Virus problem - please help !
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4. March 2013 @ 16:55 |
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he don't really need more ram.. about all that would do is give more room for malware.
Did you see what got pulled out?
probably dont use it for anything except Toms TV and that is where all the malware coms from...
look at that short HJT Log.
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4. March 2013 @ 17:26 |
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Hang in there dweb, I'm looking but must go to hospital for awhile.
I really wish you could run ComboFix, I see you have it on your machine and ran it recently.
If you still have it on your computer, drag it to the recycle bin and go back and run a new copy.
just follow the instructions here: http://forums.afterdawn.com/thread_jump.cfm/956209/5836793
2oG
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4. March 2013 @ 22:16 |
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Hello Andy,
Well, you had me fooled for a while.
You?re not a novice, with P2P software and Divx to DVD converter, not to mention Pay for Software that I just about know you didn?t buy, but downloaded using uTorrent and brought yourself one hell of a load of malware and Trojans in with them.
I?m not going to give you a speech because as I said it?s your computer and you can do with it as you please. But you should move up the ladder and learn how to keep from getting caught downloading illegal programs and movies and how to keep from bringing in the malware with them. You probably know now that ComboFix and MBAM don?t always get everything. LMAO
I said I would help you and I?m a man of my word.
Here are 2 files to delete, one is flagged as containing a Trojan and the other is malware. You can use the OTL Script I put together to do it or learn how to dig it out yourself:
Run OTL Script
? Double-click OTL.exe to start the program.
? Copy and Paste the following code into the ( Custom Scans/Fixes ) text box.
:Files
ipconfig /flushdns /c
C:\Program Files\Enigma Software Group\SpyHunter\esgiguard.sys
C:\Documents and Settings\Andy\Local Settings\Application Data\DCBC2A71-70D8-4DAN-
EHR8-E0D61DEA3FDF.ini
:Commands
[PURITY]
[emptyjava]
[EMPTYFLASH]
[reboot]
? Then click the Run Fix button at the top.
? Click OK
? OTL may ask to reboot the machine. Please do so if asked.
? The report should appear in Notepad after the reboot. Copy and Paste that report in your next reply.
Note** if the report does not popup after the computer reboots you can find it here in this folder - C:\_OTL\MovedFiles
It will be named ? mmddyyyy_hhmmss.log
Where mmddyyyy_hhmmss - are numbers representing the date and time the fix was run.
I probably can?t help you any more but, would like to know how things are doing so let me know. And watch out with uTorrent. Copyright infringements are tracked and the fines are heavy.
Stay Safe
2oG
There are three kinds of men: The ones that learn by reading; The few who learn by observation;
The rest of them have to pee on the electric fence and find out for themselves...
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dweb175
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5. March 2013 @ 00:59 |
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Originally posted by 2oldGeek: Hello Andy,
Well, you had me fooled for a while.
You?re not a novice, with P2P software and Divx to DVD converter, not to mention Pay for Software that I just about know you didn?t buy, but downloaded using uTorrent and brought yourself one hell of a load of malware and Trojans in with them.
I?m not going to give you a speech because as I said it?s your computer and you can do with it as you please. But you should move up the ladder and learn how to keep from getting caught downloading illegal programs and movies and how to keep from bringing in the malware with them. You probably know now that ComboFix and MBAM don?t always get everything. LMAO
I said I would help you and I?m a man of my word.
Here are 2 files to delete, one is flagged as containing a Trojan and the other is malware. You can use the OTL Script I put together to do it or learn how to dig it out yourself:
Run OTL Script
? Double-click OTL.exe to start the program.
? Copy and Paste the following code into the ( Custom Scans/Fixes ) text box.
:Files
ipconfig /flushdns /c
C:\Program Files\Enigma Software Group\SpyHunter\esgiguard.sys
C:\Documents and Settings\Andy\Local Settings\Application Data\DCBC2A71-70D8-4DAN-
EHR8-E0D61DEA3FDF.ini
:Commands
[PURITY]
[emptyjava]
[EMPTYFLASH]
[reboot]
? Then click the Run Fix button at the top.
? Click OK
? OTL may ask to reboot the machine. Please do so if asked.
? The report should appear in Notepad after the reboot. Copy and Paste that report in your next reply.
Note** if the report does not popup after the computer reboots you can find it here in this folder - C:\_OTL\MovedFiles
It will be named ? mmddyyyy_hhmmss.log
Where mmddyyyy_hhmmss - are numbers representing the date and time the fix was run.
I probably can?t help you any more but, would like to know how things are doing so let me know. And watch out with uTorrent. Copyright infringements are tracked and the fines are heavy.
Stay Safe
2oG
I just ran spybot search and destroy and it found and got rid of some malware , but not strong vault . I don't know if strong vault is actually a virus of some kind and if it can do any damage to my pc if not removed or is it harmless. . You may not know as well or even some computer shop owners . I have downloaded music , movies for years without any trouble with the law because I don't sell it .
It's for my own personal entertainment . However, my brothers ex- father in law is a computer expert and programs computers for hospice and told my brother years ago expect problems with anything associated with the word " free ... this includes free music , movies ,and programs from torrent sites or even download.com that offers free programs that are supposed to be free of malware and obvious their not lol . I'm sure you would agree .
Your mind will quit before your body does .
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5. March 2013 @ 07:10 |
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I agree with the free crap and that analysis. Like I said I may not be able to help you any more as I can find nothing that resembles strong vault. I doubt seriously that it's very harmful probably just annoying.
You may have to download it and use the uninstaller it has in it.
2oG
There are three kinds of men: The ones that learn by reading; The few who learn by observation;
The rest of them have to pee on the electric fence and find out for themselves...
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JST1946
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5. March 2013 @ 09:57 |
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dweb175
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5. March 2013 @ 12:55 |
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Originally posted by JST1946: Read this about Strong Vault it may be of some help to you,
http://blog.teesupport.com/how-to-unins...ackup-manually/
I have watched the video guide for removing strong vault and it's not working for me because I need to know exactly what process to end in task manager . It would help if the screen shot were a little bigger and things were moving a little slower . I may do what 2oG recommended , thanks for the link .
Your mind will quit before your body does .
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dweb175
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6. March 2013 @ 00:48 |
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I think I finally removed strong vault for good . I ran ccleaner and it seem to fix the problem because I'm not getting the pop- ups anymore . I believe it's possible though when I started deleting stuff in task manager I removed my audio device because I have no sound and checked in control panel and it's gone . Any suggestions ?
Your mind will quit before your body does .
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6. March 2013 @ 02:30 |
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go to device manager and see if you have an exclamation mark in front of your sound device.you might have to reinstall the device and driver.
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dweb175
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6. March 2013 @ 03:39 |
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Originally posted by aldan: go to device manager and see if you have an exclamation mark in front of your sound device.you might have to reinstall the device and driver.
Nope , no exclamation mark near anything . It says this device is working fine with everything I checked out so something went wrong some where . I get rid of one problem and get stuck with another lol , and all my music files were accidentally deleted , but I have most of them saved to a disc .
Your mind will quit before your body does .
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ddp
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6. March 2013 @ 11:14 |
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if have motherboard disk then re-install sound driver.
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AfterDawn Addict
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6. March 2013 @ 17:12 |
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Do you still have driverGenius.exe installed? it shows in your logs. if so run it.
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6. March 2013 @ 18:53 |
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another good driver program i use is 3dp chip.way faster than driver genius and free as well.
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6. March 2013 @ 19:25 |
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Driver genius may not be as fast but, it finds more drivers.....
Free is not always best. Anyway dweb had a cracked version of DG.. might as well get some good out of it before they ZAP it.. lmao
2oG
There are three kinds of men: The ones that learn by reading; The few who learn by observation;
The rest of them have to pee on the electric fence and find out for themselves...
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6. March 2013 @ 19:37 |
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i suppose so.lol.
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ddp
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6. March 2013 @ 20:36 |
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he has the motherboard disk as he posted that in another thread.
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dweb175
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7. March 2013 @ 15:45 |
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I went ahead and installed driver genius and got my sound back . A lot of stuff was outdated and cost me $29.99 but everything's running ok so far . I'd like to give a big thanks to everyone , especially 2 old geek who stuck with me .
Your mind will quit before your body does .
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ddp
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7. March 2013 @ 15:54 |
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$29.99 for driver genius or the drivers themselves?
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dweb175
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7. March 2013 @ 16:22 |
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Your mind will quit before your body does .
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ddp
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7. March 2013 @ 16:44 |
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could have got the drivers for free from the chipset manufacturers. i do that all the time & not pay for it.
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7. March 2013 @ 17:45 |
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if you want simple and can bear the cost,,,, driver genius is THE best!
Sorry I had to drop out some, dweb, my wife was in hospital and she comes first.
hope every thing is going ok now...
2oG
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dweb175
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7. March 2013 @ 23:01 |
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Originally posted by 2oldGeek: if you want simple and can bear the cost,,,, driver genius is THE best!
Sorry I had to drop out some, dweb, my wife was in hospital and she comes first.
hope every thing is going ok now...
2oG
I'm sorry to hear this about your wife and is everything ok ? I absolutely agree family is a number one priority . Without my family I'd be a bum out in the street . I think everything is fine with my pc now except it running a little slow . This July it'll be 7 years Iv'e had it and told as a computer ages it's going to need new parts just like a used car .
Your mind will quit before your body does .
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8. March 2013 @ 06:52 |
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Quote: . I think everything is fine with my pc now except it running a little slow . This July it'll be 7 years Iv'e had it and told as a computer ages it's going to need new parts just like a used car .
First thing I would do is get some more RAM.. 500MB is really not enough, you need at least 1GB and be sure to keep the drive well defragged..
2oG
There are three kinds of men: The ones that learn by reading; The few who learn by observation;
The rest of them have to pee on the electric fence and find out for themselves...
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ddp
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8. March 2013 @ 15:23 |
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must be an echo in this place as i thought i said that about the ram & aldan said that about the defrag.
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8. March 2013 @ 17:05 |
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I'm OLD - Give me a break!
There are three kinds of men: The ones that learn by reading; The few who learn by observation;
The rest of them have to pee on the electric fence and find out for themselves...
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