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HI, i got infected last week. i cleaned it with avast, malwarebyte, hitman pro and spyware doctor. IE works now (firefox not affected) but i think theres still some malware, cos every time i switch on the computer and do a scan with hitman pro, it shows its behaving like …

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Hi, I have been referred here by a good friend of mine. I hope you can help I have an annoying problem with my browser (Chrome, Firefox, Explorer) redirecting to random sites and more often than not to a blank page. but Yesterday I started having problems with my wireless …

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As the title states, I recently got a virus and it has blocked my access to tne internet. I finally tried to fix it by updating my antivirus software and realized I couldn't upgrade without an internet connect. Anyone have any helpful hints?

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-Anytime i do a search in a search engine, i click on a link and it redirects me to an advertisment. Im not clicking on a advertisment. -also i see this exclamation point on a yellow shield down in my taskbar near the clock. when i put my mouse over …

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I'm running XP with service pack 3 and IE8. IE would open multiple time with ads from various sources. For 2 days I ran all the good stuff and was convinced I had a rootkit. I ran all the programs from safe mode with no results. At one point Abode …

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I searched the previous posts and found a similiar instance under "Windows NT /2000/XP" where a guy had no safe mode and continious boot loop. Unfortunately that case went unresolved since he was working with boot leg software. It seems I have encountered this same problem, less my software is …

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I tried doing the steps regarded in the read me thread by PhilliePhan, but was unable to get to the pages. I get pages taking a long time to load or they won't load at all. I can connect to my games, and ventrilo. Firefox and Internet Explorer both won't …

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I guess i have some type of virus, malware, adware or whatever the hell its called. I get this yellow shield with an exclamtion point in my taskbar, near the clock. when i put my mouse over it, it says downloading updates 0%. it comes and goes. also anytime i …

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my programs run in task manager but never actually show the application on the monitor, can you please help? Logfile of Trend Micro HijackThis v2.0.2 Scan saved at 4:26:06 PM, on 8/21/2010 Platform: Windows XP SP3 (WinNT 5.01.2600) MSIE: Internet Explorer v8.00 (8.00.6001.18702) Boot mode: Normal Running processes: C:\WINDOWS\System32\smss.exe C:\WINDOWS\system32\winlogon.exe …

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[ATTACH=RIGHT]16752[/ATTACH]Intel announced on Thursday their agreement to purchase all of McAfee’s common stocks at $48 a share, a deal approximately worth $7.68 billion. McAfee will act as a wholly-owned subsidiary and report to Intel’s Software and Services Group. The endeavor marks what is sure to be a harmonious relationship for …

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Hi I have problem with my site that makes me in-efficient to do my business. when I enter my site url directly in browser area then it is working fine.At that same time when i search in google it says "Malware detected" error. Could you please check my site url …

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I have a virus called "Secuity Tool" and it wont let me open or download any of my programs can someone please help.

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Basically I got it and it's hijacked chrome to not let me visit any webpages and it'll give me an "Internet Explorer Warning - visiting this web site may harm your computer!" in my chrome browser which is laughable cause I'm not using IE. At the same time I can …

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Hi there I have been having a hard time with the rediction of pages, I got the Antivir Pro solutions a few days back , I go t rid of it but after that everytime i open a browser page another one opens, and every link i click on a …

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heya my best friend has a virus on his computer, which means that he cannot open my documents,my pictures, my computer basicly any folder on the computer. He can run programs such as words internet explorer, and avg antivirues which i have used to try and deleate the viruses, but …

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This problem all started when I bought, installed, and then tried to get Starcraft 2 to work with my video card. Suddenly I am being plagued by a multitude of problems. The first, and possibly most annoying, is everytime I launch internet explorer I get a runtime 217 error, and …

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sons laptop shut down by this have tried to start in safe mode with networking after this it goes nowhere can someone advise me where to go next ty

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Hi everyone. Now I've got some annoying virus(es) in my PC. At first I saw lots of temp files in my Public folder (Avast and Anti-Malware deleted them all, but it took almost 2 days). Then Avast detected other attack via network - virus like: C:\Users\Public\"Anyfolder"\"Anyfolder".exe. Tried cleaning them with …

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Hey everyone and thanks for taking the time to check this post out... This computer has been seriously affected by some sort of virus. I have followed all instructions in the "Read first before posting" post and the virus will not allow me to install or run any of the …

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I was using AVG and Avast simultaneously until I was advised that it was a no-no. I uninstalled AVG and kept Avast. Google searches are redirected to Searchlight and others. Some webpages won't display showing a MGINX error page. I'm blessed with Audio of Obama playing randomly. And Outlook opens …

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my pc is suddenly verry slow, can you perhaps check my logfile. i've getting randomly popups of internet explorer with adds. tnx Logfile of Trend Micro HijackThis v2.0.2 Scan saved at 3:42:28, on 13-8-2010 Platform: Windows Vista SP1 (WinNT 6.00.1905) MSIE: Internet Explorer v8.00 (8.00.6001.18943) Boot mode: Normal Running processes: …

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I've deleted my prefetch; uninstalled all things nVidia--why is it still trying to load these? I don't think it's a virus issue; just built this computer and had firewall and AV up from boot. But, just to be safe I am scanning. Already ran spybot and adaware; dl'd hijackthis, but …

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I received an email earlier today from one of the newsletters I sign up for months ago, offering me to download a free Xoftspyse spyware scanner with a link to [url]http://www.scanforfree.com[/url]. Is this a reliable program? Has anyone tried it?

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Hi, I'm looking for help with my sons PC. When it does run it runs very slow. The task manager can show the cpu at only 5% for example but the light (hdd or cpu, not sure) is on constant as if it's working away. I ran adaware scan and …

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I keep getting the message "Windows host process (Rundll32) has stopped working" and then about 3/4 seconds after that, this pops up .. "Windowss Explorer has stopped working", so I click "Restart the program", my desktop reboots, and the same two messages pop up again! Its just an endless loop …

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The virus name comes up in AVG as adwaregeneric.BBO It is in the myway search assistant that I can't delete from my computer. I hope someone can help because I have had a problem with this virus for forever. Even after restoring my computer to factory settings it still hangs …

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I am trying to use part of my program to turn the "power save" feature off of the local are connections for power managment on the local area connection on computers I build I was able to do this at the command line with the REG utility [COLOR="Green"]REG UPDATE HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Control\Class\{4D36E972-E325-11CE-BFC1-08002bE10318}\0001\PnPCapabilities=56[/COLOR] …

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I want to be able to set the "default beep" sound to the "ding.wav" I did som research and everything pointed to the following registry key [COLOR="Green"][HKEY_CURRENT_USER\AppEvents\Schemes\Apps\.Default\.Default\.Current] @="ding.wav"[/COLOR] or [COLOR="Green"][HKEY_CURRENT_USER\AppEvents\Schemes\Apps\.Default\.Default\.Default] @="ding.wav"[/COLOR] When I set this value it only works for the current user and and I can't seem to find …

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I really can't close my explorer. Every time when I click on "X" to close it I receive the message " Internet explorer is not responding- Internet explorer is restarting". My windows is Vista Ultimate. Before a week in skype i received a message from my friend which said Is …

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I have no idea whats wrong with my computer... My RAM is through the roof and for seemingly no reason... This is a problem that I have had many times and each time its taken a different solution to fix. (the last two times its been the svchost and IE) …

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