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Hi folks, First time user of the forum, desparately needing help with an infection/virus/malware on my PC running XP. My antivirus has started going bonkers popping up with messages similar to "A threat has been detected and has now been fixed. Click here for further details". My AV software is …

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Hello, I just assembled a new computer about a month ago and now I'm dealing with a small problem. a plug in called 'Click Potato lite' installed itself on my computer(or else it did when I installed xvid codecs perhaps). I ran Mbam and my normal anti virus(avast), mbam found …

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Hi Guys, For the past couple of days explorer keeps opening the wrong page, it only shows adverts when I want to open a new page. I don't know anything about computers SOMEONE HELP ME. I've run malwarebytes scan, windows defender and they found 3 trojan files, deleted them but …

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My laptop was recently infected by HDD Doctor. It will not let me connect to the internet so I'm not able to download any antivirus programs to get rid of it. I've tried rebooting the computer in Safe Mode but HDD Doctor program still pops up and will not let …

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I downloaded Spyware Cease and then found my p.c. home page was bombarded with numerous simultaneous Bing homepages (which I did not want) and my search window , which I had set to Google, sent me to all kind of sites I did not want. After trying all sorts of …

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Hello Someone sent me a .scr file and I accepted it and ran it. It started to run, and it opened the Microsoft Photo Editor program, but then it stopped, and the .scr file was gone Now, EVERYTHING is disabled by the administrator. I need help, I think someone is …

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I was happily surfing away when I got a fake windows alert saying I had an infection, disconnected the net and tried closing the alert, which opened a fake explorer also yelling about infection. Closed that and ran HT which had an on entry of: F2 Reg: System.ini: UserInit=userinit.exe That's …

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please can someone help with the above? here is my hijackthis report: Logfile of Trend Micro HijackThis v2.0.4 Scan saved at 18:43:58, on 22/01/2011 Platform: Windows 7 (WinNT 6.00.3504) MSIE: Internet Explorer v9.00 (9.00.7930.16406) Boot mode: Normal Running processes: C:\Users\Ben\AppData\Local\Audiogalaxy\Audiogalaxy.exe C:\Program Files (x86)\Creative\MediaSource5\Go\CTCMSGoU.exe C:\Program Files\Alwil Software\Avast5\AvastUI.exe C:\Windows\SysWOW64\rundll32.exe C:\Program Files (x86)\iTunes\iTunesHelper.exe …

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I've been having a bsod problem on my gateway laptop as of yet i have only been able to boot to safe mode GMER 1.0.15.15530 - [url]http://www.gmer.net[/url] Rootkit quick scan 2011-01-12 03:28:13 Windows 6.0.6002 Service Pack 2 Harddisk0\DR0 -> \Device\Ide\IdeDeviceP1T0L0-2 WDC_WD800BEVS-22RST0 rev.04.01G04 Running: jid6u70i.exe; Driver: C:\Users\owner\AppData\Local\Temp\kglcapow.sys ---- Devices - GMER …

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AOL 9.5, VISTA ISSUES: On boot up I get a small blank popup box (no error message) that is tied into AOL. This prevents my welcome screen from loading and any hotlinks etc via AOL pages/content, email etc. I can access email to read and write but that's it. Here's …

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Would someone review my log from the Hijackthis program and see what I need to remove? Thanks in advance. Logfile of Trend Micro HijackThis v2.0.4 Scan saved at 2:42:47 PM, on 1/16/2011 Platform: Windows XP SP3 (WinNT 5.01.2600) MSIE: Internet Explorer v7.00 (7.00.5730.0013) Boot mode: Safe mode with network support …

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well I followed the steps before posting and it seemed to solve the problem but here is the logs anyway: GMER 1.0.15.15530 - [url]http://www.gmer.net[/url] Rootkit quick scan 2011-01-15 13:46:00 Windows 6.0.6002 Service Pack 2 Harddisk0\DR0 -> \Device\Ide\IdeDeviceP2T0L0-4 TOSHIBA_MK1637GSX rev.DL032C Running: xrsodq7v.exe; Driver: C:\Users\Owner\AppData\Local\Temp\uwldrpob.sys ---- Devices - GMER 1.0.15 ---- AttachedDevice …

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So I don't know what this is but I'm assuming it's not good. It's a program that appears on my computer that is called Form1 on my task bar, if I click it, it"pops up" but the window is invisible, I can right click the taskbar thing and close it …

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I seem to have some kind of malware. Gmer reports: GMER 1.0.15.15530 - [url]http://www.gmer.net[/url] Rootkit quick scan 2011-01-17 11:05:21 Windows 5.1.2600 Service Pack 3 Harddisk0\DR0 -> \Device\Ide\IdePort0 WDC_WD1600BB-00DWA0 rev.15.05R15 Running: gmer.exe; Driver: C:\DOCUME~1\Owner\LOCALS~1\Temp\pgldrkob.sys ---- Disk sectors - GMER 1.0.15 ---- Disk \Device\Harddisk0\DR0 sector 08: rootkit-like behavior; Disk \Device\Harddisk0\DR0 sector 62: …

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I am using a sony VAIO laptop [model#PCG-7M1L] and there is a Hacktool.Rootkit virus that is bothering me. Can anyone help me out? Here is my last HijackThis logfile. Logfile of Trend Micro HijackThis v2.0.2 Scan saved at 7:19:47 PM, on 5/31/2010 Platform: Windows XP SP2 (WinNT 5.01.2600) MSIE: Internet …

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Hello, For the last couple months I've been having an issue where once in a while I'll be browsing, and when I click on a link, a second instance of Firefox will open up to an ad site. Then just yesterday I noticed another issue where clicking a google result …

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Hello all, I have a strange situation going on: First, I cannot reboot the computer. Once rebooted the computer signs off and never comes on. Second, if I unplug the computer or turn it off, when I start it up, the monitor does not come on - I have to …

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:( Can someone please help me? Last night my computer shut down for no apparent reason and when i started it up again it said that had recovered from a serious error. I have a feeling i may have some nasties on board! My computer restarted and took me to …

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I'm having this problem I'm sure many people have had before me, but i haven't been able to get rid of it. Not sure if this is the same thing, but my computer also gets the error "the service cannot accept control messages at this time." here's my hijackthis log: …

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Hello, I have been using AVG for some time now and the problem I have with it I can not disable or turn it off to install software. I have to unistall AVG then I can install the program. Anyone know of a Viruses program that can be disable or …

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I thought I had gotten rid of a fake antivirus program that had somehow got on my computer through pop ups, but it seems there is still some sort of virus on it. If anyone can help me get rid of this, I would greatly appreciate it! I'm running Windows …

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I am fairly certain that my brother, who used my computer two weekends ago downloaded a virulent virus on my computer. For starters I have ran CCleaner. I have also restored my computer to an earlier time. However, when I go to log into facebook it has kept a record …

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Yesterday mom mom got a nasty that is not allowing her to access anti-virus sites for updates or downloads. I found some mirror sites and stuff, and ended up getting Malwarebytes, Spybot, the Stubware and HJT. I will post the HJT log here in a second, IVe tried all kinds …

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Friend dropped this off for a helping hand. Computer after clean ups is still very sluggish but it seems pop ups and IE registry pop up(virus i assume) have stopped. Mba-m log: Malwarebytes' Anti-Malware 1.50.1.1100 [url]www.malwarebytes.org[/url] Database version: 5481 Windows 5.1.2600 Service Pack 3 Internet Explorer 8.0.6001.18702 1/7/2011 8:06:19 PM …

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Hi, I'm getting a BSOD when I try to boot into Safe Mode :/ The reason I've been trying to boot into Safe Mode is because I want to delete and replace some fonts with a newer version of them, and I can't do so in normal Windows because my …

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So I have Vista Ultimate running on my HP Pavilion Notebook which I know has multiple problems on it. I have run Microsoft® Windows® Malicious Software Removal Tool and ATF Cleaner, and then a GMER scan and a Hijack This. I am trying to better understand what you look for …

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I've been getting IE popups in firefox and my computer has been running incredibly slow. I tried to do a google search in order to find a solution to the problem but it seems like it's a personalized problem that doesn't have one set solution. I downloaded and ran hijackthis …

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Have you ever thought about measuring the Internet in terms if malware per minute? Me neither, but someone has and it makes for uncomfortable reading if you are a Microsoft Windows user. [attach]17145[/attach]How fast is the Internet? It depends on the metric being used, of course, but one new report …

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For the past few weeks I've been noticing that whenever I have a browser up, it clicks off of the browser and I have to re-click on it to make it priority. I'm sure those are not the technical terms, but I think I may need some help. Whether I'm …

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Recently I turned on my laptop and realized my taskbar changed by XP blue to gray with no special icons. The taskbar looks like a boring version of Windows 98. I tried everything and nothing's working. It was normal yesterday. I'm using Trend Micro Internet Security. I tried to click …

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