Fix Unknown symbol on turnoff icon-possible spyware/virus?
Unknown symbol on turnoff icon-possible spyware/virus?
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A: Unknown symbol on turnoff icon-possible spyware/virus?
For the last few days my McAfee VirusScan Enterprise 8.5.0i features has been disabled and greyed out. My Access Protection, Email Protection and Buffer Protection are absent when I open my Virus Console from my Start menu. I cannot open my Virus Console from my system tray where the icon is. I keep getting an error message that says: Could Not Access the Local Computer. But I AM the local computer. I also have full privileges. I ran services.msc to see if I had access to shut down mcshield and I get another error message Error 5: Access Denied. Now my Microsoft Word isn't working. It's saying that there isn't enough memory or the disk is full. But I know I have enough space. I've also gone into the Administrator account in Safe Mode to look at my Virus Console and, although the options are avaliable, everytime I reenable them it just disables again when I reopen it. I haven't have problems for months since I got this. I've reinstalled this thing a hundred times to no result. And I've scanned my computer multiple times with different recommended devices in and out of safe mode. I am at wits end. I could really use some help.
i have no idea what it is, nor can i find any info on it on google.
if anyone knows how to get rid of or knows what fhdaumwA is, please help me.
also-- if anybody knows how to get rid of TA_Start and Think_Adz... that'd be great too.
maybe im wrong but i think those things are preventing my explorer.exe from working properly.
Bring the Task Manager (Ctrl+Alt+Delete) and run Explorer.exe as a new task. Would that make a difference?
I have a symbol with 2 blue arrows on all my file icons and i have no idea what it is. Any ideas?
I get a pop up on my computer (even when not on the net) that says I have a trojan spm/lx virus & I need to install an "intrusion detection system" software.
I have lost my desktop image & can not restore it. My windows media player will not work anymore, & "system restore" also will not work.
I tried to run the DDS to create a report, but this spyware/virus keeps poping up saying I have to "activate their antivirus software". Which I don't want to do.
I found a way around it. But THEN when I run the GMER Rootkit Scanner, it crashes. Everytime. So I can not complete this step of the process.
I only have a subscription to Norton, which had ben good enough for years & years. But they want to charge a high fee to help fix this.
Since you all helped me with my moms computer a few weeks ago, I figured I come back here for your help with mine.
What would be my next step, since I can not get the GMER Rootkit Scanner to complete a scan & create a ark.txt file?
Thanks for your help regarding this matter.
This thing is related to a "advanced-virusremover-2009" pop up that turned into my current nightmare.
Other odd things I've noticed. Any program I try to start, this pop up says "Application cannot be executed. The file is infected. Please activate my anti virus software". Well, If I don't "kill" the window, I can then open the program on my second try, and it runs normally.
My Norton program says there's nothing wrong with my computer.
As for my computer, It runs well, with the exception of the pop up ad, which wants me to install a program. And messes with the ability to start other programs.
I still am unable to re-set my desktop image.
And I'm having no luck running the "GMER Rootkit Scanner" without it crashing, to create a ark.txt file.
I hope this is useful in figuring out how we can "Crush" this "bugger".
Hello, I recently came down with AdVantage as well as a series of other nasty programs that I think have been removed, save for one, which is really the one I was hoping to get rid of in the first place. I have updated AVG, Spybot S&D, SUPERantispyware, and Ad-Aware, and run ALL Of them with a full scan to reveal little of anything useful. I eventually downloaed the microsoft Malicious Software Removal Tool and that seems to have done the trick for AdVantage. However, I still have this one program that pops up and tries to download and install something all on it's own. Now, as best I can tell, it's not able to actually download nor install anything, as it appears to error, and ask me where a file is. This is the string it searches in by default (The string that's in the search box by default) C:\DOCUME~1\Teddy\LOCALS~1\Temp\_is28\ Now, I know for sure that it's actually downloading something, but I haven't a clue where it's putting it. I lost ALL my free HD space to this monster. It was originally trying to run under the name Eclipse Patch, but after I uninstalled that, it changed to another program and started trying to coerce me to install it. Other things the window does, is reopen if I close it, instantly, time and time again. If I end it with Task Manager, it goes away for five or ten minutes, then starts crying more.
It seems I have some type of problem that redirects my browser. It does it on IE8 and FireFox.
I'm working on my mom's computer, and I've run two different antivirus scans, plus AdAware, and I still haven't been able to completely clean her computer. I don't know what virus(es) remain, but there's something still on her computer. I've run bitdefender online and housecall online as I cannot install an AV software due to whatever bug she has. I know it is still infected because when I launch IE and type in a web address, mulitple IE windows open up going to various different websites. Attached are the DDS logs.
Hello! My name is Sam and I will be helping you. In order to see what's going on with your computer I'll ask for you to post various logs from the tools that we will use to resolve your issue. Please also share with me any information about how your computer is reacting and behaving each step of the way as we work through this process.We need to create an OTL ReportPlease download OTL from hereSave it to your desktop.Double click on the icon on your desktop.Click the "Scan All Users" checkbox.Push the "Run Scan" button.The scan should take just a few minutes.Copy the log that opens up and paste it back here in your next reply.==============Download GMER from here:Unzip it to the desktop.Open the program and click on the Rootkit tab.Make sure all the boxes on the right of the screen are checked, EXCEPT for ?Show All?.Click on Scan.When the scan has run click Copy and paste the results (if any) into this thread.
Good evening guys, i really need help from 1 of the pro here to get rid of this, it is really getting on my nerves.
when i open a notepad, the find and replace options just came out.
The weird thing is whenever i dc my k/b (pulling out the batteries), the system just goes fine but once i connect the k/b, the problems return. I've tried scanning using Panda AVPRO (result: no virus found), spybot s&d (result: scan a few spyware and deleted) but to no avail. Tried to boot it in safe mode, missing boot.ini option in msconfig and i cant press the f8 button during startup. I didnt try to reformat my com because i afraid one of my files might be infected and i dont really wish to do that either. I will post the hijackthis logfile in the next message since im using another computer to post this up. Would greatly appreciate if someone could help me with this.
Q: Unknown Virus/Malware/Spyware??? I Need Help!!!!
I need some real help here. I have some sort of virus or spyware.....etc.... It redirects all of my google searches to other weird websites that are other search engine or shopping websites i have never heard of. It also has stopped all of my anti-virus and anti spyware programs to stop from running and i also can't seem to install them again. I really need this computer to work because it is my baby and i have to use it for a big paper i have to write for school. It is a Sony Vaio VGN-FS775P/H . I used AVG Free for my Anti-Virus and Search and Destroy for my spyware protection. Neither programs work. Also i am knowledgeable about computers. But i do like step by step instructions for these kinds of problems. But i will take any help i can get!!!!
A:Unknown Virus/Malware/Spyware??? I Need Help!!!!
Im new here, so sorry if I get something wrong.I am running windows XP Home, Chrome browser. I have followed the instructions to create a log file and attached it here. I usually am able to locate and remove trojans/spyware/viruses myself, but this one has me beat.
A few weeks ago I downloaded from an email what I thought was an invoice for road toll I had traveled on. Turned out to be a scam and computer did all sorts of strange things, shut down on its own, opened weird web pages, cant remember what they were now. I noticed in the task manager processes list that iexplore.exe was using a lot of memory and internet browsing was very slow. I dont use internet explorer and have it disabled so I ended the iexplore.exe process. Internet went back to normal, after a while iexplore.exe started up again causing the same problem, I kept ending it but kept restarting. I downloaded Task Blocker to kill it every time it started up. Some days it was continuously being ended, but computer and internet were fine. Problem is a few days ago task blocker wouldnt open, even tried uninstalling and reinstalling, still didnt work. I then downloaded "Ultimate_Process_Killer_2.0.2" which enabled me to end the process manually and kill the root file, which I did like 100 times until it didnt start up again. I havent had a problem since but wanted some help to make sure it is gone for good. Sorry this is so long, please advise as to what you need me to do next. Thanks.
Q: Unknown Files--- Virus? Spyware?
i was looking through my program files and found a file called Learn2.com it contains the folder StRunner which contains: stcurs, struntme.dll, STRunner, and stuninst.
and in under common files i found these folder: xing shared, SureThing Shared, SWF Studio, SpeechEngines, Nullsoft, MSSoap, Borland Shared, and Corel.... any help is appreciated.
Q: Unknown virus, maleware, spyware...?!
I think my machine was infected when I accidently clicked on some pop-up or banner ad. I first noticed I was infected when loads of warnings from a fake anti-spyware product (that I hadn't realized I had downloaded/installed), started to pop-up.
I've ran Malwarebytes Anti-Malware, Spybot S&D, and AVG Free 8.5 multiple times, and now Malwarebytes has said there are no infections present. However, when I boot up and login, it rarely completes all the startup procedures and just freezes instead. If I do manage to login, a short time later I will get a scrambled BSOD before the machine restarts itself (No idea what the prompt is for the BSOD).
I am running Windows Visa Home Basic, and I don't have any system restore points I can use.
Got a steal on a computer FX55, 4 gig ram, 2 geforce 6600 GT 128 video cards, 1 tb of HD space but I'm stuck trying to get this thing to start. I've gotten the 800b0100 error but now I'm not getting that far after doing a full clean format of the primary HD. What I have connected is a dvd drive, the main ide drive (has a sata raid setup but have that disconnected), 2 G of ram and the video cards.
Press Ctr - alt - del to restart.
Any help would be appreciated. I don't have much experience with the computer so the history is a little unknown.
My problem is that i can not run explorer.exe from anywhere. It seams to run for a few seconds on the process list then goes away. I have no taskbar, desktop icons, or explorer.exe running. I have run ad-aware with its' updates as of last night, Removed everything that they found. I have tried to install spybot search and destroy numerous times on different hardrives and even on a flash drive and it wont startup for some reason. I had it installed allready but it stopped working(wouldn't load) so I tried reinstalling it and it would install fine but would never load the process.
Q: PC infected with unknown virus/adware/spyware,etc.
I have a friend's PC i'm trying to clean but have been unsuccessful. I have installed Malwarebyte's, Ad-Aware, Avast, Spybot both in normal mode & safe mode. I have also attempted to rename the setup and .exe files associated with each program but I get an access denied message with all of them. Requested info is provided/attached. Thank you.
A:PC infected with unknown virus/adware/spyware,etc.
My computer got infected with what I'm guessing to be a trojan over the past couple of days, probably yesterday.
Basically what it does is open a pop up window whenever I start Firefox or IE. And I failed to take notice of it, so I'm not sure if it is due to the virus or some other problem, but the software for my ATI Radeon x1650 is completely shot. The card runs, but the Catalyst Control Center attached to it doesn't even run. I tried reinstalling it to no avail.
I'm not getting any error messages.
Then we'll take a look.
I am a Wikipedia editor, and one day last year I found out that when I was editing an article, I would type something, and then it would take a couple seconds before the word actually appeared on screen. So I got suspicious and ran Malwarebytes. The cause was a Rogue.Installer. After I removed it the computer was fine. However, two weeks ago, I got the problem again. However Malwarebytes and Avast couldn't catch it. And this time the problem came with another. Pictures would either take very long to show up, or it would just show red X boxes. Now this doesn't happen to all pictures. At first I tried resetting IE which did seem to help. However the problem came back once again and resetting now does not help. So please help me get rid of this annoying problem.
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Q: Unknown wmail account...virus? spyware?
Hello when I try to open my yahoo email account I fin an already opened one with other person�s name. Besides, computer keeps making a sound like if someone is clicking the mouse.
Panda and AVG find nothing. What can I do? Thank you!!
I actually have two computers I'm working with and both of them seem to have the same type of viruse or spyware. Both of these computers are used to list products on ebay. Both have a suspicious service named ci that points to a file named c:\windows\system32\tcim.exe. On one of the systems I keep getting a popup with chinese writing that looks like an instant messenger program (but isn't) I had already run combofix and malware bytes antimalware as well as super antispyware but I can't get rid of it.
P.S. I also get a 0x0000008 blue screen on one of the systems in normal mode shortly after logging in related to ntfs.sys but it does not happen in safe mode.
So after fighting and fighting with this computer I finally gave up and reinstalled windows. I was able to get it removed from one computer using a combination of bartpe, combofix, malwarebytes, and manual removal of suspect things, but apparently this virus infects .exe files and if run, brings the virus back full blown.I found info on it at the following site: LINK Edit: Fixed link.I see many chinese, russian, and other sites talking about this but no one seems to have a fix.
I have a workstation running XPP with SQL express and other production software that has been infected with something that shuts down the NIC and reboots the machine.Machine now running in safe-mode with networking for credit card authorizer to function.Spent many hours scrubbing the machine and thought I had got it cleaned - 24 hours later it is in the same condition.Have run AVG (in Safe-mode consle and GUI), malwarebytes, and SuperSpyWare - the safe-mode AVG cleared enought to boot normal. Ran the AVG root-kit and full scan - they were clear.This bad-ware creates multiple folders in the root that look like SQL installs that failed - they contain a EULA.TXT that is locked and can't be deleted in OS operation. Used UBCD4W to remove them a day ago - now they are being generated again.Trying to avoid a format and re-install as the production software requires a great deal of configuration when installed.Has anyone seen this activity and does anyone have a solution?
I've got something on my computer and I'm not sure what. I've had a lot of trouble with spyware and viruses just in the last two months or so, but I thought I had them kicked until now. I keep getting obnoxious popups in new windows that are advertisements for everything from dragon gaming to dentists. They show up as windows in my taskbar but don't actually visualize, and they're hard to get rid of. It may be related to my recent searches (which really creeped me out), as I do like fantasy and just recently spent some time looking up dentists. However, the popups are definitely not legit and I get them both in Firefox and in IE.
I've also had trouble with my Windows Firewall and automatic updates turning off - I definitely did not do that, and I keep getting notices that they're off. I tried going into Control Panel to fix it, and it said I wasn't authorized to do that. Considering that I'm the only account on my computer, that's concerning.
I've done a little virus-cleansing on my own before by perusing these forums, but I can't do this one on my own because I don't know what it is. My Symantec and Adaware scans don't turn anything up, and for the last few viruses I've gotten, I've gotten tons of alerts telling me about them. For this one, I've gotten nothing.
Q: Unknown virus downloading rogue spyware/redirecting.
As of 6 weeks ago I downloaded a torrent that ended up being a virus. 3 days after that I took a 5 week vacation so I really didn't mess with it much. But now I'm back and it's getting on my nerves.
Multiple rogue spywares being downloaded. Only one I looked at was Antivirus 2010.
Random webpages opening without me doing anything.
Changed my internet settings to using nonresponsive proxy.
So far I have run a few scans with malwarebytes. I think 3 quick scans and 2 full scans all resulting with different things. I have also tried the Avira free trial but It really didn't do anything. I have been told that I need to turn off system restore but when I tried that it gave me an error saying "System restore encountered an error trying to enable/disable one or more drives please restart your computer and try again." and I plan to restart soon to try it. I also tried using TDSSkiller but It's still here.
If it helps here's the last malwarebytes scan.
HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\adgj.aghlp (Adware.EZLife) -> Quarantined and deleted successfully.
A:Unknown virus downloading rogue spyware/redirecting.
My computer runs extremely slow (from start up, to opening and closing programs, and running internet). As of recent, my computer will not allow me of install any new programs, update Java and now get on Facebook. Everytime I try to download a program (most recently anti-spyware or malware) my computer tells me during installing a dll file or exe file is missing. This holds true with every program I have tried. When I try to open currently installed anti-virus program; the program will either not open or I will receive an error "The program failed to initialize, error (0xc000012d)." When I attempt to login to Facebook my IE broswer says that the certificate is bad and if I reload the page the browers tells me "To enable cookies" to view the page. I am unable to run AVG, Malwarebytes, or an other program.
I ran the scandisk and defragmented the drive with no issues. I am unable to run a DDS report (download will not begin or install). I was able to get a hijackthis log, GMER log and run MBRcheck. All of the logs are attached. I appreciate any advice you can give me to resolve this issue.
To help you protect your computer, Windows Firewall has blocked activity of harmful software.
Description: iSpynow is a Spyware program that records keystrokes and takes screen shots of the computer, stealing personal financial information.
"Warning! Spyware detected on your computer! Install an antivirus or spyware remover to clean your computer."
It also list two items that are listed as "Danger!"
I attempted to reboot and got a bunch of dialog boxes, indicating various computer files could not be found. In addition, when accessing "Add or Remove Programs", the list of programs never comes up.