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When I boot up my computer it says that I am missing a file called bridge.dll, can anyone help. I looked on the website and read some of the replies to similar problems posted. I downloaded hijack this and need help further to fix the problem. Can anyone help? Oh …

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I've just ran the online virus scan, and it found 4 infected files that could not be healed. I don't know if I should delete them or not. I've checked for viruses with AVG but it doesn't even find these viruses. The viruses are called Troj Briss.A (in file C:\WINDOWS\SYSTEM\jao.dll), …

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Hi, I just found this forum and it looks good. A lot of helpful people here. Here's my problem right now. Yesterday I was trying to clean up my computer a little bit after I noticed it slowing down a bit. I went through msconfig and disabled several programs that …

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Please somebody help me i have tried cw shredder1.59.1 ad aware all files it still keeps coming back here is my 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:\Program Files\Cisco Systems\VPN Client\cvpnd.exe C:\WINDOWS\system32\spoolsv.exe C:\Program Files\Symantec\DeepSight Extractor\ExtractorService.exe C:\WINDOWS\System32\NMSSvc.exe C:\WINDOWS\System32\nvsvc32.exe C:\WINDOWS\System32\svchost.exe C:\WINDOWS\Explorer.EXE C:\Program Files\Analog Devices\SoundMAX\Smtray.exe C:\WINDOWS\System32\zwscqwbs.exe C:\program files\earthlinkim\aim.exe C:\Program Files\Nikon\NkView5\NkvMon.exe C:\PROGRA~1\MICROS~2\Office10\OUTLOOK.EXE …

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MSIE: Internet Explorer v6.00 SP1 (6.00.2800.1106) 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:\WINDOWS\Explorer.EXE C:\Program Files\Microsoft Hardware\Mouse\point32.exe C:\WINDOWS\System32\ctfmon.exe C:\WINDOWS\Nhksrv.exe C:\Program Files\Common Files\EPSON\EBAPI\SAgent2.exe C:\WINDOWS\System32\svchost.exe C:\Documents and Settings\dlakeman\Desktop\New Folder\Hijackthis\HijackThis.exe F0 - system.ini: Shell= F2 - REG:system.ini: UserInit=C:\WINDOWS\SYSTEM32\Userinit.exe, O18 - Protocol: ayb - (no CLSID) - (no file) I don't know …

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everytime I opened my Internet Explorer, there's a blue toolbar that will appear and I reckon that this is the reason of the delay when I open my Internet Explorer. I can't uninstall it, the toolbar is called "chic cool". How can I get rid of this toolbar? can somebody …

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I need help (actually, my computer does!) :eek: I've got Spyware/Adware/Malware completely overtaking my computer, despite my best efforts. Just when I think I've gotten rid of it all... Anyway, is there someone that could take a look at this and let me know which are the "at-risk" files? I …

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Hello, I have been hit with the about:blank redirected and Hijacked IE. Please review my log and provide guidence on the proper removal process. Thanks. Logfile of HijackThis v1.97.7 Scan saved at 2:09:12 AM, on 6/23/2004 Platform: Windows XP SP1 (WinNT 5.01.2600) MSIE: Internet Explorer v6.00 SP1 (6.00.2800.1106) Running processes: …

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Well this is my log please take a look and let me know what you think. This has been kicking my ass all day. I've tried everything I can think of. My hopepage keeps getting reset to about:blank. Logfile of HijackThis v1.97.7 Scan saved at 1:13:54 PM, on 6/29/2004 Platform: …

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here is my log from Hijackthis Logfile of HijackThis v1.97.7 Scan saved at 2:11:58 AM, on 6/19/2004 Platform: Windows XP SP1 (WinNT 5.01.2600) MSIE: Internet Explorer v6.00 SP1 (6.00.2800.1106) 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\system32\spoolsv.exe C:\WINDOWS\System32\CTsvcCDA.exe C:\WINDOWS\system32\Ati2evxx.exe C:\WINDOWS\Explorer.EXE C:\Program Files\Roxio\Easy CD Creator 5\DirectCD\DirectCD.exe C:\Program Files\ATI Technologies\ATI …

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Hello, My IE has recently been hijacked by Prosearching. I was browsing the forums and saw that the recommended advice is to dl Hijack This and then paste the log here. Let me know if this is still the recommended approach. As a side note, I had recently run a …

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For the past week or two, every time I click on a link, I get a clear window frame and the egg timer but that's all. The link won't open. I have Windows XP and have all the updates for IE 6. I am also running Pest Patrol and Norton …

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Trying to help a friend with her computer, but the computer needs some serious attention. its been used for a long time without firewall, virus scann, adaware spybot, nothing. so i hope to clean it up a bit. heres the LOG, i plan on starting a scan before i go …

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:D Hi ya all! I really appreciate the help I've gotten here! I have been running Spybot and Adawre alternatively and rebooting for days now and still finding junk. I almost feel like I'm learning all the Run.Dll errors that exist since I get so many of them through the …

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I stumbled across a site that loads the about:blank hijacker. its myifriends.com It's owned by someone in Honk Kong but registered in a USA registrar. Has anybody had success with filing complaints against such sites? Mark

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Hi, i'm new here and i just found this forum out and it looks great :cheesy: K, i've been having this problem for weeks now and trying o get it out but the problem keeps coming back.I scanned my Pc with norton,AVG and Spy-bot but results sais no virus was …

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Hi, I scaned with spybot SD this win 98 and found 2 threats: DSO exploit and Download Accelerator. Tried to fix, said DSO was fixed and Download Acc in next scan on reboot. After rebooting both appear... (not so fixed seems) Hijack this log is: Logfile of HijackThis v1.97.7 Scan …

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Hello out there, i was sent to this site by recommendation and i was told that someone would help me with cleaning up my computer. Here's my HJT log, so if any peeps are willing please help me out here. thanks. 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\Explorer.EXE …

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Can someone please help me fix this? My IE home page keeps getting set to "about:blank" and I keep getting a commercial search page. I've always had good luck fixing these things before, but this one is pretty hairy. Here's my hijackthis log file. Logfile of HijackThis v1.97.7 Scan saved …

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I've got enought of the about:blank general tips...as a "not very up to date in computers" lay person, I would love to have a step by step solution to the problem. Which software should I use? then, which file should I delete. I would really appreciate some help with this. …

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Spybot detects and clean the DSO exploit but it always come back. Here's what founds: DSO Exploit: Data source object exploit (Registry change, nothing done) HKEY_USERS\S-1-5-21-73586283-1645522239-725345543-1003\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Internet Settings\Zones\0\1004!=W=3 How to get rid of that annoying DSO?

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Could any one tell me how to deal with this virus? I couldnt get rid of it by using Norton and everytimes I start my laptop, a Norton window pop out and said I get this virus and couldnt be recover or delete. Thanks~~

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Hi there, After visiting a couple of software crack sites yesterday I noticed a program started to appear on my taskbar named "~close~" (screen shot attached). I've already run AdAware, Spybot and read through the HijackThis tutorial. Below is my HijackThis log, thanks in advance for your help! Logfile of …

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Hi, hope you guys can help me. Booted into Safe mode(XP w/ SP1), ran cwshredder, then ran hijackthis and this is the log file it created. Logfile of HijackThis v1.97.7 Scan saved at 3:11:35 PM, on 6/22/2004 Platform: Windows XP SP1 (WinNT 5.01.2600) MSIE: Internet Explorer v6.00 SP1 (6.00.2800.1106) Running …

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Greetings programs. I do have spy sweeper active and protecting my start page. I keep getting a message about switching my start page to res://wqzaa.dll/index.html#96676 Ran CWShredder and let it remove everything. Ran hijackthis and deleted all the search references. They keep coming back. Any google search I do also …

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Here is my log. This started out as 213.159.117.132/redir.php last week. I finally got CWShredder to work and could get on the web. Now about:blank I can't rid myself of. I used CWSHredder, Adware, Spybot and Norton Anti-Virus. Norton is NOT picking up anything. I have it on automatic. Last …

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Hi, I am in need of help to get rid of this. My homepage was hijacked and no matter how I changed the registries as recommended by microsoft, I was unable to delete the culprit. After reading through some of the threads here, these were the stuff that I had …

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I think that some things is not O.K on my logfile ( 4 example: C:\Program Files\Common Files\Microsoft Shared\VS7Debug\mdm.exe ; O2 - BHO: (no name) - {EBCDDA60-2A68-11D3-8A43-0060083CFB9C} - C:\WINDOWS\System32\nzdd.dll ; O16 - DPF: {54B52E52-8000-4413-BD67-FC7FE24B59F2} (EARTPatchX Class) - http://www.ea.com/downloads/rtpatch/EARTPX.cab O16 - DPF: {5F426A93-0821-47D2-A126-5A48A874B289} (DialerWeb Class) - http://212.145.159.194/251065/dialercab/WebRecomendada.cab and other..) Please check this …

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Address has only........about:blank. Homepage is now a search engine that just says "Search for..." Here's the log. Thanks for any help! Logfile of HijackThis v1.97.2 Scan saved at 11:29:41 PM, on 6/4/2004 Platform: Windows XP (WinNT 5.01.2600) MSIE: Internet Explorer v6.00 (6.00.2600.0000) 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 …

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I have a couple things wrong with my computer, that I know of. The main thing that I know of, is that when I go on the internet, and I load a page. It redirects me to another web site that says "Object Not Found" The page loaded fine, but …

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It's been a long time since I had this happen and now I can't seem to figure out how to get rid of about:blank. I've read thru a number of forums, each with their own different methodology, but yours seems to be the definitive. I'm no geek...I know just enough …

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:cry: I KNOW ENOUGH TO BE DANGEROUS.. I have also been afflicted with the "WINDOWS\ SYSTEM32\ BRIDGE.DLL" "The specified module could not be found" at startup. Seemingly simultaneously I too was involuntarily visiting the golden casino. Per some of the comments in other threads, I tried removing the golden casino …

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I have been getting the about:blank hijacker here lately. I have ran ad-aware, norton, cwsshredder, adware away etc... I just ran hijack this and here is my log Logfile of HijackThis v1.97.7 Scan saved at 6:14:14 PM, on 6/25/2004 Platform: Windows XP SP1 (WinNT 5.01.2600) MSIE: Internet Explorer v6.00 SP1 …

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I've been having a problem where my internet connection has effectively died - this happened once before and between AdAware and Spybot, I was able to fix it. This seems to be slightly different. Naturally the first things I did when this started occurring were to run VirusScan, AdAware and …

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Hi all, i'm of course here to seek help to fix the infamous about:blank (a.k.a :evil: ) hijacker. I tried to ignore it for a while, but i want to see my beautiful home page again (shameless plug: [URL=http://united.forerunners.org]H2:United[/URL] ). Anyways, if you can help me solve this, i would …

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I have the about blank and I delete the temp\sp.html and the about blank references within the hijackThis program. I also deleted the BHO CKNP.dll - have run spybot, adware and CWshredder. I also notice a desktop.ini file that seems to show up. I have delted that and after restart …

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Hi. I have this same problem (about:blank page with Search for...) A copy of the HijackThis log: Logfile of HijackThis v1.97.7 Scan saved at 2:25:46 PM, on 6/20/2004 Platform: Windows XP SP1 (WinNT 5.01.2600) MSIE: Internet Explorer v6.00 SP1 (6.00.2800.1106) 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:\Program …

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Hi! I'm new to the forum...I'm trying to help my grandmother out by fixing her computer. She has her homepage set to her ISP's homepage, but she has it set so that it shows all her links to her email and such. You can see them for the time that …

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Whenever I start Wordpad, IE, or Outlook the windows installer window comes up. When I am using IE I get many popups, mostly from "only the best". I have had a popup blocker installed but it quit working. Additionally, my default web page will not stay set. Each time I …

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Hi, I have read a number of posts here and have tried many different things to get rid of this problem. It always comes back an hour or two later. I have AdAdware, CWShredder, and reglite. I ran a HijackThis Log and have posted it here, any advice on which …

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ok, before you guys bitch at me about reading that other topic and not having other people do the work for me, i did but i'm not computer smart at all and none of it made sense to me. now, i was told you guys can help me out, so …

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[QUOTE=Dreg_02]After posting that last one, I tried that program that was posted by happyguy. It seemed to work, the about blank crud isnt coming back for now. However I am remaining skeptical about it. It actually found alot more crud than i thought it would. I guess ad-aware doesn't really …

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my computer is running very slow and locks up frequently. Here is my hijack this file, was wondering if there was anything i could do to help this problem. thanks. Logfile of HijackThis v1.97.7 Scan saved at 1:44:48 AM, on 6/21/2004 Platform: Windows XP (WinNT 5.01.2600) MSIE: Internet Explorer v6.00 …

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Can anyone give me some step-by step advice to get rid of this? All the fixes give in the forum seem very specific to each case so if someone could run through the solution with me that would be great! Here's my log: Logfile of HijackThis v1.97.7 Scan saved at …

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I have been noticing that my computer is very slow. My browsers take a long time to open up about 5 minutes at times. When looking at my task manager, I saw that the system idle process was at 84%. Ive ran spybot, defragged, ran norton. I dont know what …

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Hi All: My PC has been hijacked by the 'about:blank' bug. I have downloaded the "About:Buster" application from the following link: [url]http://tools.zerosrealm.com/dllfix.exe[/url] (as suggested in previous thread here), and I will try to follow the instructions suggested on that site, but I am not sure which DLLs are problematic on …

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I have found this site very usefull over that past 6-7 months, esp when fixing peoples computers remotely with real VNC, so I thougth I would share the wealth :) . [url]http://www.sysinfo.org/startuplist.php[/url] <-- for start up files [url]http://www.sysinfo.org/bholist.php[/url] <-- for BHO and CLSID [url]http://www.sysinfo.org/[/url] I would suggest grabbing the zip …

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HJT Log: ogfile of HijackThis v1.97.7 Scan saved at 4:23:25 PM, on 06/27/2004 Platform: Windows 98 Gold (Win9x 4.10.1998) MSIE: Internet Explorer v6.00 SP1 (6.00.2800.1106) Running processes: C:\WINDOWS\SYSTEM\KERNEL32.DLL C:\WINDOWS\SYSTEM\MSGSRV32.EXE C:\WINDOWS\SYSTEM\MPREXE.EXE C:\WINDOWS\SYSTEM\mmtask.tsk C:\WINDOWS\SYSTEM\MSTASK.EXE C:\WINDOWS\EXPLORER.EXE C:\WINDOWS\SYSTEM\SYSTRAY.EXE C:\WINDOWS\LOADQM.EXE C:\PROGRAM FILES\GRISOFT\AVG6\AVGCC32.EXE C:\PROGRAM FILES\COMMON FILES\REAL\UPDATE_OB\REALSCHED.EXE C:\PROGRAM FILES\MSN MESSENGER\MSNMSGR.EXE C:\WINDOWS\SYSTEM\DDHELP.EXE C:\PROGRAM FILES\INTERNET EXPLORER\IEXPLORE.EXE D:\AJE HELP\HJT\HIJACKTHIS.EXE R1 …

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Hi could somebody please help me with this error. I have loaded spysweeper onto my PC but whenever I have it on my Taskbar I get this error message Invalid BackWeb application id "448364". Please help as I don't have a clue.... Thanks for your time Toenails

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