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David,
Thanks for the advice. The BHOdemon just sits there when I try to run it.
It says it is downloading a local file but never completes.
Adaware (with latest def files) found a few (25) with only 8 critical (Alexa).
SpyBot S&D found nothing. I ran a full virus scan with NAI, it found
nothing. I downloaded the latest stinger, it found nothing.
The interesting thing is that I am having all kinds of problems doing basic
things. For example, I purchased a 160GB external drive to make a backup of
the data. The "found new hardware wizard" appears and just stays there. I
tried to remove my AV software and re-install. I couldn't remove it. I
tried to uninstall my tape backup software (Veritas), I couldn't uninstall
it. It is like this machine is posessed.
Any suggestions, anyone..... TIA
"David H. Lipman" wrote:
> From: "Bryan" <Bryan@discussions.microsoft.com>
>
> | I have a W2K server, fully patched which will no longer connect to the
> | internet. IE 6 just hangs whenever I try to open it. No error, it just
> | dies. The same thing happens when I try to open the "connections" tab to
> | review the settings.
> | I can ping outside my network by IP and name.
> | The only changes made to the server have been the MS updates which I apply
> | manually.
> | Also, my AV software is unable to pull down updates. I think the two
> | problems are related.
> | Any suggestions? TIA
>
> Sure can be related. You can have adware./ spyware and/or a virus.
>
> First I suggest using BHOdemon v2.0 to see if the problem is a Browser Helper Object
> blocking IE.
>
http://www.definitivesolutions.com/bhodemon.htm
>
> Second I suggest the following anti adware/spyware software...
>
> Ad-aware SE
> http://www.lavasoft.de/
> http://www.lavasoftusa.com/
>
> SpyBot Search and Destroy:
> http://security.kolla.de/
>
> Finally, you can use the following tool to remove viruses and other malware...
>
>
> Download MULTI_AV.EXE from the URL --
>
http://www.ik-cs.com/programs/virtools/Multi_AV.exe
>
> It is a self-extracting ZIP file that contains the Kixtart Script Interpreter {
>
http://kixtart.org Kixtart is CareWare } three batch files, five Kixtart scripts, one Link
> (.LNK) file, a PDF instruction file and two utilities; UNZIP.EXE and WGET.EXE. It will
> simplify the process of using; Sophos, Trend and McAfee Anti Virus Command Line Scanners to
> remove viruses, Trojans and various other malware.
>
> C:\AV-CLS\StartMenu.BAT -- { or Double-click on 'Start Menu' in C:\AV-CLS}
> This will bring up the initial menu of choices and should be executed in Normal Mode. This
> way all the components can be downloaded from each AV vendor’s web site.
> The choices are; Sophos, Trend, McAfee, Exit the menu and Reboot the PC.
>
> You can choose to go to each menu item and just download the needed files or you can
> download the files and perform a scan in Normal Mode. Once you have downloaded the files
> needed for each scanner you want to use, you should reboot the PC into Safe Mode [F8 key
> during boot] and re-run the menu again and choose which scanner you want to run in Safe
> Mode. It is suggested to run the scanners in both Safe Mode and Normal Mode.
>
> When the menu is displayed hitting 'H' or 'h' will bring up a more comprehensive PDF help
> file.
>
> To use this utility, perform the following...
> Execute; Multi_AV.exe { Note: You must use the default folder C:\AV-CLS }
> Choose; Unzip
> Choose; Close
>
> Execute; C:\AV-CLS\StartMenu.BAT
> { or Double-click on 'Start Menu' in C:\AV-CLS }
>
> NOTE: You may have to disable your software FireWall or allow WGET.EXE to go through your
> FireWall to allow it to download the needed AV vendor related files.
>
> * * * Please report back your results * * *
>
>
> --
> Dave
>
http://www.claymania.com/removal-trojan-adware.html
>
http://www.ik-cs.com/got-a-virus.htm
>
>
>
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