I vaguely remember reformatting and reinstalling windows of this hard drive. So I don't think there is a recovery partition now. I don't see it in "My Computer".
Would it show up in one of the...
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I vaguely remember reformatting and reinstalling windows of this hard drive. So I don't think there is a recovery partition now. I don't see it in "My Computer".
Would it show up in one of the...
I scanned in safe mode and removed the 2 items. I then scanned again, and it came up clean.
I didnt receive any windows disks when I bought this Dell computer. It is running Windows XP Pro.
A while ago, a friend gave me an installation disk for this OS. A few weeks ago (before I came...
I did a full scan of my c drive with mbam this morning. It picked up the same two items. I pressed delete, but mbam appears to freeze...so I am not sure if they got deleted. I will have to scan...
I have been looking at the event viewer. I see the following problems:
Event Type: Error
Event Source: Service Control Manager
Event Category: None
Event ID: 7000
Date: 4/3/2009...
I didnt do anything with them, and the program is no longer open.
this seems to be the main problem now. combofix appeared to fix this before. May I run combofix again?
The scan is done. It found the same two items as before.
What should i do?
I am currently doing a full scan using Anti-Malware.
Spybot and Ad-Aware did not find anything in safe mode (except some cookies).
Upon reboot, Windows Defender popped up and said it found...
I dont know. Should I set windows to not supervise updates?
If so, how do I do that?
Malwarebytes' Anti-Malware 1.36
Database version: 1945
Windows 5.1.2600 Service Pack 3
4/10/2009 1:11:12 PM
mbam-log-2009-04-10 (13-10-48).txt
Scan type: Quick Scan
Objects scanned: 99806...
In my first post, I stated, "I have made numerous changes to startup using spybot and msconfig." The reason I did this is that I was afraid that some of these startup programs were malware. ...
I only followed your instructions up to
"install Java Runtime Environment (JRE) 6 Update 13".
I cant install this Java program because I can't launch the set up file that I downloaded from the...
Sure, that is fine!
Then download and install Java Runtime Environment (JRE) 6 Update 13
I am having problems getting the file to run.
I am having problem again launching programs. For example, Spybot wont launch. It says Spybot encountered a problem and needs to close.
Followed your instructions and rebooted.
After rebooting, it took a very long time for me to log in (load settings, etc.)
Logfile of Trend Micro HijackThis v2.0.2
Scan saved at 11:11:23 AM, on...
Everything is running fine.
Thank you very much for all your help! :2thumb:
Steve
I dragged the contents of Qoobox to the recycle bin and emptied it.
What about the other infected file?
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KASPERSKY ONLINE SCANNER 7 REPORT
Monday, April 6, 2009
Operating System: Microsoft Windows XP Professional...
Logfile of Trend Micro HijackThis v2.0.2
Scan saved at 11:12:07 AM, on 4/6/2009
Platform: Windows XP SP3 (WinNT 5.01.2600)
MSIE: Internet Explorer v8.00 (8.00.6001.18702)
Boot mode: Normal
...
Ok, I have "my computer" scanning. Its at 8% after an hour and 20 min. Going to take a while.
Another problem: when i type, letters start reversing order. what is this?
I wasnt prompted to run/install a program.
Under settings, I see:
Detect malicious programs of the following categories:
Viruses, Worms, Trojan Horses, Rootkits
Spyware, Adware, Dialers, and...
Several posts back, you asked me to paste the code box text into ComboFix.
I did this and posted the new Combofix and HJT logs.
That has been a source of confusion: not knowing if the virus/malware is shutting programs down, or if there is something wrong with windows.
To answer your question, most all programs that I try...
It says I need the following required software: Microsoft .net framework 2.0 (something like that)
The problem is back where I can't launched programs. I get a system message saying the program has encountered a problem and must close. :sad:
This just started after following your last...
Logfile of Trend Micro HijackThis v2.0.2
Scan saved at 1:39:18 PM, on 4/5/2009
Platform: Windows XP SP3 (WinNT 5.01.2600)
MSIE: Internet Explorer v8.00 (8.00.6001.18702)
Boot mode: Normal
...
Greetings! ComboFix updated to a newer version, then restarted.
The Windows Recovery Console was also downloaded and installed.
Here is the new ComboFix file:
ComboFix 09-04-04.01 - Steve...
ABBYY FineReader 5.0 Sprint
ABBYY FineReader 6.0 Sprint
Acrobat.com
Ad-Aware
Ad-Aware
Adobe Acrobat and Reader 8.1.2 Security Update 1 (KB403742)
Adobe AIR
Adobe AIR
Adobe Flash Player 10...
Since the one time I ran combofix, I am no longer having problems with opening programs :bigthumb: and I no longer see system messages saying that some program has encountered a problem and has to...
Here is the combofix log. Would you like me to run combofix again? Steve
ComboFix 09-04-01.01 - Steve 2009-04-03 13:28:49.1 - NTFSx86
Microsoft Windows XP Professional ...
I had two problems when I ran combofix: Since I cannot launch McAfee Security Center in normal mode, I launched it in safe mode and disabled all the components I could find. However, when I ran...
For a couple of weeks, I have had a bad computer problem. I used Spybot for a week. It would detect and remove various Virtumonde strains, but Virtumonde would always come back. Most often I see...