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| Thread ID: 86211 | 2008-01-08 16:08:00 | New SpyBot Problem..DANGER DANGER! | SurferJoe46 (51) | Press F1 |
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| 628376 | 2008-01-08 16:08:00 | OK...I installed the new beta version of Spybot on just this ONE computer...and this morning on reboot I am seeing that I am a victim of a fraudulent installation or pirated software with that nag toast running into here ever 10 minutes or so. The entry that Spybot seems to have blocked is: HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\Curre ntVersion\Run\ctfmon.exe=C:\WINDOWS\system32\ctfmo n.exe Now does anyone have any idea where SpyBot has changed this setting? I got that little blue star next to my clock now...and this site will not open: www.microsoft.com ....so I cannot get any info as to what to do...and why ME!?! I had to send this from my main computer as the Dell is being denied internet access...but I can still IM thru GTalk..Hmm...I cannot get to IE and there's no way to get an update from SpyBot in case there's a repair or a known problem update etc. .... |
SurferJoe46 (51) | ||
| 628377 | 2008-01-08 17:44:00 | If internet access is being blocked try a winsock repair. Start, Run, CMD to open a command prompt. Type in: netsh winsock reset catalog Enter and reboot computer. |
Safari (3993) | ||
| 628378 | 2008-01-08 18:03:00 | I just burned everything down and am running Feisty Fawn right now on the unit that had the WGA failure. Feisty went in smoothly..I wish I had an i368 version of PCLOS...but I will limp along with this for a while..might even try a dual-boot later on..that seems to be my greatest failure..but I will persevere. PS: Side-by-side with the good-running XP units, the graphics are very different...and it seems the colors are more vivid on this unit (Dell) now...maybe I should check my glasses prescription. |
SurferJoe46 (51) | ||
| 628379 | 2008-01-08 19:30:00 | OK...I installed the new beta version of Spybot on just this ONE computer...and this morning on reboot I am seeing HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\Curre ntVersion\Run\ctfmon.exe=C:\WINDOWS\system32\ctfmo n.exe Well thats not a spybot problem. Its a Trojan problem that SPybot has told you about. How do you get so much of this stuff anyway? I never get malware. |
pctek (84) | ||
| 628380 | 2008-01-08 20:59:00 | Well thats not a spybot problem . Its a Trojan problem that SPybot has told you about . How do you get so much of this stuff anyway? I never get malware . I leave this puter on 24/7 and maybe that's the problem . . but I use it as a fax and all . . . so it's necessary . It's also my primary e-mail device so that's likely a source of trouble too . Funnilly enuff, I have kept this: ctfmon . exe from running in all my puters as it was said to be malware . . but this is the only puter so badly affected . AVG, BoClean Comodo, Spybot and all found it to be malevolent . . . so I disabled it . This is the only unit adversely affected so far . Maybe since this (Dell) is just a communication puter, I'll leave Feisty alone and let it have it's way . Now to fine-tune Feisty and get it to look the way I want it to look . |
SurferJoe46 (51) | ||
| 628381 | 2008-01-08 22:08:00 | www.howtogeek.com | zqwerty (97) | ||
| 628382 | 2008-01-08 23:09:00 | I leave this puter on 24/7 and maybe that's the problem . . but I use it as a fax and all . . . so it's necessary . It's also my primary e-mail device so that's likely a source of trouble too . AVG, BoClean Comodo, Spybot and all found it to be malevolent . . . so I disabled it . You need better stuff . Mine have: Nod32, Counterspy, RegDefend, Spyware Doctor, Zone alarm PRO (not the free one) all resident . |
pctek (84) | ||
| 628383 | 2008-01-09 00:23:00 | Actually, thgat is what I used to test the problem . . . I don't use nearly that much at all . I am behind a router, Windows Firewall, AVG, Spybot, have BoClean to run when and if I feel like it and for quite a few years have had little problems . . er . . other than the dual-boot systems I could not get configured, that is . I really don't mind if I get hit . . I can just burn it down and start over again and that affords me the opportuning to clean the HDD and get rid of the fluff that ties up a system anyway . I'll play around in Feisty for a while and see what that brings . . . . but I don't really like all that overhead from ZA . . had it . . . hated it . What does ctfmon . exe have to do with qualifying? Nothing, I think . . and all my anti-stuff had that noted as a baddie . . . . it was in the lists of things to scan for . . . and kill on sight . But . . . like I said . . . I don't understand this current situation . . even though I dumped XP and immediately went to Feisty Fawn . None of my other XP puters are having any troubles with WGA . . THAT'S the weird thing . Is there some sortta trojan/malware that targets the WGA qualifier and lets M$ think I have a pirated copy . . . which I most assuredly do NOT! Does ABP run on Feisty? This F1 site is messy without it . |
SurferJoe46 (51) | ||
| 628384 | 2008-01-09 00:29:00 | Does ABP run on Feisty? This F1 site is messy without it.Yes. It's just a browser addon, the OS doesn't really matter. | Erayd (23) | ||
| 628385 | 2008-01-09 00:30:00 | If you want to stop ctfmon.exe go here Control Panel/Regional and Language Options/Languages/Details/Advanced. Check the box that says Turn off advanced text services. Its used for Asian languages / part of Office, or something. |
Speedy Gonzales (78) | ||
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