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Posted by adomastwebmaster on February 6, 2008, 7:07 am
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> > | I've got a computer here, windows 2000, outlook 2002, this things
> > | acting up like a troubled child on crack.
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> > | It won't let you type anything in internet explorer, or outlook, and
> > | on top of that the add remove programs list just shows icons, no
> > | names, no details. I wanted to run a spyware can or something but the
> > | windows installer just gives an error, (yes the actual install sheild
> > | thingy it won't even run any setup programs)
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> > | I've tried restoring any corrupted files from the original windows cd
> > | but no luck, hijack this yeilded no entries that might have caused
> > | this, it was working fine this morning and then all of a sudden.....
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> > | I think it's gotta be a virus, but my antivirus software (sophos)
> > | didn't even flinch and it's got on access scanning activated.
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> > | Help me Obiwan kanobi, you're my last hope.
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> > Nothing posted screams of malware. It all sounds like a corrupted OS.
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> > Are you using Win2K SP4 plus the post SP4 Rollup ?
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> > Davehttp://www.claymania.com/removal-trojan-adware.html
> > Multi-AV -http://www.pctipp.ch/downloads/dl/35905.asp
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> yup, i came round to the same conclusion in the end. the pc is kinda
> old after all, it's probably just reached it's limit. I figured i'd
> ask anyway in case anyone had an alternate solution. oh well, i'll
> just have to restore the entire os, but i can't do that till i get
> hold of the ms office installation disk.(our disk has a large crack
> running through it) Gotta dig out some other disks too.
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> thanks for all th help
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funny that you happened to peg the os so exactly though :-S
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