kam

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  1. Ohhhh I am so tempted to buy a new computer...if only I had the money... I tried the Registrar Lite-- or rather installed it, opened it, and made sure those boxes were checked, but it didn't affect Services.msc. Also tried to run all the other steps--phew! Here are my notes starting with step 3 (step 1 being moot and 2 running smooth) Neither of these appeared, and hence did not get deleted. Ok, hmm... Things in blue I didn't find at all. The red ptsif.dll I didn't find exactly-- I found the same entries but with rpvvm.dll instead. I went ahead and checked them to be fixed--those entries
  2. Well, rats. I got all set up to follow this list but have already encountered an obstacle. When I find and click on "Network Security Services (NSS)" in Services.msc, I get a nasty sounding message reading as follows: Configuration Manager: A required entry in the registry is missing or an attempt to write to the registry failed. When I click OK, I get another little window reading simply: The system cannot find the file specified. Now I know your instructions say to go ahead even if I don't find the service listed, but I wasn't too sure, since I DID find it but it appears there's something w
  3. Okey dokey, ran CWShredder again, it found nothing. Ran About:Buster--here's the log: -- Scan 1 --------------------------- About:Buster Version 4.0 Reference List : 26 No ADS found on system Removed! : C:\WINNT\coacy.dat Attempted Clean Of Temp folder. Removed Uninstall Key (HSA) Removed Uninstall Key (SE) Removed Uninstall Key (SW) Pages Reset... Done! -- Scan 2 --------------------------- About:Buster Version 4.0 Reference List : 26 No ADS found on system Attempted Clean Of Temp folder. Removed Uninstall Key (HSA) Removed Uninstall Key (SE) Removed Uninstall Key (SW) Pages Reset... Done! So
  4. Hmm, some of these steps confuse me a little. Should I assume that since no service files are listed ("place service file here"), that I can skip this step? Also, with Step 4, no specific files have been listed for me to check and fix, so should I again assume this step is unnecessary? I just don't want to go deleting files left right and center based only on their extensions, since I have no clue what they might be for. Since I wasn't sure what to do or not to do in this list of steps, I've done none of them--and I've run HJT again just for kicks, here's the log if it'll shed some light on
  5. Wow, thanks for the quick reply! Okay, I did what you said: downloaded and ran CWShredder (the only thing it found and removed was CWS.Mupdate), downloaded and ran About:Buster-- this is the log from that: Scanned at: 10:16:23 PM on: 5/25/2005 -- Scan 1 --------------------------- About:Buster Version 4.0 Reference List : 26 Removed Data Streams: C:\WINNT\imsins.log:ztwfn Removed! : C:\WINNT\auzxr.dat Removed! : C:\WINNT\coacy.dat Removed! : C:\WINNT\_win32_system_data.dll Removed! : C:\WINNT\system32\mnyru.dat Attempted Clean Of Temp folder. Removed Uninstall Key (HSA) Removed Uninstall Key
  6. Okay, that didn't happen yet, but something similar did. An "official"-looking Windows message window popped up. The message window has a red circle with an X in it to the left of the window, and the message reads: WARNING: Windows Firewall detected suspicious network activity on your computer. Malicious software codes try to steal your privacy information, such as credit card numbers, electronic mail accounts, financial data or passwrods. Do you want to learn how to protect your computer? Yes No When I click on Yes, it opens an IE window with the URL http://www.msnhelper.net/search
  7. Oh duh -- I'm running Windows 2000, by the way. And another symptom of this spyware is that every so often a "Microsoft Security Center" bubble will pop up telling me I have spyware and to click the bubble to fix it--but if I click the bubble it just takes me to some doofy webpage not unlike the anti-spyware ads. If this happens again I'll copy the message and the url and paste them here. And again, I'm computer-stupid, but does Windows 2000 even HAVE Microsoft Security Center?
  8. Howdy-- This spyware has been bugging the bejeezus out of me for the past couple of days: I've run Ad-Aware and Microsoft Anti-Spyware approximately 5 billion times to no avail-- it just keeps re-installing itself. It turns my IE homepage into a fake "search" page titled about:blank, lambasts me with pop-ups (despite my Google toolbar) trying to sell me anti-spyware software (haha), and has added some rude entries to my Favorites list. And I think it might be making AIM crash whenever I try to IM someone, as well as simply freezing IE every so often and slowing things down in general. I've