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nihilist
another systemof control
Registered: 06/23/03
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Holy shit, my computer is being eatet alive!
#2883181 - 07/12/04 06:15 PM (19 years, 8 months ago) |
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Seriosuly... no, not seriously, but close enough. I got this problem with it and theres nothing I can do... without your help, that is.
Any time I use Internet Explorer it goes to a certain page with a bunch of search links. I can't change my homepage either. The problem is getting worse, now IE barely ever works and lags when it does. It took me an hour to get to this page.
My suspicion is that spyware has something to do with this. Not hard to figure out considering I have NO spyware removal or virus detection program AT ALL! Can someone link me to a downloadable, free one? I'll try to check back later, if I can.
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kindkesey
take it further
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Re: Holy shit, my computer is being eatet alive! [Re: nihilist]
#2883185 - 07/12/04 06:16 PM (19 years, 8 months ago) |
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sounds like spyware or something!
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Randolph_Carter
НơĻ?ĢΉōsŧ
Registered: 06/13/00
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Re: Holy shit, my computer is being eatet alive! [Re: nihilist]
#2883195 - 07/12/04 06:19 PM (19 years, 8 months ago) |
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Anti virus is k3y....this shit happened to me too.
I think it was the trojans, because the adware killers didn't do shit.
Avast has always solved all my problems, and home users can register it for free, which is the shit. Downloads page: http://www.avast.com/eng/download/programs/avast_4_home_downloa.html
You're going to have to choose your own d/l server tho.
Good luck.
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OldSpice
Geritol Breath...
Registered: 08/25/03
Posts: 59,080
Loc: Crankytown, Texas
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Re: Holy shit, my computer is being eatet alive! [Re: Randolph_Carter]
#2883268 - 07/12/04 06:35 PM (19 years, 8 months ago) |
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-------------------- So hard to be ....WDWGFH? Texas is humongus compared to France Our Gair, who art in Texas, Paw Paw be thy Name.... My friends are thirsty You never see a motorcycle parked outside a Psychiatrist office
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nihilist
another systemof control
Registered: 06/23/03
Posts: 169
Loc: USA
Last seen: 12 years, 1 month
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Re: Holy shit, my computer is being eatet alive! [Re: Randolph_Carter]
#2883882 - 07/12/04 08:49 PM (19 years, 8 months ago) |
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Thanks Randolph, you're the man!
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abhi
Why not?
Registered: 10/11/03
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Re: Holy shit, my computer is being eatet alive! [Re: nihilist]
#2883897 - 07/12/04 08:54 PM (19 years, 8 months ago) |
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Get your computer checked for spyware as well
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Adom
Totally Nude
Registered: 09/30/01
Posts: 10,877
Loc: Way Up North
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Re: Holy shit, my computer is being eatet alive! [Re: abhi]
#2883930 - 07/12/04 09:04 PM (19 years, 8 months ago) |
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This is great, thanks to all the help here. I was out of town and my roomate visited every nasty porn site on the net and got all kinds of spyware and pop ups on my system.
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Fade_To_Black
Fire It Up
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Re: Holy shit, my computer is being eatet alive! [Re: Adom]
#2884408 - 07/12/04 11:11 PM (19 years, 8 months ago) |
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its got to be a trojan, same shit is goin on with my IE. always goes to a search engine when i use it. Im using Mozilla right now but it would be nice to remove the extension hijack Spybot keeps finding... God I hate viruses.
things that make you wanna go buh!
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OMNiKiLLeR
Scorned Watcherof Ages
Registered: 07/10/04
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Re: Holy shit, my computer is being eatet alive! [Re: nihilist]
#2884426 - 07/12/04 11:16 PM (19 years, 8 months ago) |
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get: AVG free edition Ad Aware 6.0 Free edition Spybot 1.3 Search and destroy (free again) Black Ice (fire wall, free unless changed) Spyware Blaster (free too!)
Google, duh
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Shroomism
Space Travellin
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Re: Holy shit, my computer is being eatet alive! [Re: Fade_To_Black]
#2884505 - 07/12/04 11:37 PM (19 years, 8 months ago) |
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to stop broswer hijacking and catch spyware BEFORE it happens - http://www.javacoolsoftware.com/spywareguard.html and get its companion - http://www.javacoolsoftware.com/spywareblaster.html To remove browser hijacks and search bars use CW shredder then there is always spyware nuker.. ad-aware, and spybot and Spysweeper for you all purpose spyware killing.. if that doesnt work nothing will. oh yeah and get firefox.
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Adom
Totally Nude
Registered: 09/30/01
Posts: 10,877
Loc: Way Up North
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Re: Holy shit, my computer is being eatet alive! [Re: Fade_To_Black]
#2884725 - 07/13/04 01:30 AM (19 years, 8 months ago) |
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What if it is a trojan how do I get rid of it?
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Barbi
Plastic Person
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Re: Holy shit, my computer is being eatet alive! [Re: Adom]
#2885083 - 07/13/04 06:21 AM (19 years, 8 months ago) |
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Adom
Totally Nude
Registered: 09/30/01
Posts: 10,877
Loc: Way Up North
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Re: Holy shit, my computer is being eatet alive! [Re: Barbi]
#2885449 - 07/13/04 10:08 AM (19 years, 8 months ago) |
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Thanks, I hope that helps. I know I had one because my virus ware keeps finding it in the archives and won't delete it.
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Krishna
कृष्ण,LOL
Registered: 05/08/03
Posts: 23,285
Loc: oakland
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Re: Holy shit, my computer is being eatet alive! [Re: Adom]
#2885459 - 07/13/04 10:11 AM (19 years, 8 months ago) |
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Quote:
Adom said: This is great, thanks to all the help here. I was out of town and my roomate visited every nasty porn site on the net and got all kinds of spyware and pop ups on my system.
yeah sure... your "roomate"...
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Adom
Totally Nude
Registered: 09/30/01
Posts: 10,877
Loc: Way Up North
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Re: Holy shit, my computer is being eatet alive! [Re: Krishna]
#2885470 - 07/13/04 10:14 AM (19 years, 8 months ago) |
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I admit to going to a few porn sites, I never had any problems with the ones I've been to. I actually don't know how he did it, I've never once had a problem with pop ups, spyware untill I left this thing alone.
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Fade_To_Black
Fire It Up
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Re: Holy shit, my computer is being eatet alive! [Re: Adom]
#2886511 - 07/13/04 02:43 PM (19 years, 8 months ago) |
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FOUND IT!
Avast found the trojan that messes with IE: Win32StartPage-006[trj]
it infects the startup and win32 dll files, infected files cannot be repaired with avast, only deleted. although i think deleting the windows dll files isnt such a good idea, there was a fix program i found called "SpHjfix" that removed this problem.
Thanks randolph!
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Psilocybeingzz
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Re: Holy shit, my computer is being eatet alive! [Re: nihilist]
#2887109 - 07/13/04 06:01 PM (19 years, 8 months ago) |
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To much Nihilism thats your problem Seriously I love philosophy and I found Nietzsche interesting , but how can you be a Nihilist(bad question! its easy, just assume that you will never figure out existence and that it sucks anyway and POOF your a Nihilist ) Are you???? (personally ,I like the "gentle philosopher"..,.. Spinoza
Edited by Psilocybeingzz (07/13/04 06:02 PM)
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Vvellum
Stranger
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Posts: 10,920
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Re: Holy shit, my computer is being eatet alive! [Re: nihilist]
#2887762 - 07/13/04 10:12 PM (19 years, 8 months ago) |
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man, you gotta stop using IE - bad shit can/will happen. firefox or opera - period.
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OldSpice
Geritol Breath...
Registered: 08/25/03
Posts: 59,080
Loc: Crankytown, Texas
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Re: Holy shit, my computer is being eatet alive! [Re: OldSpice]
#2890070 - 07/14/04 02:19 PM (19 years, 8 months ago) |
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Quote:
Alounacara said: http://www.intermute.com/spysubtract/hp/ try this out
Wow i just ran Spy-subtract on my new PC and it found 25 suspects on my registery alone...Ad-Aware missed all of these
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Adom
Totally Nude
Registered: 09/30/01
Posts: 10,877
Loc: Way Up North
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Re: Holy shit, my computer is being eatet alive! [Re: OldSpice]
#2890087 - 07/14/04 02:21 PM (19 years, 8 months ago) |
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What do you work for them?
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