Multitude of Trojans
- Thread starter SBDad
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hi,
my mistake you can leave this:
O20 - AppInit_DLLs:
its ok, dosnt point to anything.
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my mistake you can leave this:
O20 - AppInit_DLLs:
its ok, dosnt point to anything.
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Hi shelflife. I reconnected the system to the internet. I still takes what seems like forever to do anything. It took about 5 minutes just to boot up. When you try to run any program it still takes a lot of time before it opens, then once it is open it is really slow. I have made sure SB, AA, & ZA were all up-to-date, and I am currently running SpyBot scans on each user, then I will rescan with Ad-aware on each, then just to make sure I haven't missed anything, I'll rescan with the AV/AS in ZoneAlarm on each.
Since each user has their own user specific entries in MS and you really need to treat each user as a different entity/computer, does hjt have the same issue, meaning should I run a hjt scan for each user account?
I will post a new hjt scan (or one for each user if needed) when the scans are done.
Thanks so much again for all of the help. Have a great day!
Since each user has their own user specific entries in MS and you really need to treat each user as a different entity/computer, does hjt have the same issue, meaning should I run a hjt scan for each user account?
I will post a new hjt scan (or one for each user if needed) when the scans are done.
Thanks so much again for all of the help. Have a great day!
hi SBDad
its been awhile. i think that hjt will only display certain things that would be different for each user, like info it gets from my documents/application data.
go ahead and post the logs for each user account so we can see what they look like.
as for the long bootup and slowness, i dont see anything in the last hjt log. a hjt log is really only for evidence of malware which might show or might not show in the log. unless you have a bad case of malware or a long list of 04 items, then diagnosing a sluggish computer is difficult and really just becomes suggestions to try. maybe a reformat is in order, can do wonders.
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its been awhile. i think that hjt will only display certain things that would be different for each user, like info it gets from my documents/application data.
go ahead and post the logs for each user account so we can see what they look like.
as for the long bootup and slowness, i dont see anything in the last hjt log. a hjt log is really only for evidence of malware which might show or might not show in the log. unless you have a bad case of malware or a long list of 04 items, then diagnosing a sluggish computer is difficult and really just becomes suggestions to try. maybe a reformat is in order, can do wonders.
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Hi shelflife. I got that nv4_disp.dll BSoD error yesterday. Long story short, after reading what seemed like hundreds of posts/webpages on this, seems like the nVIDIA driver(s) has an issue with WinXP SP2 and nVIDIA is silent on the issue (for something like 4 or 5 years now). Anyways, there are many ways to have the problem happen, and maybe mine was due to taxing the card a little too much at startup.
BTW, I have been posting hjt logs using v1.99.1, but I noticed the sticky that stated to use v2.0.2. Which would you like me to use?
Thanks again!!!
BTW, I have been posting hjt logs using v1.99.1, but I noticed the sticky that stated to use v2.0.2. Which would you like me to use?
Thanks again!!!
hi,
its been awhile.
dosnt sound good:
did you poke around the Nvidia website?
you might also get some info by searching there forum:
http://forums.nvidia.com/index.php?act=idx
v.1.99.1 is fine with me. if you want to you can get and use the tendmicro version.
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its been awhile.
dosnt sound good:
did you poke around the Nvidia website?
you might also get some info by searching there forum:
http://forums.nvidia.com/index.php?act=idx
how are you doing that?
v.1.99.1 is fine with me. if you want to you can get and use the tendmicro version.
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Yep. Looked there and they are pretty silent on the whole fiasco (so is Dell; their tech support just tells users to format and reload the software which doesn’t fix the issue, just delays it a little before it comes back). Found better luck scroogling it (see, I do look at your links!
Looks like this error has been around for at least five years and typically happens after an update to WinXP SP2 if you have an nVidia card, and it doesn't help if you have a Dell, especially with their OEM mods to s/w and drivers. Various things can cause it and/or a combination of them; low memory, outdated driver, corrupted driver, etc. Happens with most nVidia cards as well, even newer ones.
I had just booted up the system and didn't pay attention that it wasn't fully booted yet. Tried to open web page and was generally looking around the system. Since ZA, SB, and a few other things were still in the process of starting (the system now takes around 5 - 10 minutes to fully boot), it was using quite a bit of memory. This looks like what might have triggered the BSoD in regards to the nVidia driver. This is a Dimension 8200 @ 1.9 GHz with 256 MB of RDRAM (damn Dell for using memory that's so freaking expensive even when it's not being really used in anything anymore; it’s almost cheaper to buy a new system than put more memory in this one) and has an nVidia 64 MB GeForce2 MX w/TVOUT card. Reading through most posts/webpages, it seems like the best fix to the nv4_disp.dll fix is to go out and buy an ATI card.
Anyways, sorry to go off on a tangent to the subject of this thread. I’ll post those four hjt logs this week. Is there any difference between using Merjin’s v1.99.1 or TrendMicro’s v2.0.2? Better scans on one vs. the other? Thanks again for all of the help!
hi,
5-10 minutes to bootup is a long time. adding another stick of 256MB RAM would do wonders for the computer overall performance.
you dont have to buy memory from Dell. there are several online sites where you just put in the make/model and they will tell you what you need to get. adding memory is one of the least expensive and easiest thing to do to boost overall performance.
http://www.kingston.com/
http://www.crucial.com/
i think the new trendmicro version show afew more registry RUN items than the old version. either one you want to use is fine.
scroogle is great, you can add it as the default search engine if you use fire fox for browsing.
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5-10 minutes to bootup is a long time. adding another stick of 256MB RAM would do wonders for the computer overall performance.
you dont have to buy memory from Dell. there are several online sites where you just put in the make/model and they will tell you what you need to get. adding memory is one of the least expensive and easiest thing to do to boost overall performance.
http://www.kingston.com/
http://www.crucial.com/
i think the new trendmicro version show afew more registry RUN items than the old version. either one you want to use is fine.
scroogle is great, you can add it as the default search engine if you use fire fox for browsing.
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