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| | I have just cleared my system of aurora and now I'm getting warnings about a trojan called trojan.startup.nameshifter.bk. Is anyone familiar with this and how to get rid of it? Here's my hijack log: Logfile of HijackThis v1.99.1 Scan saved at 1:32:57 PM, on 7/20/2005 Platform: Windows XP SP2 (WinNT …  |
| | Hi all. A rather annoying problem has developed on bootup. Occasionally, the system freezes just before the AVG icon ususally appears in the system tray. I'm running Windows 98. Could anyone help with simple straightforward instructions? ta |
| | hi i am using windows 98. i dont know what happened but from a few days back.whenever i start the system.i get a dialog boxasking for user name and password.which i can remove by pressing the "esc" buton. is there any way by which i can stop this dialog box … |
| | I too was plagued by Aurora and probably various other virus. I attempted to use a variety of recommended spyware, which found and fixed many problems, but not Aurora. I eventually found and followed the "Ewido Suite" & Nailfix.cmd recommendations I found on your site, and all in all things … |
| | Which folder/s contains the Start menu items? Some of the menu items are user defined and so are based on recent use (e.g. Word). Other items are fixed (e.g. My Documents). Where are these kept or defined? |
| | I'm new to this site so I hope I'm posting in the right place....Anyway, I think...no I know I've caught a spyware or virus. I have a java come up in the middle of the window and if I try to close the window or the pop-up my whole computer … |
| | When windows is running along nicely with what ever I'm playing/doing regularly a little blank program box turns up on the taskbar. If i'm in a game it puts me back to windows but then disapears. I've run a very up to date Kaspersky virus check, and a Lavasoft Ad-Aware … |
| | Greetings. First off, let me say that you have a great community here and I have found many of your pages very helpful and informative. So thank you for being a great resource. With that said I will move on to my problem. Lately my desktop has been running sluggishly …  |
| | Yeah so this has really been pissing me off recently. It just happened recently, very recently actually. I cannot access a bunch of websites that I used to and aim will not work on top of that. And aim.com wont load so i'm sorta screwed. I just ran avast and … |
 | Microsoft Outlook XP 2002 or 2003 user? There's a program called [b]Outsource-XP[/b] which is great to backup all of your Outlook information. It backs up your emails, settings, email accounts, templates, address book, etc. - just about everything you would use Outlook for! It's a really cool program if you … |
| | And the guys at tech support say that it's malware that is reseting my admin privilages like every second... I have literally tried everything, and I can't find the malware. I have also done this NTrights program that should fix it... bit isn't. Any ideas other then reformating? |
| | I am using a Dell Latitude CPx Laptop with Windows 2000. Access to the internet has stopped working a couple of days ago. However, in "Safe" mode, I can access the internet OK. I suspect that there may be an unwanted guest in my computer. For convenience this message is … |
| | The following virus popped up : [B]MSplg7.dll[/B]. Norton identifies it as a Trojan. It is preventing Explorer from opening. Mozilla works just fine. I do not know what other probems it may be causing. The annoying part is that the virus has parked itself in the system32 folder. Therefore Norton … |
| | Hello, Today when I got on my brothers laptop the screen was black... so i hard rebooted it and I got this message. "Ntfs.sys has been corrupted or is missing. You can insert the Windows Setup CD to fix the file". So, I inserted the first recovery disc and went … |
| | I have an 80gb drive that has screwed up and will not go into the log in screen for users. If I put this drive into another machine I can access all the files except those that were under my log in (administrator) as they were password protected. I know … |
| | :rolleyes: I can't update norton or open the Norton tray because every time I click on the "green world" or "yellow pc" appears a window that says: Please wait while windows configures Norton WMI Update And that is when that windows close and nothing happen again. I tried several times … |
| | I've been trying to rid a friends computer of several viruses/spyware/adware!! Using several utilities(Ad-Aware, HJthis) and info on the regedit files from Symantec I've followed the instructions (I thought carefully). The computer seemes to do better and I no longer found the "elite.." nor the "Oxqrn" running in task mgr. … |
| | I installed a new Windows Server 2003 SP1 box, and added Media Streaming and IIS (as well as Darwin, but I'll leave that out for now). I can't seem to get Windows Media Streaming to work with IIS installed, even if the service is stopped. Once I uninstall IIS, it … |
| | Hello, I am real new to this but I am looking for help with a constant error that keeps popping up everytime I boot up my computer. THe error reads C:\WINDOWS\system32\msiefr40.dll Mode error I understand that it may have something to do with Adware/Spyware which my kids ran a McAFee … |
| | i am trying to install windows xp pro but the error message "winnt.sif is corrupt or missing. please can someone help. also "windows explorer has encountered a problem and needs to close" comes up and i cant open windows :cry:  |
| | hey guys. well let's cut the small talk. i'm trying to access a free lineage 2 server and the directions state that i have to edit my host file. i did my reading on it and found that it should just assign an ip to a host name and the … |
| | Hi i dont need to know how to install windows but the laptop im using is a old laptop and is only going to be used for the internet and im useing it right now to even type this right now. this is what i wanna know i just never … |
| | [size=4][font=Verdana]:lol:Hi, are ther any websites that have good info on Windows 2000 tweaks and tips? For example what Windows 2000 services I need and don't need. If there are services I don't need and don't want them running in the background. Thanks Joe L.[/font][/size] |
| | hey just wanted to post my hijackthis log and make sure everything is clean on my comp...thanks! :lol: Logfile of HijackThis v1.99.1 Scan saved at 4:16:16 PM, on 7/18/2005 Platform: Windows XP SP2 (WinNT 5.01.2600) MSIE: Internet Explorer v6.00 SP2 (6.00.2900.2180) 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 … |
| | I was told a problem was due to corrupted Java, so deleted all files and folders using find function. I also wiped MSIE to use an earlier version which I was told contained MSVM. Original system: W 98 SE, MSIE 6 SP1, AOL 8.0 Java working normally current system: W98 … |
| | Hi all, First time here - please be gentle with me... I'm running 98SE and my monitor is stuck with 16 colors. When I try to change the settings to 256 colors and OK/Apply, I'm asked to restart the computer but when I do I still have 16 colors. At … |
| | defragment shows 4% and again comes back to 0% for nearly half an hour. Scandisk runs ok. Any solutions ??? |
| | Hello and thank you very much in advance for the help: I am running Windows ME and just had to get it re-installed through Gateway tech support. Now my icons are large and everything seems perferated. A friend mentioned it could be the drivers associated with the video card or … |
| | Something has gone wrong. After dial-up to ISP server, can't access Email or Internet Search. Everything was OK and then it quit. Using Windows XP. Need help quick. :sad: |
| | I have bought a HP computer sometimes ago, it is P-IV-, 1.3MHz and 256 RAM and few days ago i dont know what happened but as soon as i started "activiation code" window poped up.. i go no internet connection nor any kind of activated code and i dont know … |
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