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Hello, I've got a problem with my PC. It's a Compaq Presario SR5710F and for it is experiencing several problems - namely shutting down when it's been idle for longer than 15 minutes, and shutting down at start up. For the former, to prevent a shut down when I'm not actively using the computer...

Hi, Last week I opened a thread concerning a trojan infestation on my computer; http://forums.spybot.info/showthread.php?p=429592#post429592 the problem appears to be solved and I thank the techs in this forum for their help. I have a question to ask about Mozilla Firefox re-directs. I notice...

Hi, I'm reading the instructions laid out in the sticky, thus far I've got a DDS report which I'm posting below. First I'm giving a link to my initial thread which is here: http://forums.spybot.info/showthread.php?t=66481 Now the DDS report (note that it days DDS not .txt): . DDS...

I own an HP Compaq computer which uses Windows Vista and I use Firefox as my primary browser. On Monday 6 August 2012 I was searching the internet and was directed to a spam site, it happened several more times (taking me to different websites than the one I intended to visit). On Tuesday 7...

Last night I received two emails that I'm 90% sure have been spoofed. The email claims to originate from the RIAA for "copyright infringement". The email says that my IP address has been identified as distributing copyrighted material. The thing is, I don't share music files. The email had an...

Hello, I came across a warning that my computer is infected and that I could remove the virus by downloading some software. This happened after I was doing a google search using the Firefox browser. I attempted to restart my computer but the message came up again because that browser was...

I know my PC is old but I've had a lot of cookies that I've had to delete. But this morning my computer froze, the mouse would not move and I could not activate spybot. I turned the PC off then on again, it froze that time, too. It took three attempts to get the PC to operate. Here is an HJT...

A few minutes ago I went into my pictures to retrieve photos and noticed that a LOT of them have been stolen. Whomever did it knew what he/she was doing because only cerain photos were stolen. The thing is, it could have happened at anytime and no doubt took place over several invasions. :(...

Hi, My computer is acting very strangely. My desktop icons disappeared, I tried to open spybot but 9 windows opened instead. I clicked on HJT and a total of 89 windows opened. Windows Security then informed me that my anti-virus and anti-malware were turned off. The same with McAfee's OAS. I...

Hi, Yesterday I received a fake email in my yahoo bulk folder, the sender has my email address. The reason I know it is fake is because 1.) I did not send a message to myself; and 2.) it has a paperclip icon on it which is the symbol for email attachments. I'm posting the HJT logs for your...

Hi, I'm back. This morning at start up McAffe said my computer was unprotected. Then during the afternoon. I got a strange incoming call on yahoo to my computer. I didn't recognize it so I cancelled the call. After that, I had problems with my printer, I could not print anything. I sent several...

Hi, I don't know whether or not this would be new or undetected malware but I ran an update this morning and got something peculiar. What does "Bad checksum" mean? It's in the Grail update. Although each detection rule is marked in green there is an X next to them. Usually, I run updates, if...

I have tried to access Google and I keep getting either page can't be displayed or soem other error. I have an Adsense account and when I attempted to go to that page I was unable to access it. That is when I next tried Google's homepage getting the same result. Then I tried typing in Google on...

Hi, I have posted in another thread of the spybot forums. Tashi, a member of the spybot team, suggested that I post my problem here. If you want details on the specifics of this problem it is located in the Google Toolbar thread. Edit:http://forums.spybot.info/showthread.php?p=196795#post196795...

Hello, I'm new to posting on spybot's forums but I have a problem I'd like your advice on. Yesterday I was informed by spybot that there was an attempt to change my registry keys. I clicked deny but it popped up again. I was attempting to open a link to a FAMILIAR website (this link is saved in...