HELP!

MadMax · 2005-03-06, 10:32 PM

So I'm checking bot reports and click a link to verify a "page not found." I get a 403 error and IE locks up for a second (I'm currently posting this in Firefox). From that point on IE and Outlook are freezing, and I can't even check with MS for updates because windows update only works with IE, which won't open.

Have run CW Shredder (just in case), ad aware, spybot and none of them came up with anything relevant, plus a full system scan from Norton Antivirus. Nada. HJT log doesn't show anything that seems out of the ordinary, and I'm getting no help from the mainstream tech support forums.

Anyone got any ideas? Anything at all?

Mr. Blue · 2005-03-06, 11:03 PM

Try the new beta version of Microsoft's Spyware removal. I don't like MS as a company, but that's the single best anti spyware I ever used. So, try MS Spyware removal: http://www.microsoft.com/athome/secu...e/default.mspx

MadMax · 2005-03-07, 07:34 AM

Unfortunately, because of the issue I'm already having I can't update my definitions for MS Antispyware, so it hasn't been any help at all.

zack2004 · 2005-03-07, 03:55 PM

If you are running XP, you might want to do a "system restore".
Start - Programs - Accessories - System Tools - System Restore.
Pick the last date when your system was still running and cross your fingers! |pcwins|

amber438 · 2005-03-07, 07:14 PM

Go to House call and do an on line scan. May be more reliable.
Did you get any weird error messages? anything at all?? Do you have a trojan scanner? Go here to scan on line for trojans
Go here for on line spyware scan
Download hijack this, run it and post to Tom Cyote's hijack this forum here

That's the best I can do

If you have a nasty bug, using system restore will not help as it is already living in it and may reinfect. system restore is good in cases when a system is not infected.

selena · 2005-03-09, 09:41 PM

Have you tried running those apps (spyware, etc) from safe mode? If not, start in safe and run those applications.

~crosses fingers and other pertinent body parts for you~

2005-03-06, 10:32 PM	#1
MadMax "Without evil there can be no good, so it must be good to be evil sometimes" ~ Satan Join Date: Aug 2004 Location: Motor City, baby, where carjacking was invented! Now GIMME THOSE SHOES! Posts: 2,385	HELP! So I'm checking bot reports and click a link to verify a "page not found." I get a 403 error and IE locks up for a second (I'm currently posting this in Firefox). From that point on IE and Outlook are freezing, and I can't even check with MS for updates because windows update only works with IE, which won't open. Have run CW Shredder (just in case), ad aware, spybot and none of them came up with anything relevant, plus a full system scan from Norton Antivirus. Nada. HJT log doesn't show anything that seems out of the ordinary, and I'm getting no help from the mainstream tech support forums. Anyone got any ideas? Anything at all?

2005-03-07, 03:55 PM	#4
zack2004 Ahhh ... sweet pity. Where would my love life be without it? Join Date: Apr 2004 Location: New Jersey, USA Posts: 209	If you are running XP, you might want to do a "system restore". Start - Programs - Accessories - System Tools - System Restore. Pick the last date when your system was still running and cross your fingers! \|pcwins\| __________________ Zack Free XXX Twat Porn Links Twat Porn Blog

2005-03-07, 07:14 PM	#5
amber438 Whatever don't kill ya makes ya stronger... Join Date: Apr 2003 Location: New York Posts: 820	Go to House call and do an on line scan. May be more reliable. Did you get any weird error messages? anything at all?? Do you have a trojan scanner? Go here to scan on line for trojans Go here for on line spyware scan Download hijack this, run it and post to Tom Cyote's hijack this forum here That's the best I can do If you have a nasty bug, using system restore will not help as it is already living in it and may reinfect. system restore is good in cases when a system is not infected. __________________ Red Hot Links Red Hot Galleries

2005-03-09, 09:41 PM	#6
selena Oh no, I'm sweating like Roger Ebert Join Date: May 2004 Location: On the edge Posts: 592	Have you tried running those apps (spyware, etc) from safe mode? If not, start in safe and run those applications. ~crosses fingers and other pertinent body parts for you~ __________________ Doer of Things at MetArtMoney Skype selena.delgado9 ICQ 273551440

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2005-03-06, 11:03 PM	#2
Mr. Blue Searching for Jimmy Hoffa Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: Long Island, NY Posts: 771	Try the new beta version of Microsoft's Spyware removal. I don't like MS as a company, but that's the single best anti spyware I ever used. So, try MS Spyware removal: http://www.microsoft.com/athome/secu...e/default.mspx

2005-03-07, 07:34 AM	#3
MadMax "Without evil there can be no good, so it must be good to be evil sometimes" ~ Satan Join Date: Aug 2004 Location: Motor City, baby, where carjacking was invented! Now GIMME THOSE SHOES! Posts: 2,385	Unfortunately, because of the issue I'm already having I can't update my definitions for MS Antispyware, so it hasn't been any help at all.