Advice re: possible worm???
Wednesday, September 17, 2003 by goodmorphing | Discussion: WinCustomize Talk
Suddenly IE won't work at all. I have tried sys restore. Cannot access online virus scan. Norton not finding anything at all. I was thinking about re-installing from disc, but if it is a worm or virus it might wipe out the disc. What should I do?
word works, defrag works, sys restore works, netscape works, trillian works.
If this comes through underlined it is not intentional...
word works, defrag works, sys restore works, netscape works, trillian works.
If this comes through underlined it is not intentional...
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goodmorphing
Reply #22 Wednesday, September 17, 2003 4:04 PM
Reply #22 Wednesday, September 17, 2003 4:04 PM
cold reboot didn't help.
I'll try offline next.
I'll try offline next.
kona0197
Reply #23 Wednesday, September 17, 2003 4:05 PM
Reply #23 Wednesday, September 17, 2003 4:05 PM
yrag...I would have thrown the machine across the room by now!
yrag
Reply #24 Wednesday, September 17, 2003 4:07 PM
Reply #24 Wednesday, September 17, 2003 4:07 PM
nope...not yet. Can't be the cable...she's uses Netscape w/o problems.
goodmorphing
Reply #26 Wednesday, September 17, 2003 4:10 PM
Reply #26 Wednesday, September 17, 2003 4:10 PM
I switched off the firewall, deleted all the cookies and offline content and files and nothing helped.
I have been using an old copy of atguard. Zone alarm didn't work on my computer.
I have been using an old copy of atguard. Zone alarm didn't work on my computer.
yrag
Reply #27 Wednesday, September 17, 2003 4:13 PM
Reply #27 Wednesday, September 17, 2003 4:13 PM
Sounds like the 'Privacy settings' got wacked. GM- if you have a pop-up stopper running, disable it (if you have Web Blinds installed don't forget that one). If you have privacy setting set in firewall (cookies) disable that...
Right click anywhere on your desktop, pick an off the wall favorite site and see if it comes up
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Right click anywhere on your desktop, pick an off the wall favorite site and see if it comes up
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goodmorphing
Reply #28 Wednesday, September 17, 2003 4:16 PM
Reply #28 Wednesday, September 17, 2003 4:16 PM
I was using myIE2 which has popup blocker, and atguard also has. Should I uninstall both are try again?
About two weeks ago, all the documents in my document folder vanished (except the system ones) .... could this be related?
About two weeks ago, all the documents in my document folder vanished (except the system ones) .... could this be related?
yrag
Reply #29 Wednesday, September 17, 2003 4:18 PM
Reply #29 Wednesday, September 17, 2003 4:18 PM
ahhhhh......files shouldn't just 'disappear'. Don't uninstall, just disable them if you can.
Any funny noises coming from hard drive lately?
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Any funny noises coming from hard drive lately?
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goodmorphing
Reply #30 Wednesday, September 17, 2003 4:21 PM
Reply #30 Wednesday, September 17, 2003 4:21 PM
yrag, it opens the browser, but it doesn't even get past 0% on the status bar.
goodmorphing
Reply #31 Wednesday, September 17, 2003 4:23 PM
Reply #31 Wednesday, September 17, 2003 4:23 PM
no funny noises, things are running smoothly.
or were
or were
yrag
Reply #32 Wednesday, September 17, 2003 4:31 PM
Reply #32 Wednesday, September 17, 2003 4:31 PM
Ok...we know the cable works (Netscape) and we know that it can't be files missing because you did a restore (hopefully created before this happened). I don't think the disappearing files mean anything in regards to this. At the risk of repeating myself...you need to look very carefully at task manager processes....something is running and it shouldn't be. A worm or what have you will show running...so if you can't identify the process do a search in your files and figure out what it is....
As a guide, if you find it is an MS System file,,let it run...if it's something else and you don't recognize the proggie, kill it
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As a guide, if you find it is an MS System file,,let it run...if it's something else and you don't recognize the proggie, kill it
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goodmorphing
Reply #33 Wednesday, September 17, 2003 4:31 PM
Reply #33 Wednesday, September 17, 2003 4:31 PM
uninstalled myie2, disabled firewall with no results.
goodmorphing
Reply #34 Wednesday, September 17, 2003 4:33 PM
Reply #34 Wednesday, September 17, 2003 4:33 PM
I could take a screenshot of the task manager if that would help.
yrag
Reply #35 Wednesday, September 17, 2003 4:35 PM
Do that.....
Reply #35 Wednesday, September 17, 2003 4:35 PM
| 34 by goodmorphing - 9/17/2003 4:33:06 PM I could take a screenshot of the task manager if that would help. |
Do that.....
goodmorphing
Reply #36 Wednesday, September 17, 2003 4:36 PM
Reply #36 Wednesday, September 17, 2003 4:36 PM
I'll unload everything that I can think of that is running, and then see what is there.
goodmorphing
Reply #37 Wednesday, September 17, 2003 4:50 PM
Reply #37 Wednesday, September 17, 2003 4:50 PM
I cant upload the shot. I get this message.
Microsoft VBScript runtime error '800a004c'
Path not found
/include/incCommonUtils.asp, line 44
Microsoft VBScript runtime error '800a004c'
Path not found
/include/incCommonUtils.asp, line 44
goodmorphing
Reply #40 Wednesday, September 17, 2003 4:56 PM
Reply #40 Wednesday, September 17, 2003 4:56 PM
I guess that image thing doesn't work in netscape, but it is in my profile.
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Reply #21 Wednesday, September 17, 2003 4:03 PM