a few days ago, I didn't pay attention when somebody sent me a link, and.. that link was a trojan.. :S and well, AVG is working in my pc, …

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Hey there, I've been googling this problem and have come across a few posts on this and other websites regarding a virus(es) that are restarting 'explorer.exe', making using my computer quite frustrating =(. Anyways, I would appreciate any help =). This is the Hijackthis logfile from a few seconds ago. …

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Been having trouble logging into hotmail, facebook and my schools e-mail account. I am not on my schools internet and everytime I try to login to these sites I get a blank screen say IE could not open this page as if I were not connected to the internet. Here …

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Hi, Initially everytime i ran my windows explorer, it auto shuts down and along with it, my desktop icons and taskbar disappears leaving only the desktop wallpaper. After which i tried restoring my system. Now the windows explorer keeps shutting down automatically like 3-5 secs after running it, the desktop …

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i got a dell b130 that is very slow and keeeps crashing i just upgraded the memory from 514mb to 2 gb havent noticed the change yet i also ran norton for virus and it didnt pick up anything ooh yes tha control panel was missing and with win tweak …

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Been searching the web about this [URL="http://www.precisesecurity.com/blogs/2008/06/17/nowfixpccom-messenger-service/"]nowfixpc[/URL] and [URL="http://www.precisesecurity.com/blogs/2008/06/17/registry-update-adware/"]Registry Update[/URL] which have been bothering me since this morning. Tried the removal of the said malware from the same website but RU is still showing some signs such as its presence in Program Files. Pop-ups are gone, am I clean already?

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Hi, I have a Trojan that I cant get rid of. Here is my HJT log. Thank you so much for any help. Logfile of HijackThis v1.99.1 Scan saved at 15:08: VIRUS ALERT!, on 6/15/2008 Platform: Windows XP SP3 (WinNT 5.01.2600) MSIE: Internet Explorer v7.00 (7.00.6000.16674) Running processes: C:\WINDOWS\System32\smss.exe C:\WINDOWS\system32\winlogon.exe …

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help! Mcafee says that i have new win32 virus and cant fix it. computer is running slow. IE keeps poping up.. this is my hijackthis log Logfile of Trend Micro HijackThis v2.0.2 Scan saved at 12:56:25 AM, on 6/15/2008 Platform: Windows XP SP2 (WinNT 5.01.2600) MSIE: Internet Explorer v6.00 SP2 …

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Hi there, I've read a few threads about this Aurora, and I think I have it....VERY slow screen refresh, shows up on spybot, etc. here's the hijackthis report I just ran, since it seems to be where everyone is asked to start. Thanks for any help Logfile of HijackThis v1.99.1 …

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It all started when I started getting a "System Error" window. It said my name and something about possibly having a trojan and that it recommended me downloading some spyware. I thought it strange, especially knowing my full name, so I clicked on cancel. But every other time I tried …

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Hey there im just new to this forum and like many others i also seem to have a problem... Didn't really wanna hassle anyone but after searchin through some posts i still couldnt find an answer to my problem. Basically i have downloaded some albums tonight from sites such as …

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For at least a week, I've been having major issues with my computer. I had a million pop-ups, and certain websites (Myspace, aol, google...) wouldn't work. Somehow my anti-virus/spyware software got deleted from my computer, and I didn't delete it. I couldn't download any new software either, because it wouldn't …

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Hey can people help me my friedn got a old computer and the screen just turns blue here i will give you my hijack this file... Logfile of Trend Micro HijackThis v2.0.2 Scan saved at 3:59:02 PM, on 6/14/2008 Platform: Windows XP SP2 (WinNT 5.01.2600) MSIE: Internet Explorer v7.00 (7.00.5730.0013) …

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I've recently been getting pop ups from Internet Explorer while using Firefox and I never even use IE. I tried downloading and running a few random spyware programs but none have helped. Usually I can find answers online just by googling but this just won't seem to stop. After clicking …

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A few days ago I accidentally inadvertently clicked upon a popup ad that I was trying to get rid of and a black screen appeared on my desktop replacing my wallpaper with a message that still reads, 'Warning, your computer is infected! How the hec do I get rid of …

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yesterday an anti virus message appeared on my pc and before i could delete it it installed itself and my norton anti virus does not remove it and just to access this site i have a warning message from this ieav.exe 3 times before i could write this nothing seems …

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Okay, so earlier today, I seem to have contracted some kind of virus. I was on MSN messenger and I recieved one of those stupid messages with those links with these kinds of virus attached to them but for some reason I didnt pay attention and I was careless and …

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i just recently upgraded to vista from xp, and getting everything set up, i can't sync the time with the windows server, i tried to download spybot, and i can't connect to that to download the setup files, i can download the installer, but thats it. I have utorrent and …

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Hi All, Im currently running Vista 32bit on an Core 2 Duo PC. The other day, after installing and uninstalling my anti-virus software to update and change i noticed some of my web pages were refusing to load. Sometimes if i closed the browser 3 or 4 times it would …

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Oh god, someone PLEASE help me!!! Certain websites aren't working for me via Fx & IE, but they are working for others. In fact I had just installed AVG, thought that was part of the problem & uninstalled it (I'm going back to Anti Vir), but it's still a problem. …

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HELP, my PC has always been virtually virus and spyware free because i use avg annti-virus & spybot. but recently ive had some real serious problems with my pc. I get these "Buffer Overrun" errors in "explorer.exe" which causes all programs and the task bar and desktop to close down …

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Hi I have had an unusually high cpu usage for the past 2 days. Especially when using firefox or safari or similar programs. I have over 300GB of hard disk space and almost 3gb of ram. I have never had over 80% cpu usage even even using high-end games but …

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Hello everybody, i'm in desperately in need of help. I have recently acquired some kind of virus/bug/nasty. There is a "VIRUS ALERT!" Warning appears in my system tray. I am unable to access most things in my start bar, and I cannot access control panel or my computer. Also, when …

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Hello Last Wednesday my computer became very effectively infected. My desktop became a selectable icon, (a version of the SmitfraudFix icon), the C drive had disappeared, was unable to access the display icon (came back with administration privilege required). The system was constantly accessing the internet, the antivirus soft, Avira …

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A huge advertisement pops up as a web page on my screen randomly, and my current antivirus and antispyware, etc, programs aren't able to find the virus. I don't know what to do! Help?

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ive done the search and looked at the other threads, but mine seems a bit different, i got infected with the "AnitmalewareGaurd" guy, and i managed to get rid of most of the problems with spybot S&D, but i still have a few problems, on my taskbar it says "VIRUS …

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Last Friday, 6/6 I managed to acquire the spyware, Antivirus 2008. After research and finding what this is all about, I installed Webroot Anti Spyware, PCTools Anti Spyware and a Registry Cleaner, I made several passes with these programs until everything was clean. I left the computer last night only …

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I have had a lot of trouble with spools.exe . I clean it off and it just keeps comming back. This computer, a Dell Dimension 3000, 1.5 GB RAM, sp2, had a lot of trogans and viruses and I was able to clean most of them with Spybot Search and …

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