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Tuesday, October 14, 2008
What is the a-squared Online-Check and what does it do?
Unlike online-virus scanners which load a module on your PC to scan the harddisk just for viruses, the a² Online-Check is a comprehensive security-check. It searches for potential security risks in your PC configuration. a² Online Check also shows you what "public information" from your PC can be accessed by anyone on the internet. Read More
System Crash
Hi, My kids have crashed my computer!! It is AMD Athalon XP running Windows xp home. It will not even start therefore I can't even do the read me. I started to, but spybot wanted to restart the comp so reluctantly I did and that was it, no more computer. I don't have the windows cd and am...
Hi,
My kids have crashed my computer!! It is AMD Athalon XP running Windows xp home. It will not even start therefore I can't even do the read me. I started to, but spybot wanted to restart the comp so reluctantly I did and that was it, no more computer. I don't have the windows cd and am hoping not to lose anything as I have all of my husbands work files on it!!!!!!:cry Is there some kind of recovery disk I can get that wont make me lose everything???? I noticed something was wrong when all of the Icons,start menu and tray had like webdings under them and the type was very old computer style writing??? Thanks so much for your help.
mneenee
Read MoreMy kids have crashed my computer!! It is AMD Athalon XP running Windows xp home. It will not even start therefore I can't even do the read me. I started to, but spybot wanted to restart the comp so reluctantly I did and that was it, no more computer. I don't have the windows cd and am hoping not to lose anything as I have all of my husbands work files on it!!!!!!:cry Is there some kind of recovery disk I can get that wont make me lose everything???? I noticed something was wrong when all of the Icons,start menu and tray had like webdings under them and the type was very old computer style writing??? Thanks so much for your help.
mneenee
AMD: DOJ ends probe on GPU price fixing
Late last week, the US Department of Justice officially told chipmaker AMD it has ended its antitrust investigation into the company's pricing and marketing practices and will not take any action, AMD announced on Monday. The subpoenas were issued at the end of 2006 for AMD and ATI Technologies, which was purchased by AMD earlier that year, as well as competitor NVIDIA. As the top two add-in graph...
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Freeware: a-squared Free 2.0 released!
Freeware: a-squared Free 2.0 released!
Four new scan types, analysis of packed archive files, new quarantine, scan whitelist for folders and malware names, completely new user interface and a better performance and no user registration required any longer.
Four new scan types, analysis of packed archive files, new quarantine, scan whitelist for folders and malware names, completely new user interface and a better performance and no user registration required any longer.
Many Issues-Please Help!
Many Issues-Please Help!
For the last week have been trying to find out what is up with a family members laptop. I am going to simply list the problems below and hopefully one of you can direct me further on what to do. 1. Computer has recovered from a serious error 2. Laptop radomly stops working, even though power...
For the last week have been trying to find out what is up with a family members laptop. I am going to simply list the problems below and hopefully one of you can direct me further on what to do. 1. Computer has recovered from a serious error 2. Laptop radomly stops working, even though power...
For the last week have been trying to find out what is up with a family members laptop.
I am going to simply list the problems below and hopefully one of you can direct me further on what to do.
1. Computer has recovered from a serious error
2. Laptop radomly stops working, even though power light remains on. Need
to turn computer off and reboot.
3. Laptop monitor does not work; In certain lighting, you can faintly see items
on the desktop. This is how I have tried using computer in safemode. When computer boots up, there is a flash of the Dell logo which looks normal.
4. Computer acts very slow
I have followed the Read & Run Me first steps here from the forum. The problem is that the computer will not stay on long enough to do virus scans, etc.
What is my next step?
Thank you!
I am going to simply list the problems below and hopefully one of you can direct me further on what to do.
1. Computer has recovered from a serious error
2. Laptop radomly stops working, even though power light remains on. Need
to turn computer off and reboot.
3. Laptop monitor does not work; In certain lighting, you can faintly see items
on the desktop. This is how I have tried using computer in safemode. When computer boots up, there is a flash of the Dell logo which looks normal.
4. Computer acts very slow
I have followed the Read & Run Me first steps here from the forum. The problem is that the computer will not stay on long enough to do virus scans, etc.
What is my next step?
Thank you!
virtumonde problem
virtumonde problem
Hi, I seem to have picked up the vundo virus. I ran through the cleaning process and it seemed to clear it, but a day later my AVG sometimes shows alot of trojan files in my /system32 folder to be healed. AVG still shows 3 changes to files when run too. I'm attaching logs as per the run me 1st...
Hi, I seem to have picked up the vundo virus. I ran through the cleaning process and it seemed to clear it, but a day later my AVG sometimes shows alot of trojan files in my /system32 folder to be healed. AVG still shows 3 changes to files when run too. I'm attaching logs as per the run me 1st...
Hi,
I seem to have picked up the vundo virus. I ran through the cleaning process and it seemed to clear it, but a day later my AVG sometimes shows alot of trojan files in my /system32 folder to be healed. AVG still shows 3 changes to files when run too.
I'm attaching logs as per the run me 1st page:
Thanks for any help
I seem to have picked up the vundo virus. I ran through the cleaning process and it seemed to clear it, but a day later my AVG sometimes shows alot of trojan files in my /system32 folder to be healed. AVG still shows 3 changes to files when run too.
I'm attaching logs as per the run me 1st page:
Thanks for any help
Foxconn boasts high revenues based on iPhone, others
Foxconn Electronics -- the Chinese company that does final assembly on iPhones -- has posted its highest September revenues ever, figures show. The company accumulated the equivalent of $4.86 billion, a 9.61 percent growth over August and a 36.65 increase year-over-year. Notably, the growth is being attributed to increased shipments of specific products, namely the iPhone, Sony's PlayStation 3 c...
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a-squared News: Flux spreads wider - a-squared Free and a-squared Personal version 1.5 released
Flux is the name of a new pest spreading covertly through the internet. Flux is a trojan that is making the life of most anti malware vendors much harder. - a² Free and a² Personal version 1.5 released with new features like Auto-Update. Read More
Malware,spyware,how many do you have to have!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
I have Avg syware,anti-virus and I just downloaded HAZARD SHIELD. Will these two conflict with each other like every other two malwares??
Please someone advise me! My AVG s run great but I feel thry are not getiing them all.
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Please someone advise me! My AVG s run great but I feel thry are not getiing them all.
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Another smitfraud victim...
Another smitfraud victim...
Overview/Intro: Smit won't let Firefox run at all! Disgusting little thing. Refuses to die. All required logs have been put into the MGLogs.zip file - only one attach. I've run SpyBot which finds smitfraud and removes 'svchost.exe' from C:\Windows where it 'resides' (hides) after booting...
Overview/Intro: Smit won't let Firefox run at all! Disgusting little thing. Refuses to die. All required logs have been put into the MGLogs.zip file - only one attach. I've run SpyBot which finds smitfraud and removes 'svchost.exe' from C:\Windows where it 'resides' (hides) after booting...
Overview/Intro:
Smit won't let Firefox run at all! Disgusting little thing. Refuses to die.
All required logs have been put into the MGLogs.zip file - only one attach.
I've run SpyBot which finds smitfraud and removes 'svchost.exe' from
C:\Windows where it 'resides' (hides) after booting into Windows XP. SAS
does the same. Logs echo the find and removal of svchost in scans.
The 'good' version of svchost.exe I have is dated 2001 and the file size is
smaller than the infected file that is found and deleted. Combofix finds and
deletes it too.
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"C:\WINDOWS\svchost.exe" 22528 10/13/2008 07:48 PM !!!
"C:\WINDOWS\system32\svchost.exe" 12800 08/23/2001 08:00 AM
"C:\WINDOWS\system32\dllcache\svchost.exe" 12800 08/23/2001 08:00 AM
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I have tried rebooting into Safe Mode with a command prompt so I can check
if svchost.exe is there.
svchost.exe is gone from c:\Windows in Safe Mode with cmd-prompt.
Once Windows XP is loaded and 'settles' down:
(1) The infected svchost.exe file is back,
(2) Firefox will not run or comes up and exits after a few seconds.
I also tried the online scanner that was suggested.
Thanks,
Bill
wpaladin@pipeline.com
Smit won't let Firefox run at all! Disgusting little thing. Refuses to die.
All required logs have been put into the MGLogs.zip file - only one attach.
I've run SpyBot which finds smitfraud and removes 'svchost.exe' from
C:\Windows where it 'resides' (hides) after booting into Windows XP. SAS
does the same. Logs echo the find and removal of svchost in scans.
The 'good' version of svchost.exe I have is dated 2001 and the file size is
smaller than the infected file that is found and deleted. Combofix finds and
deletes it too.
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"C:\WINDOWS\svchost.exe" 22528 10/13/2008 07:48 PM !!!
"C:\WINDOWS\system32\svchost.exe" 12800 08/23/2001 08:00 AM
"C:\WINDOWS\system32\dllcache\svchost.exe" 12800 08/23/2001 08:00 AM
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I have tried rebooting into Safe Mode with a command prompt so I can check
if svchost.exe is there.
svchost.exe is gone from c:\Windows in Safe Mode with cmd-prompt.
Once Windows XP is loaded and 'settles' down:
(1) The infected svchost.exe file is back,
(2) Firefox will not run or comes up and exits after a few seconds.
I also tried the online scanner that was suggested.
Thanks,
Bill
wpaladin@pipeline.com
Re: Malware,spyware,how many do you have to have!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Many on this forum will disagree with me here, but you can protect yourself just fine with a good security suite that guards against all sorts of malware (viruses, spyware, etc.) and includes a good firewall. Suites have gotten a bad rep because the two most popular, Norton and Macafee, are bloated and slow performance. Kapursky and Eset both have excellent suites that won't slow you down too much.
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