Tarun

Hi tubui, you may wish to refer to this thread. Your pc sounds like it has some heavy infections and you'll need several malware cleaners and Dial-a-fix to cure everything.

Solved.

Doesn't work.

I recently tried to switch, but I'm sticking with Firefox. Opera may have that 100% compliance going on, but Firefox has far more to offer. A few options and extensions that I readily use often have nothing close to similar in Opera yet.

Indeed it is. This thread is discussing pagefile settings for Windows XP.

After 1024MB (1GB) of RAM though, you don't need a paging file anymore, at all, ever, period, (unless you're doing some professional work with high resolution images or movie editing or something) and you can safely ignore all warnings about the paging file (like Photoshop, etc). Set both options (minimum size and maximum size) to the same value for added performance -- with a static setting, Windows won't ever have to resize the paging file, it'll be the same size all the time. Also, try to stay within powers of two. For 512MB of RAM, 1024MB is great! If you want to do 1.5x rule as described above, then that'd be 768MB. I recommend 1024MB though.

It also used to be 100% free, but now they charge you shipping just to get it.

Concept: I'm working on updating many pages on my website and I've been looking for a way to update certain parts of every file by using a type of database file. What I've been thinking of is basically have a page that is like... Settings for SpywareBlaster <?php echo $spywareblast; ?> ...and the <?php echo $spywareblast; ?> is automatically called from the intro line of the php file where it'd have "include_once ("/work/data.php")" or whatever. Purpose: This will basically allow me to update version numbers and other information in one file only, while not needing to mess with the other pages. I don't even know if this can be done, but I sure would love to try. I currently have some pages with simply text and no graphics. I'd like to offer another version to allow more detailed information. There'd be roughly 10 pages or so, and updating each one manually would be a pain. I thought about using a MySQL database, but I know absolutely nothing about MySQL and figured this would be a bit safer.

Opera lets you surf the Internet in a safer, faster, and easier way. One of the most full-featured Internet power tools on the market, it includes pop-up blocking, tabbed browsing, integrated searches, and advanced functions like Opera's groundbreaking E-mail program, RSS Newsfeeds and IRC chat. You can customize the look and content of your browser with a few clicks of the mouse. Download: Opera 9.01 Build 8505 Beta (6.13MB, *.exe) Source: Lunarsoft.net

Most cases where this is present it is normal. tal, what are all of the scans that you ran on your system?

The rule of thumb is to take your RAM and times it by 1.5 I have 2GB of RAM and have my pagefile set to 512/512MB (Min/Max). It's plenty for me when I use Photoshop or game.

Perhaps in the future, but as for now it's still beta and undergoing private testing. I would love to see a replacement to HijackThis. It's so old and outdated, plus Merijn never updates it anymore.

ZoneAlarm Glitches hit Eudora, McAfee users. Sorry but I personally cannot stand ZoneAlarm. I used it back when it first came out (Until Pro v3.0) and it just kept getting worse and worse. It was an extensive resource hog, caused pages to load slowly and caused more problems than what it was worth. After that, I switched to Outpost Pro and was amazed at how much more control I had with that firewall as opposed to ZAP and the incredible flexibility.

Unpinned thread as there were numerous out of date application links since the thread is over a year old. Also unlocked so the original poster can return to edit and update the links if he so desires.

It's a program I wrote a long time ago. I basically copy the entire HijackThis log and then enter it into my Converter. I then manually look through the code (Until I can make a working whitelist) and flag what is malicious, what is safe to remove as it's not needed, and what stays. Link to screenshot. I may release it to the public in the near future though.

Microsoft Anti-Spyware has been discontinued and is no longer available. Windows Defender is the replacement application. Since you already have that then you're up to date.

Thanks for posting, tal ormanda. Your log is clean, everything that is listed is based on increasing your computers performance. At the bottom of this post will be recommendations and links to alternate software that will perform better on your machine. Generated by Tarun's HijackThis Converter v0.50 Beta. Default-color items are optional, red are known to be malicious. Created registry value R1 - HKCU\Software\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Main,Default_Page_URL = http://www.dellnet.com/ Changed registry value R0 - HKLM\Software\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Search,SearchAssistant = about:blank R0 - HKLM\Software\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Search,CustomizeSearch = Created registry value R1 - HKLM\Software\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\SearchURL,(Default) = http://my.netzero.net/s/search?r=minisearch Changed registry value R0 - HKCU\Software\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Main,Local Page = \blank.htm R0 - HKLM\Software\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Main,Local Page = R0 - HKCU\Software\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Toolbar,LinksFolderName = Created extra registry value where only one should be R3 - URLSearchHook: (no name) - {EA756889-2338-43DB-8F07-D1CA6FB9C90D} - (no file) Enumeration of existing IE's BHO's O2 - BHO: (no name) - {02478D38-C3F9-4EFB-9B51-7695ECA05670} - (no file) O2 - BHO: Adobe PDF Reader Link Helper - {06849E9F-C8D7-4D59-B87D-784B7D6BE0B3} - C:\Program Files\Adobe\Acrobat 7.0\ActiveX\AcroIEHelper.dll O2 - BHO: SSVHelper Class - {761497BB-D6F0-462C-B6EB-D4DAF1D92D43} - C:\Program Files\Java\jre1.5.0_06\bin\ssv.dll O2 - BHO: Windows Live Sign-in Helper - {9030D464-4C02-4ABF-8ECC-5164760863C6} - C:\Program Files\Common Files\Microsoft Shared\Windows Live\WindowsLiveLogin.dll O2 - BHO: ToolHelper - {EDC0F17F-F4B7-47e4-B73E-887FAEB376FA} - C:\PROGRA~1\Upromise\UPROMI~1.DLL Enumeration of existing IE's toolbars O3 - Toolbar: (no name) - {EF99BD32-C1FB-11D2-892F-0090271D4F88} - (no file) O3 - Toolbar: Upromise IE Toolbar - {06E58E5E-F8CB-4049-991E-A41C03BD419E} - C:\Program Files\Upromise\upromisetoolbar.dll Enumeration of suspicious auto-loading registry entries O4 - HKLM\..\Run: [TkBellExe] "C:\Program Files\Common Files\Real\Update_OB\realsched.exe" -osboot O4 - HKCU\..\Run: [DellSupport] "C:\Program Files\Dell Support\DSAgnt.exe" /startup O4 - HKCU\..\Run: [ctfmon.exe] C:\WINDOWS\system32\ctfmon.exe Extra IE context menu items O8 - Extra context menu item: E&xport to Microsoft Excel - res://C:\PROGRA~1\MICROS~2\OFFICE11\EXCEL.EXE/3000 Extra "Tools" menu items and buttons O9 - Extra button: Upromise IE Toolbar - {06E58E5E-F8CB-4049-991E-A41C03BD419E} - C:\Program Files\Upromise\upromisetoolbar.dll O9 - Extra 'Tools' menuitem: Upromise IE Toolbar - {06E58E5E-F8CB-4049-991E-A41C03BD419E} - C:\Program Files\Upromise\upromisetoolbar.dll O9 - Extra button: (no name) - {08B0E5C0-4FCB-11CF-AAA5-00401C608501} - C:\Program Files\Java\jre1.5.0_06\bin\ssv.dll O9 - Extra 'Tools' menuitem: Sun Java Console - {08B0E5C0-4FCB-11CF-AAA5-00401C608501} - C:\Program Files\Java\jre1.5.0_06\bin\ssv.dll O9 - Extra button: Research - {92780B25-18CC-41C8-B9BE-3C9C571A8263} - C:\PROGRA~1\MICROS~2\OFFICE11\REFIEBAR.DLL O9 - Extra button: AIM - {AC9E2541-2814-11d5-BC6D-00B0D0A1DE45} - C:\Program Files\AIM\aim.exe O9 - Extra button: (no name) - {CD67F990-D8E9-11d2-98FE-00C0F0318AFE} - (no file) Trusted Zone Autoadd O15 - Trusted Zone: http://www.putfile.com Downloaded Program Files item O16 - DPF: Yahoo! Pool 2 - http://download.games.yahoo.com/games/clients/y/potg_x.cab O16 - DPF: {200B3EE9-7242-4EFD-B1E4-D97EE825BA53} (VerifyGMN Class) - http://h20270.www2.hp.com/ediags/gmn/insta...staller_gmn.cab O16 - DPF: {406B5949-7190-4245-91A9-30A17DE16AD0} (Snapfish Activia) - http://www.clarkcolor.com/ClarkActivia.cab O16 - DPF: {6E5A37BF-FD42-463A-877C-4EB7002E68AE} (Housecall ActiveX 6.5) - http://housecall65.trendmicro.com/housecal...ivex/hcImpl.cab O16 - DPF: {77E32299-629F-43C6-AB77-6A1E6D7663F6} (Groove Control) - http://www.nick.com/common/groove/gx/GrooveAX28.cab O16 - DPF: {C4925E65-7A1E-11D2-8BB4-00A0C9CC72C3} (Virtools WebPlayer Class) - http://a532.g.akamai.net/f/532/6712/5m/vir...0/installer.exe O16 - DPF: {D4323BF2-006A-4440-A2F5-27E3E7AB25F8} (Virtools WebPlayer Class) - http://a532.g.akamai.net/f/532/6712/5m/vir...5/installer.exe O16 - DPF: {EB387D2F-E27B-4D36-979E-847D1036C65D} (QDiagHUpdateObj Class) - http://h30043.www3.hp.com/aio/en/check/qdiagh.cab?326 Recommendations: - UPromise toolbar is installed. There is no need for alarm, though most toolbars are not trustworthy, or they take up viewable web space. Simply uninstall the toolbar. - Adobe PDF Reader. You may wish to uninstall this software and convert to using Foxit PDF Reader. - RealPlayer. You may wish to uninstall this software and convert to using Real Alternative. Should you have any questions, feel free to ask.

Closing for a new, up-to-date poll. See here.

For me, it's all of the above and a few more. My Anti-Malware Pro package contains everything I ever need. Starting with Spyware Blaster, CCleaner, CWShredder, About:Buster, Windows Defender, Ad-Aware, Spybot, ewido, and finish with HijackThis. My Pro package comes with Thunderbird and Firefox itself, along with the defs as of the package build and Firetune to optimize Firefox.

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Any word on removing the trojan?

just a nightly build. This is also posted in the wrong section. ;P