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Thread ID: 49015 2004-09-08 01:12:00 OUTPOST - Big problem Shaun_68 (5877) Press F1
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270258 2004-09-08 01:12:00 Hi everyone - After reading all the posts about this firewall I thought I'd give it a go.
Now my pc has a severe problem - after the download but before a restart the pc warned me that my windows disk was seriously low on space - so I deleted the Temp Internet files - the pc then locked up - no worries has I have to reboot to activate Outpost.
Black screen while files are updated - then blue screen with scandisk - hit "Cancel" - nothing happens - scandisk is still scanning - next thing "Connect to the internet" pops up, but without a password - hit "Cancel" - nothing - scandisk finishes - hit "Close" - nothing.
Try Ctrl, Alt, Del and only two items loaded - I think it was Astray and Loader - and thats it

Hope someone has some ideas as to what might be going on

HP 720A - ME - IE6 - OL6 - AVG - and now outlook !!!!!!!
Shaun_68 (5877)
270259 2004-09-08 01:44:00 Loader = CoolWebSearch spyware I'd imagine.

www.liutilities.com
whiskeytangofoxtrot (438)
270260 2004-09-08 01:50:00 Yeah my thoughts as well - things like that tend to turn up when the wife used to visit Kazaa - but that doesn't tee me whats gone wrong and how to fix it (hopefully) Shaun_68 (5877)
270261 2004-09-08 02:09:00 Try downloading and running CWShredder (www.majorgeeks.com) and Adaware (www.majorgeeks.com) Pheonix (280)
270262 2004-09-08 02:12:00 CWS is pretty impressive in it's implementation.

I imagine on boot it's gone "OMG !(@*#&$(@#&%(@#&% A FIREWALL!!!!!!!11 which is causing the problem. Get a hold of CW Shredder (Google is your friend) and boot up in safe mode and run it.

That or go into safe mode and try removing the loader.exe from StartUP
whiskeytangofoxtrot (438)
270263 2004-09-08 02:33:00 Thanks guys - one small problem (can't check it from work though) it that nothing happens after the scandisk has finished - it seems to just get that far and lose interest in booting up - so it's like a blue screen of death but with a finished scan and a connect to internet window open Shaun_68 (5877)
270264 2004-09-08 04:46:00 Safe Mode is selected before scan disk starts. whiskeytangofoxtrot (438)
270265 2004-09-08 22:48:00 Had a good look last night - seems that for some reason a lot of the config type files have disappeared - which is why it's not booting up.
Tried to re-load ME but the pc reckons that there isn't enough room - so it looks like it might be a case of FDisk and start again - this time I'm sticking to SE.
Thanks for you help so far
Shaun_68 (5877)
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