Michael, I ran combofix and it gave me a log. I don't see it saying that it found anything, but then I'm not "a trained user" :) Can I email it to you to have a quick look at so you can tell me if it found anything?
Frank. Frank Cazabon Samaan Systems Ltd. - Developing Solutions www.SamaanSystems.com Referrals are important to us. If you know of anyone who would benefit from our services, please contact me. We would appreciate the opportunity to work with them. On 08/08/2010 04:29 PM, Michael Madigan wrote: > Here's a thought > > take a look at the system event log, sometimes bad disk blocks mimic viruses > because the system tries and retries to write and read from a bad block. > > Then I would run ccleaner to remove all junk from the disk. > > Also I would run combofix once which will clean up other known issues. Make > sure you have backup copies of everything since combofix has been known to > identify scanner drivers as malware and delete them. > > > > --- On Sun, 8/8/10, john harvey<[email protected]> wrote: > >> From: john harvey<[email protected]> >> Subject: RE: [NF] Windows Shell Explorer Hangs >> To: "'ProFox Email List'"<[email protected]> >> Date: Sunday, August 8, 2010, 11:54 AM >> Dump the current after you get the >> new one working. >> >> John >> >> -----Original Message----- >> From: [email protected] >> [mailto:[email protected]] >> On Behalf >> Of Frank Cazabon >> Sent: Sunday, August 08, 2010 6:05 AM >> To: [email protected] >> Subject: Re: [NF] Windows Shell Explorer Hangs >> >> Hi John, >> >> so you are saying basically dump the user I currently use >> and only use >> the new one? Or just use the new one to download and >> run avast, then I >> can switch back to the old user? >> >> Frank. >> >> Frank Cazabon >> Samaan Systems Ltd. - Developing Solutions >> www.SamaanSystems.com >> >> Referrals are important to us. >> If you know of anyone who would benefit from our services, >> please contact >> me. We would appreciate the opportunity to work with them. >> >> >> On 07/08/2010 09:20 PM, john harvey wrote: >>> I have had luck removing such by creating a new user >> with admin rights, >>> downloading Avast (free) and installing, choosing the >> option to scan the >>> entire computer before booting windows, then logging >> in as the new user. >> You >>> might have to reinstall some software, but it beats >> formatting and >> reloading >>> everything. >>> >>> John >>> >>> -----Original Message----- >>> From: [email protected] >> [mailto:[email protected]] >> On Behalf >>> Of Frank Cazabon >>> Sent: Saturday, August 07, 2010 7:38 PM >>> To: [email protected] >>> Subject: [NF] Windows Shell Explorer Hangs >>> >>> Hi, >>> >>> I recently started getting a weird one on my PC >> (windows XP, fully up to >>> date with Windows patches): I am not able to >> access the taskbar, yet I >>> can l Alt + Tab to switch between programs and I can >> bring up Task >>> Manager to then use the File | New Task menu option to >> start up other >>> programs. Sometime the hang only lasts for 10 >> minutes and then I get >>> control back, other times I have waited longer than >> that and then >>> restarted the computer. >>> >>> This smells of a virus or malware so I ran malware >> bytes and it fixed >>> some problems, but this issue still happens. >> While this was running, my >>> antivirus said it had found a virus Win32/Elkern.C and >> quarantined it. >>> I then ran a full scan on my computer and it reported >> three files signed >>> with a broken digital signature. Using the >> option to remove selected >>> infections doesn't appear to do anything. I also >> downloaded the removal >>> tool from AVG on a non-infected PC and put the files >> on a CD and ran it >>> on my PC from there. No problems found. >>> >>> I scanned with BitDefender's on-line quickscan and it >> didn't find any >>> problems. I am now trying other on-line >> scanners. >>> Has anyone ever seen anything like this and know what >> to do? It seems [excessive quoting removed by server] _______________________________________________ Post Messages to: [email protected] Subscription Maintenance: http://leafe.com/mailman/listinfo/profox OT-free version of this list: http://leafe.com/mailman/listinfo/profoxtech Searchable Archive: http://leafe.com/archives/search/profox This message: http://leafe.com/archives/byMID/profox/[email protected] ** All postings, unless explicitly stated otherwise, are the opinions of the author, and do not constitute legal or medical advice. This statement is added to the messages for those lawyers who are too stupid to see the obvious.
