Pipas.A :(

Thanks

Describe the problem in as much detail as possible,
Is it just that browsers are slow or is it the PC in gerneral ?


Mirc is a false possitive
Lets go see what other programs think about these two
C:\Program\Mozilla Firefox\plugins\npclntax.dll
C:\WINDOWS\system32\actskn45.ocx
By submiting each here http://www.virustotal.com/flash/index_en.html
 
Well it's not like the computer is slow in windows or anything, or that programs take long time to load (I have a P4 3,2ghz and 2gig ram), it's just that I'm experiencing some slowdowns in gaming which I've never had before. I can tell the difference. Oh, I also get this problem that I also got before when I had the Pipas.A spyware on my system. Sometimes when I boot into windows, explorer.exe doesn't start, meaning that the only thing that shows up is my background picture, nothing else. So I have to open the task manager and open explorer.exe manually. But when I do that, the only thing that opens is windows, but all my programs such as Zonelabs Firewall and Avast! Antivirus don't load like the usually do at startup. So I have to reboot again.

Okay I'll try those two files (C:\Program\Mozilla Firefox\plugins\npclntax.dll
C:\WINDOWS\system32\actskn45.ocx).

Oh, and what do you mean by "a false possitive? How come you only think those two are spywares? Didn't the scanners I used yesterday detect like 34 spywares or more?

Thanks a lot for your help so far, I appreciate it.
 
Here is the result I got for C:\Program\Mozilla Firefox\plugins\npclntax.dll:

Antivirus Version Update Result
AntiVir 7.2.0.22 10.04.2006 no virus found
Authentium 4.93.8 10.03.2006 W32/Agent.AMO
Avast 4.7.892.0 10.03.2006 no virus found
AVG 386 10.03.2006 no virus found
BitDefender 7.2 10.04.2006 Adware.180solution.E
CAT-QuickHeal 8.00 10.03.2006 no virus found
ClamAV devel-20060426 10.04.2006 no virus found
DrWeb 4.33 10.04.2006 Adware.Zango
eTrust-InoculateIT 23.73.13 10.04.2006 no virus found
eTrust-Vet 30.3.3114 10.04.2006 no virus found
Ewido 4.0 10.04.2006 no virus found
Fortinet 2.82.0.0 10.04.2006 Adware/ZangoSA
F-Prot 3.16f 10.03.2006 security risk named W32/Agent.AMO
F-Prot4 4.2.1.29 10.04.2006 W32/Agent.AMO
Ikarus 0.2.65.0 10.04.2006 no virus found
Kaspersky 4.0.2.24 10.04.2006 no virus found
McAfee 4865 10.03.2006 potentially unwanted program Adware-ZangoSA
Microsoft 1.1603 10.04.2006 no virus found
NOD32v2 1.1789 10.04.2006 no virus found
Norman 5.90.23 10.04.2006 no virus found
Panda 9.0.0.4 10.03.2006 Application/Zango
Sophos 4.10.0 10.04.2006 no virus found
Symantec 8.0 10.04.2006 no virus found
TheHacker 6.0.1.091 10.04.2006 no virus found
UNA 1.83 10.03.2006 no virus found
VBA32 3.11.1 10.03.2006 no virus found
VirusBuster 4.3.7:9 10.03.2006 no virus found

Aditional Information
File size: 39424 bytes
MD5: 716fc302e0b3948805e45dfe6dc6d0f3
SHA1: ad8b2e888196e36de66998edf0247119688f1de9
 
Here is the result for C:\WINDOWS\system32\actskn45.ocx:

Antivirus Version Update Result
AntiVir 7.2.0.22 10.04.2006 no virus found
Authentium 4.93.8 10.03.2006 no virus found
Avast 4.7.892.0 10.03.2006 no virus found
AVG 386 10.03.2006 no virus found
BitDefender 7.2 10.04.2006 no virus found
CAT-QuickHeal 8.00 10.03.2006 no virus found
ClamAV devel-20060426 10.04.2006 no virus found
DrWeb 4.33 10.04.2006 Trojan.Isbar.439
eTrust-InoculateIT 23.73.13 10.04.2006 no virus found
eTrust-Vet 30.3.3114 10.04.2006 no virus found
Ewido 4.0 10.04.2006 Downloader.IstBar
Fortinet 2.82.0.0 10.04.2006 no virus found
F-Prot 3.16f 10.03.2006 no virus found
F-Prot4 4.2.1.29 10.04.2006 no virus found
Ikarus 0.2.65.0 10.04.2006 no virus found
Kaspersky 4.0.2.24 10.04.2006 no virus found
McAfee 4865 10.03.2006 no virus found
Microsoft 1.1603 10.04.2006 no virus found
NOD32v2 1.1789 10.04.2006 no virus found
Norman 5.90.23 10.04.2006 no virus found
Panda 9.0.0.4 10.03.2006 Application/RealSpy
Sophos 4.10.0 10.04.2006 no virus found
Symantec 8.0 10.04.2006 no virus found
TheHacker 6.0.1.091 10.04.2006 no virus found
UNA 1.83 10.03.2006 no virus found
VBA32 3.11.1 10.03.2006 Trojan.Isbar.439
VirusBuster 4.3.7:9 10.03.2006 no virus found

Aditional Information
File size: 483328 bytes
MD5: 5c94442ad4f2a8e23487c2d245f4feb4
SHA1: 228f994f96675d6714733e44eefd54d0ccd17e3e
 
Thanks

Ok delete both of them while all browsers are closed, any problems deleting them do so while in safe mode.
 
Done! I could delete them both without going into safe mode.

But were those two the only problems you could find in all these scans I made? If so, great! Thanks a bunch mate!
 
The others were just cookies,

Give it a few days then post back again to let us know how its acting.

"slowdowns in gaming" perhaps check and see if your video card has a new version of its software.

""Sometimes when I boot into windows, explorer.exe doesn't start, meaning that the only thing that shows up is my background picture, nothing else. So I have to open the task manager and open explorer.exe manually. But when I do that, the only thing that opens is windows, but all my programs such as Zonelabs Firewall and Avast! Antivirus don't load like the usually do at startup. So I have to reboot again.""

Not sure it would help but Have you done any basic PC maintenance lately ?
as in run chrdisk and defrag
Start > Run > type in cmd
At the command prompt type in chkdsk C: /r
or whichever drive you want to check > Enter
Accept the message that chkdsk will run at the next reboot.
Restart your PC
Then run Disk Defragmenter
Start > Programs > Accessories > System Tools >Disk Defragmenter
 
I have the latest drivers for my graphics card, so that's not the problem. I'll try to sort the gaming thing out myself. I defragment my computer once or twice every week, so that's alright too. But I haven't tried the chrdisk thing, so I'll try that just incase.

Thanks a lot for your help Lonny!!
 
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