Spybot will not complete a scan ?

[Mário Rodrigues]

I do have H.T. and if I try to turn it off the computer wont start, but I dont think its related since the problem is so recent. I will try your suggestion tomorrow and let you know what happens. Thanks.

[Mário Rodrigues]

No need to wait untill tomorrow, I turned off panda and the problem remained, cant think of anything else that might cause it. I ran several spyware scans with several programs and nothing was found.

[bitman]

My mistake, confused you two. Removed my previous post.

I suggest you try the Safe Mode idea using the F8 key to enter that mode before Windows boots.

If that doesn't work, what do you mean by 'goes crazy'? Are there error messages or does the system appear to crash somehow, and if so how?

Also, is there a fan operating that you can hear and does it speed up all the way shortly before the noticeable problem starts?

[Mário Rodrigues]

IT goes crazy because everything crashes like W98 minus the blue screen, yes the fan really speeds up and (when the crash is mild I can see the cpu use goes from 12% to 70% or more. I am trying a few more things tomorrow and I will keep postig. Thanks.

[bhafkin]

[.It all starts to hang at file #643/
Central24..........................Thanks in advance....Don (Canada)

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I have the same problem as above. The problem started about a week ago. I had "Spyaxe" and removed it successfully, using directions in the "malware" thread. I then got pop-ups for "Unspy" and I think I removed it successfully. I've run Adaware SE, TrojanHunter, AVG, RegClean, Ace Utilities, etc., and everything seems okay except that Spybot slows down/hangs at file #643.
Thanks for any help.
Berry

[Mário Rodrigues]

I Removed adware and win patrol (forgot I had it) opened S.B, I then check affinity again and this time it was marked 0 and 1 (previously only 0 was) I removed the 1, waited and started a search wich was completed, but taking much longer than usual and with a cpu usage of around 50%. It reported I had on registry EZCYBERSEARCH and I removed it. Does this give any clues?

[bitman]

Is the Ad-Aware the Personal or Pro version with Ad-Watch?

Does the WinPatrol have an active mode (real-time) monitor or is it just a scanner?

How long did it take, hours or just more minutes then usual?

I'd like to see the log where it found the EZCYBERSEARCH. Either the Checks or Fixes.txt file with today's date and the time you scanned/fixed will do. Open Spybot and select Mode > Advanced > Tools > View Report > View previous report and scroll to the right until you find one with the correct date and time (e.g. Fixes.060102-hhmm.txt).

Do you think you still have malware due to either pop-ups, sluggishness or other issues?

[Mário Rodrigues]

here is the report:

--- Report generated: 2006-01-02 15:30 ---

EzCyberSearch: Interface (IBHO) (Registry key, fixed)
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Classes\Interface\{792BA958-75C3-48F7-8B7F-D2EF53370ECE}


--- Spybot - Search & Destroy version: 1.4 (build: 20050523) ---

2005-05-31 blindman.exe (1.0.0.1)
2005-05-31 SpybotSD.exe (1.4.0.3)
2005-05-31 TeaTimer.exe (1.4.0.2)
2005-12-23 unins000.exe (51.41.0.0)
2005-05-31 Update.exe (1.4.0.0)
2005-05-31 advcheck.dll (1.0.2.0)
2005-05-31 aports.dll (2.1.0.0)
2005-05-31 borlndmm.dll (7.0.4.453)
2005-05-31 delphimm.dll (7.0.4.453)
2005-05-31 SDHelper.dll (1.4.0.0)
2005-05-31 Tools.dll (2.0.0.2)
2005-05-31 UnzDll.dll (1.73.1.1)
2005-05-31 ZipDll.dll (1.73.2.0)
2005-12-30 Includes\Cookies.sbi (*)
2005-12-30 Includes\Dialer.sbi (*)
2005-12-30 Includes\Hijackers.sbi (*)
2005-12-30 Includes\Keyloggers.sbi (*)
2005-12-30 Includes\Malware.sbi (*)
2005-12-30 Includes\PUPS.sbi (*)
2005-12-30 Includes\Revision.sbi (*)
2005-12-30 Includes\Security.sbi (*)
2005-12-30 Includes\Spybots.sbi (*)
2005-02-17 Includes\Tracks.uti
2005-12-30 Includes\Trojans.sbi (*)

On the time that it takes to complete the scan I would say that it takes 3 times than it used to (around 15 min.) the adware was the personal version, and the win patrol had a realtime feature, I since removed both. I have the panda firewall on andI ran several antispyware programs a squared and panda detected nothing and spyware doctor sometimes detects a trojan and others doesnt (Trojan.StartPage.GEN) I have been visiting very few sites and as far as I know these are reliable.
Can you suggest some program I should run to be sure?
When running spybot the computer does get slower.

[Mário Rodrigues]

Forgot to mention that I never had pop-ups, and today Panda detected some vulnerabities, but there are no updates available at windowsupdate.

[Mário Rodrigues]

I have spyware blater updated an with protection enabeld and use F.F. 1.5 much more often than I.E.6.Thanks.