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Hostile_
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6. January 2010 @ 20:26 _ Link to this message    Send private message to this user   
Hey guys. First off, I am sorry but I could not find anything using the search function so here I am.

I'm having some weird problems today. When I start my windows (xp 32bit sp3) I have to wait about 2 minutes for "User Name" in task manager to show my name under 'processes tab'.

Other than that when i go into 'My Computer' it's a blank screen for about 2 minutes (same with the task manager user name problem) with that flashlight icon hovering around the folder thingy.

Now, I don't have any programs loading up during startup except 'NvCpl' and 'smax4pnp', later being my sound card driver, and I could not spot anything out of the ordinary in 'Processes' tab in task manager.

I'm trying to figure out what's causing this problem. The windows that I have is a fresh instal from less than a week ago and it is pretty clean.

My main board is an 'ASUS Striker Extreme' with 2 ethernet ports, connected to one of them is my router. I know that router isn't the problem since I'm using another computer and I have perfect internet connection (Wireless connection). I have switched ports several times and it's the same story all over again.

Now when I go into network connections I have 3 icons, '1394 Connection' which is irrelevant and 2 'Local Area Connections', 1 and 2. When I right click on any of them and click 'disable' nothing happens even with multiple trys. However, if I try to click 'Enable' the enableing box will open but nothing happens. I couldn't even shut down the windows as the blue goodbye screen kept on saying "Shutting down" or something so I had to shutdown manualy. It shuts down just fine if I don't enable the 'Local Area Connection'.

That's it. Didn't think it would take this much explanation but I just wanted to make everything clear. I'll post my system specs if needed, though I feel that it is not necessary
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7. January 2010 @ 07:48 _ Link to this message    Send private message to this user   
It's running something hidden.. keylogger/rootkit something like that.

I had a repair system came in last year showing the same symptoms.. SVV turned up 3 rootkits.. so I just wiped it because they were totally embedded in the ntoskrnl and came back after killing and removing.

This message has been edited since posting. Last time this message was edited on 7. January 2010 @ 07:50

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