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[b]Dangerous Bug in HijackThis 1.97.7 Restoral Procedure[/b] I have searched everywhere to see if this has already been reported to Merjin, but I can not seem to find any reference to this, so am letting people know. VERY IMPORTANT. YOU MUST READ! Dangerous bug in HijackThis version 1.97.7 when restoring …

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Is this a virus or an important file? I have received two e-mails telling me to delte it because it is a virus and two more e-mails telling me it is a hoax and actually an important file. Does anyone know for sure if it is good or bad? This …

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I changed the computer driver from uniprocessor to multiprocessor. However, system properties still only displays the name for 1 processor. Is it only suppose to show one? I did a render test with studio max, and it's quite obvious that it's using the second processor. (turned a 1.42 minute irender …

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I have just created 3 new tutorials about Spyware and two of the more prevalent tools when dealing with them. The first is a primer on Spyware and hijackers and is a good read if you don't understand them. It can be found here: [url="http://www.bleepingcomputer.com/forums/index.php?showtutorial=41"]Understanding Spyware and Browser Hijackers[/url] The …

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:cry: [font=Microsoft Sans Serif][color=mediumturquoise] When i restart my system i get an error that says data1.dat can not be found,can someone tell me what that is?[/color][/font]

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:cheesy: I going thought the web looking for a fix for my Xp system with boot section of my hard drive and I found a real good web site for tech support then help me to fix the issue. It is whatwrongnow.com.

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~Hi Friends In my computer, installed with win 2000 (adv. server), with 40 Gb H.D.D. I can see the 20 Gb space free in my harddrive under Disk Admin. (primary partion and rest is free allocated to another partition. Last day i have added new 2 H.D.D of 40 GB …

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Logfile of HijackThis v1.97.7 Scan saved at 8:17:24 PM, on 3/31/2004 Platform: Windows ME (Win9x 4.90.3000) 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\mmtask.tsk C:\WINDOWS\SYSTEM\MPREXE.EXE C:\WINDOWS\SYSTEM\SSDPSRV.EXE C:\WINDOWS\EXPLORER.EXE C:\PROGRAM FILES\COMMON FILES\SYMANTEC SHARED\CCEVTMGR.EXE C:\PROGRAM FILES\NORTON ANTIVIRUS\ADVTOOLS\NPROTECT.EXE C:\WINDOWS\SYSTEM\RESTORE\STMGR.EXE C:\WINDOWS\SYSTEM\SYSTRAY.EXE C:\WINDOWS\SYSTEM\HPSYSDRV.EXE C:\PROGRAM FILES\COMMON FILES\SYMANTEC SHARED\CCAPP.EXE C:\WINDOWS\SYSTEM\WMIEXE.EXE C:\WINDOWS\OLEHELP.EXE C:\PROGRAM FILES\BACKWEB\BACKWEB\PROGRAM\BACKWEB.EXE C:\WINDOWS\SYSTEM\STIMON.EXE C:\WINDOWS\TEMP\RAR$EX01.898\HIJACKTHIS.EXE …

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my ie 6 homepage was recently hijacked, and i got all sorts of popups.. i checked out this board and got cwshredder as well as adaware... ran them both and the homepage stopped getting hijacked, however, for some reason the majority of the time i cannot close explorer with the …

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This is an area that I am not entirely familiar with, hence the following question. I have a service customer some of whose problems can be traced to a bootleg [b]Windows XP Pro[/b] install. When I apprised her of this, she "did the right thing" and obtained a legal OEM …

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Hi. I've been receiving that same message but with a bit of a different circumstance. I use Windows XP and Meditech, and I can access Meditech via either the internet or dial-up. Sometimes the internet is bogged down and slow, and it is at those times that I prefer to …

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Hi guys... I was wondering if anyone could help me with my HijackThis log file.. Everytime I connect to the Internet I get searchcentral.cc as my start page, and I

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Ok. The school I go to has a program called Websense. They have since blocked my access to many sites including my Cox high speed internet webmail and hotmail accounts. any way to get around websense or am i totaly stuck?

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IE6 has been constantly hijacked ; this damn site : [url]http://www.lookfor.cc/index.php?p=37049[/url] , replaces the start page , obliging me to edit the register HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Main\start page ; It has happened almost every night since the 1st time a week ago ; An updated Spybot search and destroy has scanned the …

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After a while, it has booted up. I log on and then the computer freezes. I can't do anything. CTRL ALT DEL takes forever to come up and when it does it just freezes as well.. Any ideas on how to fix this?

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I get this error message when I try accessing my floppy drive from windows xp "A:\is not accessible. The floppy disk controller reported an error that is not recognized by the floppy disk driver" and when I try to boot from a floppy i get "please insert system disk" or …

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I performed the search, quarantine and deletion of certain spyware files on both my computers, but afterwards I experienced some slow-down on my Cable connection, so I restarted. But when I restarted, my comp could no longer go on the net. We're on a network, so I told my bro …

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When I load up my computer my computer has an updmgr.exe error message how can I fix this. On top of the message has a C++ error message

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I recently bought a brand new Sony Vaio PCV-RS 420 from best buy and have been having problems ever since. The 120 gig hard drive is partitioned oddly (13 gig for drive c, and 107 for drive d) and I dont know if that is why. At least 2 times …

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Hi there, I've been having a problem that when I load the task manager it flashes up and then shuts down. I also can't run regedit, renamed it from exe to com and I now can. Based on what I've found there's a virus messing things up. I've done the …

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I am running a compaq presario 5000 series. Recently my sister deleted folders off of her computer, she is not very computer lit, but IE6 was not working correctly. I tried to reinstall 6, but it kept failing. I then uninstalled 6 and went back to 5, however this is …

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[url="http://mvps.org/winhelp2002/hosts.htm"]http://mvps.org/winhelp2002/hosts.htm[/url] [url="http://www.pcmag.com/article2/0,4149,1420796,00.asp"]http://www.pcmag.com/article2/0,4149,1420796,00.asp[/url] [url="http://browsercheck.qualys.com/"]http://browsercheck.qualys.com/[/url] [url="http://beam.to/spybotsd"]http://beam.to/spybotsd[/url] [url="http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=307545"]http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=307545[/url] [url="http://www.spywareinfo.com/~merijn/cwschronicles.html#cwshredder"]http://www.spywareinfo.com/~merijn/cwschronicles.html#cwshredder[/url] [url="http://www.sysinfo.org/startuplist.php?filter=svchost&count=&type"]http://www.sysinfo.org/startuplist.php?filter=svchost&count=&type[/url]= [url="http://www.daniweb.com/techtalkforums/showthread.php?t=947"]http://www.daniweb.com/techtalkforums/showthread.php?t=947[/url] [url="http://www.tweakxp.com/tweak2152.aspx"]http://www.tweakxp.com/tweak2152.aspx[/url] that's it for the moent. If ny 1 wants more, please let me know.

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I had the svchost.exe virus detected by AVG and me being so smart :rolleyes: just went and used regedit to get rid of it. We'll I got rid of it alright but now I can't even see or setup any network conections. Just wondering if reinstalling is my only opption? …

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I have home xp and i have a program called FIX IT its a virus program also but it wont let me unistall it and it tells me to re install it but it doesnt work!! it says im missing a file. is there anyway i can delete this off? …

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Hi,all, I'm running windows me with a bt broadband connection. All of a sudden,if I go to control panel_>internet options,there is no list of my connections anymore,old or new,it won't let me add any,I can't click on settings and add a browser,nothing. Any help would be appreciated Regards to all

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any help with what to fix would be great. thanks in advance. Logfile of HijackThis v1.97.7 Scan saved at 10:59:31 PM, on 3/25/2004 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\Ati2evxx.exe C:\WINDOWS\Explorer.EXE C:\WINDOWS\System32\CTHELPER.EXE C:\WINDOWS\System32\taskswitch.exe C:\Program …

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Hi there, When I look at my task manager I see svchost.exe is there 8 times. User Name = SYSTEM - 6 times User Name = NETWORK SERVICE - 1 time User Name = LOCAL SERVICE = 1 time The question I have is can I remove some of them …

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I have discovered that I have the [email="sobigf@mm"]sobigf@mm[/email] virus on my home xp. I have run symantic and microtrend virus removal tools. One says that I have the virus and couldn't remove it, the other says that It did not locate the virus on my computer. However, my computer is …

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I downloaded hijackthis, and I was wondering if someone coud plz give me a hand with what to do next. Here is the log: Logfile of HijackThis v1.97.7 Scan saved at 5:25:23 PM, on 3/24/2004 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 …

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I have a 303gb partition using NTFS (under WinXP), and it had 1.02gb free. I went to delete a 75gb folder, and upon its deletion, explorer still reported that I had 1.02gb free. Ran a diskcheck, let it fix errors, and now I have three folders (Found.000...Found.002) on the drive. …

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