funknjam
2009-03-03, 18:03
First, thank you (whomever!)
PROBLEM: Spybot will install but won't run. I get the error message, "This application has been changed since it was created. Since SpyBot S&D does not change itself, we recommend you check your system for malware and viruses immediately."
BACKGROUND: I'm seeing "Waiting for about:blank" all the time in IE7 when pages are slowly loading and my understanding is that if I am seeing that then I have an infection of some sort. As such, I've been trying various fixes (CWShredder, SuperAntiSpyware, CCleaner, ComboFix, Malwarebytes' Anti-Malware, etc), all to no avail. However, occasionally something in my efforts will cause the "Waiting for about:blank" to not appear at all in the taskbar when loading webpages. But then after a while - there it is again.
I have searched this forum, read FAQs, and I can't find much here on my problem with SpyBot (not to mention anything helpful for "about:blank"). I did find two suggestions here in these forums: 1) Run sfc /scannow to check for corrupt system files and 2) Run a diagnostic memory test on system RAM. Both of these have checked out and I still can not run SpyBot.
Furthermore, I have uninstalled/reinstalled several times, downloaded from diferent sites, tried save/install and tried run from download location. System Restore Points before yesterday are gone. :(
Hijackthis log looks clean but what do I know. I'm the one here asking for help.
Curious thing - at the same time Spybot became unoperational, I also lost the ability to start Ad-Aware. That gives me another error message, "Runtime error in install: Error reading ImageList.Bitmap: Invalid floating point operation."
Thanks for anything.
D
PROBLEM: Spybot will install but won't run. I get the error message, "This application has been changed since it was created. Since SpyBot S&D does not change itself, we recommend you check your system for malware and viruses immediately."
BACKGROUND: I'm seeing "Waiting for about:blank" all the time in IE7 when pages are slowly loading and my understanding is that if I am seeing that then I have an infection of some sort. As such, I've been trying various fixes (CWShredder, SuperAntiSpyware, CCleaner, ComboFix, Malwarebytes' Anti-Malware, etc), all to no avail. However, occasionally something in my efforts will cause the "Waiting for about:blank" to not appear at all in the taskbar when loading webpages. But then after a while - there it is again.
I have searched this forum, read FAQs, and I can't find much here on my problem with SpyBot (not to mention anything helpful for "about:blank"). I did find two suggestions here in these forums: 1) Run sfc /scannow to check for corrupt system files and 2) Run a diagnostic memory test on system RAM. Both of these have checked out and I still can not run SpyBot.
Furthermore, I have uninstalled/reinstalled several times, downloaded from diferent sites, tried save/install and tried run from download location. System Restore Points before yesterday are gone. :(
Hijackthis log looks clean but what do I know. I'm the one here asking for help.
Curious thing - at the same time Spybot became unoperational, I also lost the ability to start Ad-Aware. That gives me another error message, "Runtime error in install: Error reading ImageList.Bitmap: Invalid floating point operation."
Thanks for anything.
D