Hi blade81,
Thanks for the suggestion - I think I might just be able backup and format this weekend :)
To minimise a chance of a (similar) recurrence, I kindly seek your advice on the...
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Hi blade81,
Thanks for the suggestion - I think I might just be able backup and format this weekend :)
To minimise a chance of a (similar) recurrence, I kindly seek your advice on the...
Hi blade81,
Yes, using the system has been a bit cumbersome, although my Desktop shortcuts that were restored using Unhide.exe are still functional so it's not been too bad.
As I currently have...
Hello blade81, nice to see you're still around :cool:
Thanks for taking the time to read that post - I realise it is a bit long, I was just trying to be as informative as possible.
I don't...
Hi,
After 2 years, I'm back again :rolleyes:
Was just surfing on Thu evening (if I recall correctly) and I think I inadvertently visited a rogue website and suddenly this XP Total Security 2011...
Okay. I'll try googling a bit before that.
Thanks a lot for all your help, blade81.
PS: Check your PM
Hi
Firewall-wise, I only have Windows Firewall (as far as I'm aware) and Ad-Aware is in the allowed list. I noticed that when I try to update Ad-Aware, the app. that's actually trying to connect...
Hi
Sorry I've been taking time to reply - I've been extremely busy with work lately. But don't get me wrong, I do highly value your advice.
So I uninstalled Ad-Aware, rebooted, then...
Hi
The recyle bin works normally now. Thanks for that :)
Unfortunately, however, my Ad-Aware doesn't. I still get that abrupt error message pop up every time I try to update the definitions.
...
Found it. Here you are:
12:25:42 JkDefrag v3.36
12:25:42 Date: 2009/05/21
12:25:42 Windows version: v6.0 build 6001 Service Pack 1
12:25:42 NtfsDisableLastAccessUpdate is active, ignoring...
Hi
Where can I find the Jkdefrag report? :confused:
When it had finished, all I saw (to the best of my memory) was a small green and black window with the word 'Finished' in its status bar....
Mainly between 1 and 5, though at one point firefox.exe went to 10.
Hi,
Sorted the processes list by CPU Usage and the following kept reappearing and disappearing in the 2 minutes I spent monitoring it:
System Idle Process
firefox.exe
taskmgr.exe
taskeng.exe...
GMER 1.0.15.14972 - http://www.gmer.net
Rootkit scan 2009-05-28 01:05:46
Windows 6.0.6001 Service Pack 1
---- Devices - GMER 1.0.15 ----
AttachedDevice \FileSystem\fastfat \Fat ...
Hi blade81,
I don't know why the folder didn't get removed, but anyway I shift-deleted it.
As for the performance, it's very bad. The PC is running slowly, so slow that even the Recycle bin...
Hi blade81,
As requested:
Virustotal.com results for c:\windows\system32\%APPDATA%\Microsoft\Windows\IETldCache\index.dat
http://www.virustotal.com/analisis/0e94869a2fa00aa3cf58964ec3645da8...
Hi blade81,
Thanks for the suggested workaround. As requested:
Kaspersky Report (Detected)
Detected
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Status Object
------ ------
Hi
This is how I followed your instructions and what happened:
1. Created CFScript.txt on desktop
2. Disconnected LAN cable, Switched off WiFi switch
3. Shut all windows open in the...
ComboFix 09-05-13.02 - madPC May-09 Thu 17:46.4 - NTFSx86
Microsoft® Windows Vista™ Home Basic 6.0.6001.1.1252.1.1033.18.2037.1073 [GMT 9.5:30]
Running from: c:\users\madPC\Desktop\ComboFix.exe...
Here's the list of what I did (again), but with their respective logs (post 2/2)
Ran ComboFix with CFscript (reboot took very long)
ComboFix 09-04-29.03 - madPC May-09 Fri 2:14.2 - NTFSx86...
Here's the list of what I did (again), but with their respective logs (post 1/2)
Ran ComboFix
ComboFix 09-04-29.03 - madPC Apr-09 Thu 23:19.1 - NTFSx86
Microsoft® Windows Vista™ Home Basic ...
Hi
A week ago, Spybot detected Win32.TDSS.rtk. I googled and came across one of the threads in the same forum. Read it and tried some of the fixes advised on my own (I now regret having done so)....