[Help] Windows Freezing

[Spiricore]

Hi all,

I originally posted this issue on the OSNN boards but haven't been able to get much feedback on my issue so I decided to post here as well. I'll do my best to explain what's been happening and what I've tried to resolve my issues.

I'm not really even sure when it started, but as of now, almost every morning I wake up and my wireless internet is down. This has become somewhat of a common problem for me for unknown reasons with my router, but I've learned to deal with it since I haven't been able to find a proper answer to fix it.

[EDIT: Well, I guess it's not being devious just when I'm asleep - this problem occurred about five minutes after finishing this post. However, most of my settings (at least trillian's) weren't lost. Just the slow-to-freeze thing described below.]

Anyways, after noticing that my internet is down, I'll go through the process of "properly" closing down my apps such as Trillian, uTorrent and whatever else may be open. I notice my computer get slower and slower and eventually completely freeze up - I attempt to access Windows Task Manager but it never shows up; I'm forced to do a hard reboot.

I get no errors on bootup and it usually boots up without a hitch (with a couple exceptions of it hanging on "Windows is starting up" before the login screen). I attempt to load up Trillian and any other programs I was using, and my settings are CONSTANTLY getting deleted.

So far I've noticed these things:

-Trillian: My settings and buddylist being completely reset (with errors)

-Firefox: Bookmarks deleted, window position keeps being reset as well as the toolbar - they keep going back to default. My history seems to be intact.

-uTorrent/Azureus: All of my torrents are continually deleted and I have to re-add them. Settings reset.

-Newsleecher/Newsbin: Server settings and group database/download queue wiped out.

What I've tried:

-HijackThis: I'll post my log at the bottom, but I haven't noticed anything unusual.

-Memtest-86: Let it cycle 7 times with 0 errors.

-RegistryMechanic: Finds plenty of problems, but never seems to resolve any issues.

-Avast!Antivirus: It picked up two minor viruses when I ran the bootup scan and quarantined successfully, but the virus chest has been wiped out as well *sigh*.

-AVG: Picked up one minor virus and removed successfully, virus vault wiped out as well

-Panda Online Scan: Just spyware picked up

-AdAware SE: Nothing worth mentioning

-Diskeeper: Nothing worth mentioning, no errors

-SpyBot S&D: Nothing worth mentioning

-DxDiag: (lol) no errors reported

Programs I regularly run:

-Trillain 3.1 Pro

-uTorrent 1.5

-Rainlender 0.22.1

-Daemon Tools 4.03HE

-Winamp 5.2 Pro

The main stuff:

Windows XP Pro w/SP2 fully updated

ASUS SK8N w/8.00.09 (3/29/04) BIOS

AMD Athlon 64 FX-51 (2.2ghz)

2GB RAM

Pagefile: 455mb used, 2937mb avail

DirectX 9.0c (4.09.0000.0904)

Radeon 9800XT (Omega 3.8.231 drivers) 256mb

HP L2335 flat panel monitor

SoundBlaster Audigy 2 ZS (currently screwing with drivers, been a problem for me)

Linksys Wireless-G USB Network Adapter with SpeedBooster v2

Linksys WRT54G v5 Router

Western Digital 500gb MyBook external HDD

Maxtor OneTouch II 300gb external HDD

Lite-On DVDRW SOHW-812S

Plextor PX-716UF DVDRW/DL

Logfile of HijackThis v1.99.1

Scan saved at 12:59:49 PM, on 5/19/2006

Platform: Windows XP SP2 (WinNT 5.01.2600)

MSIE: Internet Explorer v6.00 SP2 (6.00.2900.2180)

Running processes:

C:\WINDOWS\System32\smss.exe

C:\WINDOWS\system32\winlogon.exe

C:\WINDOWS\system32\services.exe

C:\WINDOWS\system32\lsass.exe

C:\WINDOWS\system32\Ati2evxx.exe

C:\WINDOWS\system32\svchost.exe

C:\WINDOWS\System32\svchost.exe

C:\WINDOWS\system32\spoolsv.exe

C:\Program Files\Avast4\aswUpdSv.exe

C:\Program Files\Avast4\ashServ.exe

C:\PROGRA~1\AVG7\avgamsvr.exe

C:\PROGRA~1\AVG7\avgupsvc.exe

C:\WINDOWS\system32\AvidSDMService.exe

C:\Program Files\Diskeeper\DkService.exe

C:\Program Files\Alcohol 120\StarWind\StarWindService.exe

C:\Program Files\Linksys Wireless-G USB Wireless Network Monitor\WLService.exe

C:\Program Files\Linksys Wireless-G USB Wireless Network Monitor\WUSB54GSv2.exe

C:\WINDOWS\system32\Ati2evxx.exe

C:\WINDOWS\Explorer.EXE

C:\WINDOWS\CTHELPER.EXE

C:\Program Files\DAEMON Tools\daemon.exe

C:\WINDOWS\system32\WDBtnMgr.exe

C:\PROGRA~1\Avast4\ashDisp.exe

C:\Program Files\Rainlendar\Rainlendar.exe

C:\Program Files\Trillian\trillian.exe

C:\WINDOWS\System32\svchost.exe

E:\utorrent1.5.exe

C:\Program Files\Winamp\winamp.exe

C:\Program Files\Mozilla Firefox\firefox.exe

C:\Program Files\HijackThis\HijackThis.exe

R1 - HKCU\Software\Microsoft\Internet Connection Wizard,ShellNext = http://windowsupdate.microsoft.com/

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

O4 - HKLM\..\Run: [DiskeeperSystray] "C:\Program Files\Diskeeper\DkIcon.exe"

O4 - HKLM\..\Run: [CTHelper] CTHELPER.EXE

O4 - HKLM\..\Run: [DAEMON Tools] "C:\Program Files\DAEMON Tools\daemon.exe" -lang 1033

O4 - HKLM\..\Run: [WD Button Manager] WDBtnMgr.exe

O4 - HKLM\..\Run: [avast!] C:\PROGRA~1\Avast4\ashDisp.exe

O4 - HKCU\..\Run: [sTYLEXP] C:\Program Files\TGTSoft\StyleXP\StyleXP.exe -Hide

O4 - HKCU\..\RunOnce: [inetreg] "C:\Program Files\InstallShield Installation Information\{AC85CD9E-BC46-4874-90E6-ADB558DE7D9E}\Setup.exe" /i_again -s

O4 - Startup: Rainlendar.lnk = C:\Program Files\Rainlendar\Rainlendar.exe

O4 - Startup: Trillian.lnk = C:\Program Files\Trillian\trillian.exe

O8 - Extra context menu item: E&xport to Microsoft Excel - res://C:\PROGRA~1\MICROS~2\Office10\EXCEL.EXE/3000

O16 - DPF: {0A5FD7C5-A45C-49FC-ADB5-9952547D5715} (Creative Software AutoUpdate) - http://www.creative.com/su/ocx/15015/CTSUEng.cab

O16 - DPF: {39B0684F-D7BF-4743-B050-FDC3F48F7E3B} (FilePlanet Download Control Class) - http://www.fileplanet.com/fpdlmgr/cabs/FPDC_2.1.2.76.cab

O16 - DPF: {6414512B-B978-451D-A0D8-FCFDF33E833C} (WUWebControl Class) - http://update.microsoft.com/windowsupdate/...b?1138523444984

O16 - DPF: {6E32070A-766D-4EE6-879C-DC1FA91D2FC3} (MUWebControl Class) - http://update.microsoft.com/microsoftupdat...b?1143659481500

O16 - DPF: {F6ACF75C-C32C-447B-9BEF-46B766368D29} (Creative Software AutoUpdate Support Package) - http://www.creative.com/su/ocx/15016/CTPID.cab

O20 - Winlogon Notify: WgaLogon - C:\WINDOWS\SYSTEM32\WgaLogon.dll

O23 - Service: Adobe LM Service - Adobe Systems - C:\Program Files\Common Files\Adobe Systems Shared\Service\Adobelmsvc.exe

O23 - Service: avast! iAVS4 Control Service (aswUpdSv) - Unknown owner - C:\Program Files\Avast4\aswUpdSv.exe

O23 - Service: Ati HotKey Poller - ATI Technologies Inc. - C:\WINDOWS\system32\Ati2evxx.exe

O23 - Service: ATI Smart - Unknown owner - C:\WINDOWS\system32\ati2sgag.exe

O23 - Service: avast! Antivirus - Unknown owner - C:\Program Files\Avast4\ashServ.exe

O23 - Service: avast! Mail Scanner - Unknown owner - C:\Program Files\Avast4\ashMaiSv.exe" /service (file missing)

O23 - Service: avast! Web Scanner - Unknown owner - C:\Program Files\Avast4\ashWebSv.exe" /service (file missing)

O23 - Service: AVG7 Alert Manager Server (Avg7Alrt) - GRISOFT, s.r.o. - C:\PROGRA~1\AVG7\avgamsvr.exe

O23 - Service: AVG7 Update Service (Avg7UpdSvc) - GRISOFT, s.r.o. - C:\PROGRA~1\AVG7\avgupsvc.exe

O23 - Service: Avid SDM Service (AvidSDMService) - Avid Technology, Inc. - C:\WINDOWS\system32\AvidSDMService.exe

O23 - Service: Avid Startup (AvidStartup) - Unknown owner - C:\WINDOWS\system32\AvidStartup.exe

O23 - Service: Diskeeper - Diskeeper Corporation - C:\Program Files\Diskeeper\DkService.exe

O23 - Service: InstallDriver Table Manager (IDriverT) - Macrovision Corporation - C:\Program Files\Common Files\InstallShield\Driver\1050\Intel 32\IDriverT.exe

O23 - Service: RoxMediaDB - Sonic Solutions - C:\Program Files\Common Files\Roxio Shared\SharedCOM8\RoxMediaDB.exe

O23 - Service: Remote Packet Capture Protocol v.0 (experimental) (rpcapd) - Unknown owner - %ProgramFiles%\WinPcap\rpcapd.exe" -d -f "%ProgramFiles%\WinPcap\rpcapd.ini (file missing)

O23 - Service: StarWind iSCSI Service (StarWindService) - Rocket Division Software - C:\Program Files\Alcohol 120\StarWind\StarWindService.exe

O23 - Service: StyleXPService - Unknown owner - C:\Program Files\TGTSoft\StyleXP\StyleXPService.exe

O23 - Service: WUSB54GSv2SVC - Unknown owner - C:\Program Files\Linksys Wireless-G USB Wireless Network Monitor\WLService.exe" "WUSB54GSv2.exe (file missing)

Yes, I just noticed that (file missing) with my wireless adapter. Meh. I've screwed with the router and that thing so much, I don't even know what I'm doing anymore.

Anyways, any help would be GREATLY appreciated as I really, really do not want to reformat unless absolutely necessary. It was done less than two months ago.

If any other info is needed please let me know as well.

[EDIT: I ended up sending the Application and System logs from Windows Event Viewer to a friend and there are some very strange errors going on. He concluded that it might be that someone is attacking my network and overloading my tcpip connection limits. I'm still hoping for some second opinions ]

[EDIT: I'm adding some information from the Event Log that occurred around the time my internet died and it began it's Cycle of Death and directly after it finished rebooting:

5/19/2006	9:24:55 PM	BROWSER	Error	None	8032	N/A	DESKTOP	The browser service has failed to retrieve the backup list too many times on transport \Device\NetBT_Tcpip_{2F80E25A-2205-4B7E-9DBF-5CC4D071D822}. The backup browser is stopping.
5/19/2006	9:23:11 PM	Service Control Manager	Information	None	7036	N/A	DESKTOP	The StyleXPService service entered the stopped state.
5/19/2006	9:23:11 PM	Service Control Manager	Information	None	7035	DESKTOP\Spiricore	DESKTOP	The StyleXPService service was successfully sent a stop control.
5/19/2006	9:23:06 PM	Tcpip	Information	None	4201	N/A	DESKTOP	The system detected that network adapter \DEVICE\TCPIP_{2F80E25A-2205-4B7E-9DBF-5CC4D071D822} was connected to the network, and has initiated normal operation over the network adapter.
5/19/2006	9:23:00 PM	Service Control Manager	Information	None	7036	N/A	DESKTOP	The SSDP Discovery Service service entered the running state.
5/19/2006	9:23:00 PM	Service Control Manager	Information	None	7035	NT AUTHORITY\SYSTEM	DESKTOP	The SSDP Discovery Service service was successfully sent a start control.
5/19/2006	9:21:38 PM	BROWSER	Warning	None	8021	N/A	DESKTOP	The browser was unable to retrieve a list of servers from the browser master \\TARA-T6SG6NTWA0 on the network \Device\NetBT_Tcpip_{2F80E25A-2205-4B7E-9DBF-5CC4D071D822}. The data is the error code.
5/19/2006	9:21:12 PM	Service Control Manager	Information	None	7035	NT AUTHORITY\SYSTEM	DESKTOP	The GTNDIS5 NDIS Protocol Driver service was successfully sent a start control.
5/19/2006	9:21:12 PM	Service Control Manager	Information	None	7036	N/A	DESKTOP	The Wireless Zero Configuration service entered the stopped state.
5/19/2006	9:21:12 PM	Service Control Manager	Information	None	7035	NT AUTHORITY\SYSTEM	DESKTOP	The Wireless Zero Configuration service was successfully sent a stop control.
5/19/2006	9:21:12 PM	Service Control Manager	Information	None	7036	N/A	DESKTOP	The Application Layer Gateway Service service entered the running state.
5/19/2006	9:21:12 PM	Service Control Manager	Information	None	7035	NT AUTHORITY\SYSTEM	DESKTOP	The Application Layer Gateway Service service was successfully sent a start control.
5/19/2006	9:21:12 PM	Service Control Manager	Information	None	7036	N/A	DESKTOP	The Network Location Awareness (NLA) service entered the running state.
5/19/2006	9:21:12 PM	Service Control Manager	Error	None	7034	N/A	DESKTOP	The Avid Startup service terminated unexpectedly.  It has done this 1 time(s).
5/19/2006	9:21:12 PM	Service Control Manager	Information	None	7035	NT AUTHORITY\SYSTEM	DESKTOP	The Network Location Awareness (NLA) service was successfully sent a start control.
5/19/2006	9:20:55 PM	Tcpip	Information	None	4201	N/A	DESKTOP	The system detected that network adapter \DEVICE\TCPIP_{2F80E25A-2205-4B7E-9DBF-5CC4D071D822} was connected to the network, and has initiated normal operation over the network adapter.
5/19/2006	9:19:30 PM	ati2mtag	Error	CPLIB	 52225	N/A	DESKTOP	CPLIB :: Open Session  - Failed to load the library
5/19/2006	9:19:34 PM	EventLog	Information	None	6005	N/A	DESKTOP	The Event log service was started.
5/19/2006	9:19:34 PM	EventLog	Information	None	6009	N/A	DESKTOP	Microsoft (R) Windows (R) 5.01. 2600 Service Pack 2 Uniprocessor Free.
5/19/2006	9:14:43 PM	EventLog	Information	None	6006	N/A	DESKTOP	The Event log service was stopped.
5/19/2006	9:14:29 PM	EventLog	Information	None	6005	N/A	DESKTOP	The Event log service was started.
5/19/2006	9:14:29 PM	EventLog	Information	None	6009	N/A	DESKTOP	Microsoft (R) Windows (R) 5.01. 2600 Service Pack 2 Uniprocessor Free.
5/19/2006	7:58:32 PM	Tcpip	Warning	None	4226	N/A	DESKTOP	TCP/IP has reached the security limit imposed on the number of concurrent TCP connect attempts.
5/19/2006	6:09:16 PM	Tcpip	Warning	None	4226	N/A	DESKTOP	TCP/IP has reached the security limit imposed on the number of concurrent TCP connect attempts.
5/19/2006	5:22:21 PM	sptd	Error	None	4	N/A	DESKTOP	Driver detected an internal error in its data structures for .
5/19/2006	5:22:21 PM	sptd	Error	None	4	N/A	DESKTOP	Driver detected an internal error in its data structures for .
5/19/2006	5:14:16 PM	Tcpip	Warning	None	4226	N/A	DESKTOP	TCP/IP has reached the security limit imposed on the number of concurrent TCP connect attempts.
5/19/2006	4:46:09 PM	Tcpip	Warning	None	4226	N/A	DESKTOP	TCP/IP has reached the security limit imposed on the number of concurrent TCP connect attempts.
5/19/2006	4:12:01 PM	Tcpip	Warning	None	4226	N/A	DESKTOP	TCP/IP has reached the security limit imposed on the number of concurrent TCP connect attempts.

Note: TARA-T6SG6NTWA0 is the other computer connected to the router: that computer is wired to it, mine is wireless.

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I ended up reformatting to see if it helps. So far, so good, but it's only been about 30 mins. ;p

I'll try keeping the antivirus programs off for awhile - I had them installed previously, but kept most of their functions turned off and just used them for scanning when I needed to check (a) file(s).

As far as the WinPcap thing goes, I believe XBConnect installs that to communicate with my xbox for playing online. And no, nobody has access to this computer but me.

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Well after reformatting and setting everything up, I managed a night without a hitch. Then, about 5 minutes ago, it did it again. I have no idea what to do now. I only have one antivirus installed, and that's NOD32. Not much else has changed, I've only installed the essential programs at this point. I'd be grateful for any help anyone can offer at this point.

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How I'm connected:

Wireless G connection with 128-bit WEP in Infrastructure mode.

Two computers connected to the router, the other is via CAT5 cable directly to the router.

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I also noticed this when I did a quick scan of something with NOD32 during the memory scan...."Error occurred while scanning MBR sector of the 4. physical disk. Error reading sector." It doesn't seem to pick this up regularly.

NO clue what that means, but I wonder if it could be related?

A tidbit of info I forgot:

Seagate Barracuda 7200.7 (ST3160021A) 160 GB Internet HDD

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Another discovery...while watching Windows Task Manager, I noticed two memory leaks:

One with WUSB54GSv2.exe (which is the software my wireless internet adapter uses) and one with btdownloadgui.exe which is BitTorrent T-0.3.7 (BitTornado).

I noticed this after my computer started becoming REALLY slow, so I checked the task manager and noticed my second btdownloadgui.exe was running at 99% CPU. I immediately closed it and performance returned to normal.

So I'm assuming that would most likely be the problem - two memory leaks in two things I use constantly. The only inconsitancy is that this also occurs with Azureus and uTorrent, but I haven't had a chance to check them out yet. Come to think of it, I've had problems with the wireless program (Wireless Network Monitor, I assume) crash/hang/freeze/explode numerous times since day one.

Any theories or agreements as to this matter? If it is a memory leak, why do my settings for...ooh, revelation...internet-based applications reset and, in the case of firefox, make them frozen? And, if it is the memory leak and possible the main problem being the Wireless Network Monitor...will it be possible to connect to the network without it? I'm a TOTAL network newb :\

EDIT: Alright, did some more research and disabled the Wireless Network Monitor service and enabled Windows Zero Config to see if that helps. We'll see what happens...

EDIT2: Another update I found...

Special note for users with Linksys WRT54G/GL/GS routers, there are severe problems with them when running any P2P app (read for fix)

The default firmware for Linksys (and all replacement firmwares except for one) have a severe problem where they track old connections for FIVE days, which causes the router to hang when using P2P apps, or any software that generates a lot of connections. DHT only aggravates the situation because of the number of connections it generates.

Linksys has yet to address this issue, but there is a fix. If you use alternative firmware, you can put in a start-up script to fix this problem. DD-WRT and HyperWRT support custom start-up scripts. ...

And then when looking for this firmware for mine...

NO 3rd Party Firmware exists for this model. the problem is the amount of RAM and the OS is VxWorks and not Linux.

if you want to use 3rd Party Firmwares, DO NOT BUY A WRT54G v5.

My assumptions have now redirected...as I'm at a loss as to what to do. It's too late to return the router and exchange it for something else...and they don't do firmware hacks for my v5...argh! I don't know what to do.

Anyone notice anything else that might be the problem? Heh.

EDIT3: Well, I did some more research and decided to buy a WRT54GL router and have the firmware ready to install when it arrives in (hopefully) 2-3 days. At least that'll scratch one thing off the list of possible problems - I wish I had done my research properly before I bought the WRT54G v5. Waste of money.

My friend also suggested I do a reformat using the "zeros" function that I downloaded from Seagate which would wipe out the boot sector in case I have a virus...however, if I don't have to reformat again, I don't want to!

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Well, that's all I've managed to find out so far. As you can tell, I've responded to myself quite a bit but I wanted to get as much information as I could possibly find about the issue out to aide in finding a solution. Thanks for taking the time to read this and please let me know if you happen to know any reason why this problem is still occuring!

Thanks

- Spiricore

[Sonic]

I havn't read all your post (see bottom ...) but do you overclock your system ? gpu ? cpu ? ram ?

and please don't post a long post ! Just make a post with your real problem and small description, don't explain in detail all your procedure.

[T D]

Viruses spread via all BitTorrent clients...

[TheFlash428]

Well, it sounds like you may have diagnosed your wireless problem, but there are a few things to check:

One reason internet connections get dropped is because of signal interference--have you tried changing the broadcast channel your router uses? If you live in an area where there may be more than one household using wireless internet, this may be something to try. Another question, do you have a 2.4 gHz cordless phone? Often times cordless phones (and other household applicances) that use the same frequency as 802.11g can cause dropped connections, the most annoying thing is that if you live in an apartment or town home, it may not even be your phone causing the problem. The solution, get a new phone that doesn't operate at 2.4 GHz or get a 802.11a router.

The fact that you use p2p apps really led me to believe that you had a virus or trojan of somekind, but if you still experienced this after an OS reinstall, then I'm not so sure...

I may also have thought that there was an issue with the hard-drive integrity (and still may), but you say that this only occurs after the internet connection is lost? You may want to try and let it run for a while disconnected from the internet to see if you still experience the freezing--it may help to determine if the loss of connection is causing the slow down, or if the slow down is causing the loss of connection.

[Grunth0s]

Looking at that chunk of event log...

You are getting a lot of TCP connection limit errors.

Looks like your P2P software is trying to initiate more connections than Windows will allow you to have.

I would suggest you find a TCP patch to lift the connection limit restriction within XP, and see if the problem still occurs, however, the router is still likely to drop if this is a known error (I had a similar problem with a Belkin unit).

[LLXX]

This is a rather strange item in the Run key...

O4 - HKCU\..\RunOnce: [Inetreg] "C:\Program Files\InstallShield Installation Information\{AC85CD9E-BC46-4874-90E6-ADB558DE7D9E}\Setup.exe" /i_again -s

[Spiricore]

Thanks for all the replies! My apologies for the long post; it's a compilation of about 6 posts on OSNN on answering people's questions so that I didn't have to answer them again. I figured it was best to provide as much information as possible to try and find the proper cause and possible solution.

@Sonic: Nope, nothing is overclocked, nor was before reformat.

@T D: I'm quite aware, which is why, before reformatting, I scanned my comp with two antivirus both at bootup and after it was up and running. But that doesn't explain why I still have the problem after reformatting.

@TheFlash428: I live in an apartment building, so I'm unsure about the wireless phone thing with people around me. We have an old wireless phone here, but it almost never gets used. As far as hdd integrity goes, I'll try and run Seagate SeaTools and see if it comes up with anything. I'll also try going without internet and see if the freeze still occurs.

@Grunth0s: I used nLite to make a custom windows installer when I reformatted the other day and allowed 100 (I believe) connections under one of it's settings...is that not enough?

@LLXX: Yeah, there's a lot of weird things in that log that kinda scare me, I just have no idea what to make of them (or what to do.)

[RJARRRPCGP]

Sounds like there's likely HDD corruption. Thus you're probably required to reformat the HDD then reinstall Windows after backing up some stuff to another HDD. Sorry.

[Spiricore]

Sounds like there's likely HDD corruption. Thus you're probably required to reformat the HDD then reinstall Windows after backing up some stuff to another HDD. Sorry.

Geez I sure hope not, but I wouldn't be surprised for as much use as it's had. I ran Seagate's tool that extensively checks the drive and it came up with no errors...though i'm not sure I can take it's word for it or not.

[T D]

Most viruses try to disable antivirus. It actually depends which one you use, and it depends on how often definitions are released.

Keep HDD corruption in mind though.

[RJARRRPCGP]

Sounds like there's likely HDD corruption. Thus you're probably required to reformat the HDD then reinstall Windows after backing up some stuff to another HDD. Sorry.

Geez I sure hope not, but I wouldn't be surprised for as much use as it's had. I ran Seagate's tool that extensively checks the drive and it came up with no errors...though i'm not sure I can take it's word for it or not.

It could be just Windows. It appears that it's time to test for stability again. The motherboard may be going bad.

Edited May 24, 2006 by RJARRRPCGP

[Spiricore]

It could be just Windows. It appears that it's time to test for stability again. The motherboard may be going bad.

By testing for stability, what method do you recommend? I'm at a bit of a loss as to how to interpret that statement. *prays it's not hardware*

[LLXX]

Run MemTest86+ for a few hours to test the RAM, then run Prime95 for another few hours to test the CPU.

Regarding the suspicious entries in the HiJackThis log, you can fix them by using the HiJackThis option to apply changes.

[Spiricore]

Thanks, I'll give those a shot. I ran Memtest86+ for a good 7 or 8 hours and it returned zero hours a couple days ago.

My new router showed up today and got that set up, hopefully it was the problem...*crosses fingers*