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Microsoft => Microsoft Windows => Windows NT/2000 => Topic started by: Peaches on January 18, 2006, 06:28:18 AM
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About an hour ago I had about 218 MB/5.79 GB free.... just a moment ago I deleted a lot of stuff from my cookies folder and now I have 180 MB left... What's going on? :o
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Try searching for files with date=today, and sort on size...
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Online Virus Scan and Spyware Scan
http://www.pandasoftware.com/products/activescan.htm
Highly recommended second Online Malware Scan
http://www.ewido.net/en/
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Try searching for files with date=today, and sort on size...
hi, I did the search and this is what came up:
MSOBSHEL
PAV.SIG
pav.sig
Shockwave log
Should I delete those?
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Online Virus Scan and Spyware Scan
http://www.pandasoftware.com/products/activescan.htm
Highly recommended second Online Malware Scan
http://www.ewido.net/en/
I did the acitve scan which detected over 2000 viruses :o When it says "disinfected" does that mean it has removed the objects from my pc?
It also found some spyware and one dialer:
Incident Location
Adware:Adware/ShoppingCommunity Notdisinfected C:\WINDOWS\SYSTEM\moconfig.exe
Adware:Adware/WurldMedia
Not disinfected C:\WINDOWS\SYSTEM\qmlkcmi.dll
Adware:Adware/P2PNetworking
Not disinfected
C:\WINDOWS\SYSTEM\P2P Networking v123.cpl
Dialer:Dialer.B
Not disinfected C:\WINDOWS\SYSTEM\ia.dll
Adware:Adware/IST.ISTBar
Not disinfected C:\WINDOWS\SYSTEM\istinstall_143666.exe
Adware:Adware/PortalScan
Not disinfected C:\WINDOWS\SYSTEM\id113.exe
Adware:Adware/IEDriver
Not disinfected C:\WINDOWS\SYSTEM\JAVAPRXY.exe
Adware:adware/iedriver
Not disinfected C:\WINDOWS\SYSTEM\ast_5_csl1.exe
Adware:Adware/IEDriver
Not disinfected C:\WINDOWS\SYSTEM\maxspeed.exe
Adware:Adware/Twain-Tech
Not disinfected C:\WINDOWS\INF\TWAINTEC.INF
Adware:Adware/IPInsight
Not disinfected C:\WINDOWS\INF\ALCHEM.INF
Adware:adware/p2pnetworking
Not disinfected C:\WINDOWS\TEMP\p2psetup.exe
Adware:Adware/IST.ISTBar
Not disinfected
C:\WINDOWS\TEMP\fjTpTkw.exe
And.....
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Adware:Adware/TVMedia
Not disinfected C:\WINDOWS\TEMP\tvmupdater.exe
Adware:adware/tvmedia
Not disinfected C:\WINDOWS\ApplicationData\tvmuknwrd.dll
Adware:adware/searchaid
Not disinfected
C:\WINDOWS\DownloadedProgramFiles\open.exe
Spyware:Cookie/Serving-sys
Not disinfected
C:\WINDOWS\Cookies\peter@serving-s[2].txt
Spyware:Spyware/BetterInet
Not disinfected
C:\WINDOWS\bundles\thin-8-1-xx.exe
Adware:Adware/MyDailyHoroscope
Not disinfected C:\WINDOWS\bundles\setup_silent_25040.exe
Adware:Adware/TopRebates
Not disinfected C:\WINDOWS\bundles\WebRebates_Auto_InstallSilent.exe
Adware:Adware/BookedSpace
Not disinfected
C:\WINDOWS\bundles\bs5vwqouc.exe
Adware:adware/portalscan
Not disinfected C:\WINDOWS\bundles\TVM_B5.EXE
Adware:Adware/TVMedia
Not disinfected C:\WINDOWS\bundles\Tvm_b5_269.exe
Adware:Adware/eZula
Not disinfected C:\WINDOWS\bundles\vl_ezstub.exe
Adware:Adware/DealHelper
Not disinfected C:\WINDOWS\bundles\dealhelper.exe
Adware:Adware/IEDriver
Not disinfected
C:\WINDOWS\bundles\ICMedia350.exe
Adware:Adware/nCase
Not disinfected
C:\WINDOWS\bundles\180searchScreenSaver.exe[180adsolution.exe]
Virus:VBS/Redlof.A
Not Disinfected
C:\DevC++\Include\folder.htt
Virus:VBS/Redlof.A Disinfected
C:\DevC++\Examples\Print\folder.htt So should I go in and remove ALL of them manually? All of them are bad right?
The Ewido one wouldnt work... a message came up saying something about how the program asked the Runtime to terminate it in an unusual way... after pressing ok, the browser closes.. :-?
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I would say yes, but that might not be the best idea. Maybe re-running the programs could fix it. Check you internet connections to see if odd things are their.
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Which operating system are you using?
Its ME...
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I would say yes, but that might not be the best idea. Maybe re-running the programs could fix it. Check you internet connections to see if odd things are their.
U mean I shouldnt delete them... and rerun the spyware programs? The only thing is that the activescan one only deletes certain things and wont delete others like the spyware and the dialer....
lol, you're talking to a real novice here, as you can see..... :-[ How do I check my internet connections... :-?
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2000? You could have broken the record. :D
Download, install & update...
CLEANUP
Ccleaner
ANTI SPYWARE
Ad-Aware
Spybot S&D
ANTI VIRUS
AVG Free (Set options to 'scan all files')
Turn off System Restore if applicable. (ME & XP users)
Run Ccleaner
Run Ad-Aware
Run Spybot
Run AVG Free
Re-start in Safe Mode
Re-run AVG Free
Re-start in Normal Mode
Turn on System Restore if applicable. (ME & XP users)
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2000? You could have broken the record. :D
that's wright, how do you come at so many viruses?!? I mean did you even had an antivirus program before you posted your question, and if you had, please post me the name of it, then i now i should never use it, as seen it can't stop any virus
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Good idea Blackberry! i don't want it either. :o :o :o :o :o
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I think you should run a Disk Defrag. Some (or alot) of these files that are taking up space are probably fragmented files, which usually appear when you install/uninstall software and hardware. Take note that this may take a while depending on system speed. To do this click on Start -> Programs -> Accessories -> System Tools -> Disk Defragmenter ... Keep us posted.
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lol, yes 2000! Do I get a medal? But I have a feeling that some of them werent really viruses because..... A while a ago I started playing around with C++ and had saved some of the programs I had made while learning.... some of those were detected as viruses...:P
I have adaware and SpyBot SD (which is set on Resident) - I run both about weekly or bi-weekly at the least and checkout updates too... Maybe I have some nastly lil gremlin they cant detect... I dont know... but even after deleting them 2000 viruses, I only freed another 250 or so MB...hmmm
I did a defragment about 3 weeks ago and it took like 6/7 hours! Do i get a medal for that one too hehehe....
Thanks for all your help guys will do all the above and let you know what happens. I'll be waiting for my medal.... and yes yes of course i'll mention you all in my thank you speech...
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Has your computer stopped eating your disk space? (Creating files)
If not, run the programs I posted earlier.
If so, you will need to find the files it created and delete them.
This is a virus, you can do the cleanup & defrag routine later.
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6 to 7 hours is UNREAL. It should never take more than 3. Even 3 is rare... Something's up... I'll wait for your results before posting anything...
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If you're still having trouble with viruses/spyware/adware , go to: http://housecall.trendmicro.com/
Do a full system scan.
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Hardware:
133MHz Intel™ Pentium™ processor or equivalent
64MB of RAM
At least 30MB of available disk space
Operating System:
Microsoft Windows 98SE/NT4.0,SP6a/2000,SP2/XP,SP1/2003 and Windows MCE 2005
Linux Distributions that supports libc6
Solaris 2.6 and above
Software:
Microsoft Internet Explorer (IE) 6.0 or later
Mozilla Firefox 1.0.5, 1.0.6, 1.0.7, 1.5
Mozilla 1.7.12
Display: Monitor that supports 800 x 600 resolution at 256 colors or higher
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