Re: Notebook Messed Up (No Other Words to Describe It)
From: Chris Guimbellot (cguimbellot_at_FORGETSPAM.hifranchise.com)
Date: 07/16/04
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Date: Fri, 16 Jul 2004 13:17:48 -0400
Thanks for the quick response. I have been trying to do the Panda scan for a
while and am having problems, so I am trying Trend's online scan. We will
see if that works.
Chris
"Dallasdcc" <Dallasdcc@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:00524E8B-E262-4CC4-9F49-6AFFB462267A@microsoft.com...
> This does sound like a virus or maleware. if you can connect to the
internet try running "pandas online virus scan", it has helped me inthe past
>
> "Chris Guimbellot" wrote:
>
> > Hello,
> >
> >
> >
> > WinXP Home. I am working on a friend's notebook that is running really
slow.
> > Not only that, its just also doing some strange things. First of all,
when
> > it boots up, Windows Media Player opens automatically. I checked the
> > settings in WMP, but I cant even find a setting to that effect. I also
> > scanned the drive for startup folders and WMP was not in any of them.
> >
> >
> >
> > I am not able to run Live Update for Symantec AntiVirus. I just
reinstalled
> > it and still cant. I scanned for viruses, and it didn't find any. Of
course
> > the virus def is the one that shipped with the CD.
> >
> >
> >
> > I was thinking about running MSConfig and stopping all services then
> > restarting them on at a time. The problem is when I try to run it,
nothing
> > happens. I think this is the most important issue. Am I right?
> >
> >
> >
> > I ran AdAware and it found a boat-load of stuff which I deleted. That
still
> > hasn't helped.
> >
> >
> >
> > I tried to run SpyBot. It wouldn't run, so I reinstalled it and it still
> > does not run. It gives me an "access is denied error". The user I am
logged
> > in is the computer admin. There is no Administrator user in Users from
> > Control Panel. I also tried to go to Local Users and Groups, but could
not
> > since it was XP Home. SpyBot does bring an error message when registry
> > changes are made, but I cannot open the program.
> >
> >
> >
> > I rebooted and checked the log file, but I only get two errors.
> >
> >
> >
> > Security Log:
> >
> > Source: Security
> >
> > Category: Policy Change
> >
> > Type: Failure Audit
> >
> > EventId: 615
> >
> > Description:
> >
> > IPSec Services: IPSec Services failed to get the complete list of
network
> > interfaces on the machine. This can be a potential security hazard to
the
> > machine since some of the network interfaces may not get the protection
as
> > desired by the applied IPSec filters. Please run IPSec monitor snap-in
to
> > further diagnose the problem.
> >
> >
> >
> > Application Log:
> >
> > Source: Perflib
> >
> > Category: None
> >
> > Type: Error
> >
> > EventId: 1015
> >
> > Description:
> >
> > The timeout waiting for the performance data collection function ".NET
CLR
> > Data"in the "C:\WINDOWS\System32\netfxperf.dll" Library to finish has
> > expired. There may be a problem with this extensible counter or the
service
> > it is collecting data from or the system may have been very busy when
this
> > call was attempted.
> >
> >
> >
> > Finally, the disk is defragmented so that cant be the problem.
> >
> >
> >
> > This has to be some sort of virus or something. Any ideas on what this
might
> > be, thanks?
> >
> >
> >
> > Chris
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
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