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| Thread ID: 55219 | 2005-03-05 16:47:00 | Pop-ups and Task Manager wont load | Mr_Ed (7521) | Press F1 |
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| 331072 | 2005-03-05 16:47:00 | I have been working to recover a computer that was infested with spyware and have hit a stone wall. I went through add/remove programs and deleted everything that should not be there. Ran a full windows update, installed trendmicro pccillin and did a full scan, and then ran adaware. The computer runs much better but I am still getting occasional popups. Also a strange problem is that I can not get the task manager to load. When I hit alt-ctrl-del it shows up for a brief moment then goes away. I am guessing I still have one bugger of a program still installed but am stuck on what I can do to get rid of it. Has anyone run into this same sort of problem? What did you do to recover? I am really doing my best not to have to format and reinstall this machine. Thanks for the help. Mr_Ed |
Mr_Ed (7521) | ||
| 331073 | 2005-03-05 17:38:00 | install firefox and see if you still get popups if you dont then set it as default browser........sometiems this is easier than trying to get rid of that spyware which I KNOW can be extremely hard to do.......... | drcspy (146) | ||
| 331074 | 2005-03-05 17:40:00 | also .....dunno if it's relevant but try the file association fix I posted here for your task manager thing....... pressf1.pcworld.co.nz | drcspy (146) | ||
| 331075 | 2005-03-05 20:06:00 | I have found HijackThis to be a valuable tool in fixing this problem. Give it a run and go through the list of processes to see if you can identify something hiding in there and get HJT to fix it. | FoxyMX (5) | ||
| 331076 | 2005-03-05 20:22:00 | have a look thru this page windowsxp.mvps.org hth |
johnboy (217) | ||
| 331077 | 2005-03-05 23:14:00 | johnboy that page describes the problem perfectly but I dont have any instance on netstatt . exe running . When I run a Hijack This scan it comes up with lots of stuff . . . Some of which looks correct and other lines I question . I ran a full scan with an updated trendmicro virus def but it doesnt find any virus . . . can anyone help me in setting up Hijack to kill this? |
Mr_Ed (7521) | ||
| 331078 | 2005-03-05 23:15:00 | I've used this freebie to restore taskbar/quicklaunch successfully: TaskbarRepairToolPlus! (www.kellys-korner-xp.com) :) |
braindead (1685) | ||
| 331079 | 2005-03-05 23:40:00 | You can post your HijackThis log here for people to check if you wish. Make sure you close all your programs first to make it easier to read. | FoxyMX (5) | ||
| 331080 | 2005-03-05 23:46:00 | have you installed and run spybot s&d? | Prescott (11) | ||
| 331081 | 2005-03-06 00:05:00 | did you try the fileassociation fix I posted ? | drcspy (146) | ||
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