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[quote]Whether your PC is 3 years or 3 days old, it faces the same, sometimes scary security issues. Viruses want to attack your system the moment it goes online, spyware is piggybacking with your mail and trying to slide in along with online ads, Trojans lay in wait at every …

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hello, i have similar problem. I can't do anything to my desktop and in addition there is a flash object o it that wont dissaper. Here is a hijackthis log file, please help. Logfile of HijackThis v1.99.1 Scan saved at 11:04:32 PM, on 4/30/2008 Platform: Windows XP SP2 (WinNT 5.01.2600) …

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Every time I scan my AVG Anti-Virus it comes up with over 24000 warnings. 90% are adware, cool.web.search. I run Spybot, Ad-Aware every day. Can anybody help? Thanks in advance.

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McAfee tells me I have New Win32 in several of my files. Below is a HiJack log and I'd appreciate it if I could get some help from someone who knows what this says. Thanks so much!! Logfile of Trend Micro HijackThis v2.0.2 Scan saved at 9:33:32 PM, on 4/23/2008 …

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Basically my computer was working fine this morning and now this evening I can't open any of the files (exe)...AVG stopped working a few weeks ago I didnt think much of it but now I can't open any files nor can I run any virus detector on my comp.... Logfile …

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My computer has been acting up lately and im not sure what the problem is. my cpu usage has gone a-wall and everything loads very slowly. I dont know whether this is a virus or not so i ran another hjt report for you all to look at. Logfile of …

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Hello, i was hoping to get some help. I noticed my computer's hard drive was running when I wasn't using it, and a freind told me to log into my registry for something called rundll32.exe, if i found it, I should run hijackthis and post it here and you all …

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Not surprising in the least......... [quote]Are you using Windows Vista? Then you might as well know that the licensed operating system installed on your machine is harvesting a healthy volume of information for Microsoft. In this context, a program such as the Windows Genuine Advantage is the last of your …

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I currently use Avira Antivir Personal Edition Classic (which is the free version) as my main antivirus software. Can I install other AVs like BitDefender Free Edition 10 (which doesn't have real-time shield according to many reviews) as my back-up scanner? Or is this allowed in Windows XP Professional SP2? …

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hello to all, recently i went to open a program that i use for live music and it notified me that some of the .dll files that are needed to open the soft synth programs i have were missing... i went to the folder and indeed all of the files …

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I know this isn't an answer - but I think my questions are related to yours. I have 2 questions. 1. When I boot up my pc I get a msg saying: "Error loading pvvqswta.dll Specified module could not be found. (Nobody seems to know what this is and I …

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Hi I have a Virus named Mal_Vundo-4 and cannot remove it.I have Trend Micro office scan that currently detects the Vundo,however it cannot remove it as it clearly states.I previously ran vundfix and that didn't detect it. Any help is appreciated Thanx in advance

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Hey Any time i open a folder an Internet explorer window opens with with adds on it Can any1 help Kws

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Hi all...my first thread here so please be patient. Got a bizrre problem...PC boots up without problem but explorer fails to start or starts, then shuts itself off, and repeats this every 15 secs or so. I can still access programs via the task manager but no desktop! This even …

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It seems that i pick up a virus or something, suddenly all my antivirus software and antispyware were disabled and i can not even start in safe mode, i already tried many fixes for safe boot without any success and also i already tried with many tools like CCleaner,Hijackthis, Combofix, …

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Hi, I wanted to make the steps before posting, but I cant run the avg and the others as you see. It all worked ok, until I downloaded a 900K file called f-15 eagle..... and after that, no cccleaner, no avg, no hijackthis. I really dont get it. I guess …

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Hey all, I am having a problem that I cannot seem to fix using standard virus scans and spyware/adware programs. 1) IE no longer allows me to use tabs. When I right click on a link it does not give me the option of opening in a new tab. I …

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My brother is having a problem with his computer. The explorer keeps restarting and i have no idea what to do. I did ccleaner and I have a hijack this log as posted below. Id really appreciate any help. thanks. Logfile of Trend Micro HijackThis v2.0.2 Scan saved at 2:49:09 …

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i have tried alot alot of way to resolve the problem but none suceeded. this problem occurs after i try using 3 new hardware i bought listed down below. 1)USB CARD READER/WRITER. (no details of company and so on) 2)THUMBDRIVE MINI 2 GB (by TREK) 3)OPTICAL MOUSE model no: MX110A …

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I had recently opened a link i thought someone had posted me while chatting on msn and suddenly ended up with a trojan horse stuck on my computer. While it was on my computer and before i could entirely remove it I had sent the same link to all my …

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i had a system error symbol in the right hand corner of my screen but i was playing a game at the time so i didnt see if it popped any window up...i read on the internet that it means something to do with spyware,malware or something similar...my game was …

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There is a Trojan Horse appearing on some websites that claims that it "needs an updated driver" to display a video or similar file. It won't let you back out from installing the "upgrade," opening the same window again and again. But it is no upgrade; it is a Trojan …

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I think I've been hit by a trojan or some other intruder! My mouse cursor is acting crazy, jumping all around my screen, leaving me frequently unable to control it for long periods. It likes to zip over to the right side of the screen -- where I can't see …

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I continue to get a RUNDLL can not find C:|WINDOWS\system32\upefwdyk.dll. Specific module could not be found. This appears after I had identified multiple viruses (smithfraud etc) and was forced to change and delete etc. I will add the last hijackthis info if this helps. Logfile of Trend Micro HijackThis v2.0.2 …

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and unprompted. It doesn't matter what I am doing they just keep opening up. A new window opens about every few minutes usually when I startup another application. Though I think they open faster if I am browsing the internet. I did notice that whenever a new Internet Explorer window …

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Over the last couple weeks my Outlook program has been automatically sending what I think are mass emails to addresses with a .ru suffix. I only know this because I periodically (about 2x a week) get failure notices where an email address was undeliverable. I usually get about a dozen …

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:@ I reinstalled that entire PC from scratch (reformated the drive). Something must have come back from a restore because I have this OuterInfo crap on the PC that keeps popping up ads. When try to uninstall it, it asks for me to type in characters from a graphic as …

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Randomly opens Internet Explorer to websites, ran several virus scans to no avail Logfile of Trend Micro HijackThis v2.0.2 Scan saved at 5:10:55 PM, on 4/19/2008 Platform: Windows XP SP2 (WinNT 5.01.2600) MSIE: Internet Explorer v7.00 (7.00.6000.16640) 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\svchost.exe C:\WINDOWS\System32\svchost.exe C:\WINDOWS\system32\spoolsv.exe C:\Program …

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I currently have Java RE Environment 6 update 1, Java 6 update 2, and Java 6 update 3 on my computer add/remove program. Can i remove the earlier updates (1 and 2, but keep 3)?

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