Computer Has Been Invaded: Antivirus Detects Thread And Removed?
Oct 1, 2007
i have had something on my pc for sometime now. i am unable to get rid of it. i have tried norton antivirus, trend micro, spy sweeper, adaware.all programs detect threats, remove them, but the problems keep coming back. it started out as random pop ups on my computer. then, a few days ago i realized i could not access my task manager or my control panel. i get an error stating that the 'task manager has been disabled by administrator' and 'the program has been disabled due to restrictions on your computer. contact administrator.'
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Jul 28, 2008
I picked up some viruses with this dang antivirus xp08. I removed them but I still can't view or open my C & D hard disk.
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Oct 25, 2008
I have been invaded by ms av and need help getting rid of this evil. Can anyone help a novice?
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Feb 12, 2007
I purchased a 200gb external USB hard drive (HAMMER) a few years ago. It seems that over time Windows XP has been migrating critical files over to it or something. I have been finding strange folders with strange properties. Anyways, the computer boots up just fine when the HD is off, but if the HD is ever turned on and then looses its connection, the computer usually shuts down or restarts itself. If anyone knows exactly what's going on or how to fix this problem,
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May 17, 2005
Microsoft Windows, SpyBot, and Norton all sent a deluge of windows saying they had detected changes. SpyBot sent 7-10 warnings, one of them saying "SpyBot. Search & Destroy has detected an important registry item entry that has been changed. Catagory: System Startup global entry; Change: Value deleted; Entry: elkfqxcj; Old data: c:windowselkfqxcj.exe; [allow change][Deny change].Each of these SpyBot notices had a different entry. Since then my computer is extremely slow, freezes up when left for any time. A window pops us when opening and when changing applications titled "16 bit Windows Subsystem", saying:
C:WindowsSystem32AutoExec.NT. The system file is not suitable for running MS-DOS and Microsoft Window's applications. Choose 'close' to terminate application. [close] [ignore]
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Jul 8, 2010
Both of my teens have Windows XP and both computers are running extremely slow after virus/spyware removal. One gets a debugging pop up everytime you try to do anything. I've tried to run skndsk but can only run it in a read only mode. Can anyone advised what to do without having to run fdisk and reformat the hard drive?
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Nov 8, 2006
I have something called "CTFMON.EXE" loading pertaining to Office XP. Its in my system32 sub directory. I don't have Office XP, I have Office 2000. It looks like it has to do with speech recognition, and text. Of course I removed it, but it came back. I read up on it, and it said it would come back. Do I need this? I never had this before, did I get it with the latest updates from Microsoft 2000? I've taken the check mark out, plus I have completely removed it from my start up, but it still comes back.
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Aug 21, 2005
I'm probably going to sound like a newbie, but here goes.The computer shop recently formatted my computer and installed Windows XP Home with SP2, anyway when I got my computer back I was missing a modem which according to a printout I had done previously was a HSP56 MR.I called this shop to ask them why they had removed this modem when all that was asked of them was to format and install Windows XP Home on my computer.They had removed this without my permission.Their excuse for doing this was that the modem was virtually useless because the XP Home with SP2 rendered it incompatible? And that most ISP's don't even recognize them anymore? This from the very same computer shop who sold me a computer with a pirated version of XP.
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Jan 31, 2007
How I thought this was a Nero problem but I Have just uninstalled one version of Nero 6.6.0.8 and replaced with my bros earlier version 6.6.0.3 both original discs.This problem is also seen on Clone DVD2.I am now convinced this is a Windows problem.This is whats happening.I am unable to copy DVD's with Nero whether they are Video/MP3 files.Every time I click on copy I receive a warning "disc capacity not big enough".I had the same problem 4 years ago with totally different equipment and totally different software and I remember wiping the hard drive to solve it.(which is not the way I want to go)I have Nero 6 Ultra Edition Version 6.6.0.8 installed ( Now 6.6.0.3 )
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Feb 14, 2008
I ran a scan with AVG and during the scan it found "Adware.BiSpy". That sound ominous. It recommended I "Ignore Once". I decided to delete it instead.
But when I go to delete, A grey box pops up that says:
" WARNING: C:WINDOWSsystem32C55bLs.dll/bi.dll cannot be removed because it is embedded in the archive C:WINDOWSsystem32C55bLs.dll. Do you want to remove the whole archive?"
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Sep 13, 2005
The seller posted a picture of the PC with OS License sticker on it. Unfortunately when I got the computer the sticker was removed. When I asked the guy why is that, he said that usually many items on eBay don't have the original picture. When I told him that I was expecting to get the PC licensed, he said that in the description clearly states the OS is optional. Well, it wasn't that clear and easy to find that, but yes there was such a statement. Now I feel ripped off. I paid about $300 for 3 years old computer
an if I have to pay for new license, that purchase becomes a little pricy. I was definitely expecting to get licensed machine.So, here is my question. Is the seller allowed to remove sticker from original Dell machine and sale it without it?
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Feb 9, 2006
I am running CW Shredder quite regularly and everytime I do run it it detects CWS.Msconfig and removes i. My problem is if this is aproblem I want to know how to get rid of it for good. I also run Ewido, spybot, adaware and windowsonw antivirus. Outside of a few cookies This is the only Problem.
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Dec 5, 2005
I need some real help here because I am baffled. I installed Panda Titanium antivirus 2005 on my bosses computer. When I went to restart it after the install it wouldn't restart it would get stuck at the blue welcome screen. Tried booting it into safe mode and it wouldn't even boot there. So finally I had to use the Windows XP disk and do a recovery. Well when I did that she lost all of her applications. I had to reload Office, Adobe, and it said that the Panda Antivirus was not installed correctly.So I tired to reinstall it and I get an error of Class not registered.I hoping not to have to do format and reinstall Windows Xp but I think there is some corruption in the computer.
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Jun 6, 2005
Trying to fix a cpu that has some blaster like symptoms and some other weird stuff going on. I've run McAfee, Spyware Doctor, and tried Symantec's FixBlaster but it says it didn't find it. how to clean Anything weird in the Hijack log
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Apr 1, 2005
I have run norton antivirus. I have gone to msconfig and deslected all of the startup programs. I am using windows xp proffessional on one computer and xp home on another. What is slowing these computers down, and how do I fix them?
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Jul 17, 2005
I've been having trouble with my computer freezing once it has been on for a while (>1hr 30 min), the mouse at first goes slow, then stops, and it also freezes sometimes whenever i put the capslock on (Weird, I know). I just reformatted my computer to solve the problem, installed Norton Anti-virus 2005, and defragmented it after all the windows update stuff was installed
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Jan 4, 2008
After searching some searching, I am unable to find threads that will assist me with this. But i would really appreciate some direction on how to "unclog" my laptop. Windows XP Pro, 1gb Ram, 80 Gb hardrive (maybe the size is the prob?), Adaware CCleaner, AVG Free. AVG Spyware, Zonealarm.
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Jan 6, 2006
I have a malware or spyware problem I can't solve. I tried spybot,adware but nothing worked
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Jul 27, 2006
After uninstalling a number of suspect programs, I ran my anti stuff, AdAware SE, Ewido, Spybot, Ccleaner, AVG, Stinger, CWShredder and Housecall. Got rid of a lot of Trojans & spyware. There is still a suspect, something called DMVLite, cant seem to uninstall this one. Google search only led me to do an HJT log. Not to sure I want to do that.I also tried to uninstall a program called DVD Sentry, but it said the Windows Installer 3.1 was missing.
Maybe most important issue. Ran Belarc, said it is missing 40 critical updates ! There is a Windows Update Shield that says it has a download to install. KB888162,it detects if SP2 is properly installed, it is NOT.Wants me to uninstall SP2. When I go to uninstall, I get all these, cannot copy files.My question is, is it OK to click cancel on these cannot copy, since I cant seem to do anything else anyway.
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Oct 26, 2007
I've put this thread in the XP forum as the problem is related to XP. XP is an OEM version and I only have a recovery DVD.I restarted my computer after installing some updates and XP wouldn't load. I tried it in normal mode, last known good configuration and safe mode and none of these worked. I then tried to load the system recovery pre-installed on my computer
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Feb 16, 2006
i am interested in buying a new laptop.I am not looking for anything fancy, just something that will last and be used primarly for word documents, email, and instant message. any recomendations? also, someone had mentioned that the mac's are converting to windows? is that true? will those be good? would a mac or pc be better for what i want to use it for?
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Dec 13, 2004
It has been bugging me; I have a pentium 4 2.4 Ghz running Windows XP Pro and I do a lot of number crunching. If I want to 'multitask' by clicking another program icon or aplet anywhere on my screen, it usually takes about thirty seconds to respond. My other machine is a PIII with 933Mhz and Windows 98SE. I get a second program to come up in under 5 seconds, no matter how busy the CPU. I was told XP was 'truely multitasking' since there was no DOS to overlay, was this all hype? I know that memory and background tasks can affect this, but my real question is this;Is there an Administrative or setup function that tells XP 'How' to manage programs, like Windows 98, (you can set the pc to Server, or Workstation mode (or was it desktop;
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Sep 29, 2005
We downloaded, by mistake I quickly learned, a online security suite from our ISP. With much help,we did a system restore but since, I can't save my passwords & sign in on my favorite forums etc. I have clicked auto complete in tools, options, content but it still keeps deleting the cookies w/o me doing it? Any words of wisdom or direction would be helpful. Can email me at bonjer94@rogers.com too.
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Sep 7, 2005
I started a thread to ask a specific question about a scrollingmessage I cannot get rid of and it has not submitted even though ittells me it has.
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May 26, 2006
I just got a new computer, and it's all used parts, except the hard drive. Since I've been using it, there has been odd bits of lag at random times. It doesn't matter what I'm doing, it will lag. It happens every few minutes or so for about a second, then everything works again. When I'm listening to music, or watching videos, it will skip horribly for a second, then resume playing. It's REALLY getting on my nerves, cause I record music, and its messing up my tracks. Even as I type this, its lagging... More frequently than before, actually. Any idea of what it could be?
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May 28, 2005
http://forums.techguy.org/showthread...19#post2643719
There is a link to the thread.
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Mar 17, 2006
I have read many of the "which AV?" threads and I see that Avast, AVG and Panda are all quite popular here.I do not, however, see much discussion of Trend Micro's PC-cillin, BitDefender or Kaspersky. Are those not popular for some reason, or are the others favored only because they are free?I really don't mind a reasonable annual subscription, but I do want a light footprint and effective security.
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Apr 29, 2010
Is there a way to delete my own thread after being posted ? If Yes please let me know how .
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Mar 12, 2010
After long, hard fought battle against various ailments of my computer, My operating system decided to not run anymore. Of course after all this I decided to finally break down and buy a new computer (besides my machine was about 7 years old), but I do want to salvage some data from it. Now after doing some research, I read about the whole repair install and from this board even,I was wondering if any of you have tried this, how well it works,
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Jul 13, 2006
I am having a frequent crash problem in WOW. It happens at random times and I get a BSOD describing kmixer.sys as the culprit.I ran Memtest for about 11 hours and didn't get any errors, and I have also been playing Prey and Battlefield 2 which doesn't cause any problems either. I think that should be the main stuff, I just did a fresh XP install about a month ago and have plenty of paging space.
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Nov 1, 2008
I am unable to create a new thread in microsoft.com, newsgroups.I click on "new and "question" and nothing happens.I use Norton SystemWorks 2006. It doesn't have pop up blocker.
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